Universal Crossword
Across
1 Smack on behind produces lingering sensation (10)
6 Found plough removed
from Parisian fortress (4) 8 Gentle exercise taken with
a climber (5,3)
9 Butcher’s chestnut horse
should be returned (6)
10 Pot for reheated meat and
vegetables (4)
11 With villain seen at Parliament, shelter on bridge (10)
12 Hanging about in short
undies no good (9)
14 Landmark seen in Australian port after docking (5)
17 River taking sulphur to
Sumerian city-state (5)
19 Miserable chap tucking
into toast (9)
22 Corner at 90 — that needs
precise approach (5,5)
23 Lout beginning to cause mayhem when officer leaves (4)
24 One suit makes a Scottish
outfit (6)
25 Plant key behind reptile
house (8)
26 Viewer’s sore as regularly
sat by set? (4)
27 Dismal expression to consume small one being humbled (6,4)
Down
1 Hard to crack clues 1 Lo mein vessels say rewritten for tragic 5 ___ pal author (9) 8 “Austin Powers” genre
2 Agent’s ultimate 13 Diva’s showstopper
14 Victoria’s Secret garment, motivation is betrayal (7)
informally
3 Parasite in record dispute 15 On the horizon
over millions (8) 16 Boating hazard
4 Wind through blades 17 Perched on creates unseen 18 Circus structures danger (5,2,3,5) 19 Guns N’ Roses power ballad 5 Becomes hard to follow 22 “The ___ is as near as we case of European political come to another world” theorist (6) (Anne Stevenson)
6 Swine upset everyone 23 Mistakes
26 Nail polish brand after scrap where house 29
Leading woman calls made (5,4) 33 Like futile situations
7 Poet having to write in 35 Tupperware tops
ship on turning turtle (7) 36 Looked at
13 Lovelorn cowboy on 37 Reaches across lake shows tactless 38 Pennsylvania, e.g., in D.C. behaviour (9) 39 Scottish cattle breed
15 Kingmaker needs tree for 40 Sicilian volcano
English country home (9) 41 Taiwanese computer maker 16 Play safe with 42
Cook with a little oil, say
43 Class you can’t get hammer (5,3) through alone?
18 Move across to pack 46 Org. with Ducks explosive in missile and Penguins system (7) 47 Like some fence wire
20 Greek character embraced 48 Cause of restlessness
by female creature (7) or a princess
21 One held in contempt 50 Galas for movie stars to stop call for 56 Biggest U.S. lake by decoration (6) volume, after the
Great Lakes
59 Tab at a restaurant, or what you might use to pay it
Across
60 Muppet who testified
before Congress
61 Serbs or Bosnians
62 Pleasure trips’ focuses?
63 Egyptian goddess of life 64 Toys for windy days
65 Parlor image, briefly
66 Grp. spelled using its own alphabet at the starts of 19-, 29-, 43- and 50-across
Down 1
2
Caution
Treat that had a watermelon flavour
3 Capital of Ukraine
4 Places to keep valuables
5 Suffix meaning “scandal”
6 Love, in Caracas
7 They see what
you’re saying
8 “South Park” or
“The Onion”
9 Extraordinary happenings 10 Japanese currency
11 Blubber
12 Things shown to
TSA agents
14 Conspiratorial group
20 Statistical averages
21 Some sounds from a Lab 24 Futuristic weapon
25 Detective
26 Start, as of symptoms
27 Can convenience
28 “Lemme do it!”
30 Did some gambling
31 Queen bees’ places
32 Notorious Ford flop
34 Performing well
39 Ed of “Elf”
41 Actor Baldwin
44 Fixate (on)
45 Milky fall birthstones
49 Dined at home
51 Capital of Latvia
52 Need for building
a house or story
53 “Casablanca” role
for Ingrid
54 Give off
55 Passable
56 Disapproving sound
57 Mahershala of “Moonlight” 58 Fez, e.g.