‘finding inspiration’

The Universal Crossword/edited by David Steinberg

ACROSS

1 It may be picked

4 O’hare code

7 Aqua Lung gear

12 “I’ll handle that!”

14 Aptly shaped letter in “valley”

15 Add spice to

16 Ethical care for animals (see letters 3

to 7)

19 Magnetite, e.g.

20 Hotel room fixtures

21 Bread that may contain caraway

seeds

22 Number across from four, on a clock 23 Indian lentil dish

24 One of 24

26 Energy from fission (6 to 8)

31 Test score, for instance

34 More than none

35 It’s a long story

36 Unconventional

37 Maui-to-hawaii dir.

38 Sharp-tasting

39 “___ bien!”

40 Trash bag sealer 41 Nice touch?

42 Contest held the day before the MLB

All-star Game (1 to 5)

45 Polio vaccine developer

46 “That includes ___!”

47 Seal’s blubber

50 Clear the tables

53 Pizza order

54 Blow up, as a photo

56 Class where you may discover a painter, or a hint to the starred answers’ indicated letters

59 Sriracha and hollandaise

60 Pool stick

61 The “M” of YMCA

62 Respected one

63 Photo ___ (media events)

64 Blond’s secret, maybe

DOWN

1 Like seven Nolan Ryan games 2 Accustom

3 Pumbaa’s friend in The Lion King

4 Ham it up

5 Share again, like a story

6 German article 7 Establishes

8 Engine part

9 Computer person?

10 Extremely thin

11 Chip in chips

13 Amy who wrote The Joy Luck Club 15 Appetizing

17 Small bump

18 Natural gas component

25 Set of prayers with beads 26 Hospital heroes

27 Made less stressful

28 Decline

29 Breakfast staples

30 Some are ultraviolet

31 Kind of IRA

32 French bread?

33 Cherry throwaway

37 Partner of hook and line

38 ___ rasa

40 Flowers in the Netherlands 41 Chums

43 Nicki Minaj or Cardi B 44 Binoculars accessory

47 Worn out mentally 48 Torment

49 Past, for the verb “passed” 50 An Angel may steal one 51 Eurasia’s ___ Mountains 52 Poker variety

55 You can bank on it

57 Card featuring an A 58 Author Umberto