Universal Crossword

ACROSS

1 Beaver projects 5 Sired, biblically 10 Whitecrested duck 14 Golden calf, for example 15 Decrease, as support 16 Painted metalware 17 California woman’s imperfection? 20 Coin with a hole in it 21 Weaves together 22 Wide gap 25 Rash treatment 26 Nibbled on 29 It may be rolled out in the rain 31 Intelligence, slangily 35 At all times, in verse 36 Internet message 38 Civil wrong 39 Treasure Island locale 43 A little of this and a little of that 44 Little role for a big star 45 In poor health 46 Not real 49 Balkan native 50 Scot’s “No way!” 51 Deal breaker? 53 Plane reservation 55 Narrow, elevated pathway 58 Buddhist sacred city 62 Site of a famous mission 65 Pro’s foe 66 Improve, in writing 67 It keeps on rolling 68 Part of a hammer head 69 Emulate a high roller 70 Marco Polo crossed it

DOWN

1 It may be slipped 2 Month on the Hebrew calendar 3 One-quarter of tetra4 Jargon, e.g. 5 Breakfast companion 6 Drop the ball, literally or figuratively 7 “Anything ___” 8 Change with the scenery 9 Magnetic flux units 10 Abruptly disconnected, in music 11 Look of distaste 12 Building annexes 13 Soaking 18 Render ineffective 19 Transparent sheet 23 Shangri-la resident 24 Swiss currency 26 Fabled moralist 27 Dabbling ducks 28 Bud Grace comic strip 30 Sixths of an inch, to a printer 32 Sign of spring 33 Syllables sung while skipping 34 Arrange, as hair 37 Rickey fruits 40 Middle of a square, sometimes 41 Bone-dry 42 Shade of blue 47 Crowing time 48 Gives a speech 52 Tiptoe’s opposite 54 Angle indicator in geometry 55 Support for the elderly? 56 Put into the pot 57 Joint for a beggar? 59 The Earth turns on it 60 Indian gown 61 Sailing the waves 62 What some yellowbellied birds suck 63 Stopover 64 Like 33