Universal Crossword
ACROSS
1 Agreement
7 When doubled, a
Hawaiian fish
11 Hoover ___ (Colorado
River structure)
14 Haitian religion
involving sorcery
15 Hugh Laurie’s boys’
school
16 Former quarterback
Manning
17 Waiting one’s turn
18 Rustic home
20 University official
21 Isn’t thorough when
cleaning an ashtray?
23 Shortly, in poetry
24 They sometimes clash
25 Closed-down arena?
32 Chatty bird
33 When required
38 Word after “public” or
“popular”
41 TV schedule slot
42 Takes revenge
44 Trap, as by a winter
storm
45 Glowing alien of
Jabba’s species?
48 Headliner
52 IRS experts
53 Where one might get a
dog?
57 Was aware of
61 Conspiring (with)
62 Discomfort
64 Actress Seydoux or
Thompson
65 Raise one’s voice
66 U-haul truck, for one
67 Hosp. areas
68 Poetic tributes
69 Forgo cooking ... or, read with spaces after the second and fourth letters, a theme hint
DOWN
1 Fanatical
2 Certain ice cream holder
3 Carbonated drink
4 Thor’s father
5 “Anchorman: The Legend
of ___ Burgundy”
6 “Crime ___ pay”
7 Philanthropist Gates
8 On the summit of
9 Big pigs
10 Machu Picchu builder
11 Eliminate glitches from
12 Samuel of the Supreme
Court
13 After-dinner candies
19 Prez known for his top
hat
22 Rver’s stopover
23 More pale
25 Pollution portmanteau
26 Overdone publicity
27 Army group
28 Prepares, like leather
29 “This ___ test”
30 Prefix with “verse”
31 Deserves
34 Scratch the surface?
35 “Mon ___!”
36 Issue forth
37 Bumper concern
39 Large reproductive cells
40 “The Simpsons” character who says “hididdly-ho”
43 Coins that cost more than seven cents each to make
46 Mimic
47 Inherent character
48 Welcoming expression
49 Piano technician
50 He has the world at his
fingertips
51 GPS suggestion
54 Hellmann’s spread,
informally
55 Like good Scotch
56 Regulation
57 Superman, aka Clark
___
58 Defense org. since
1949
59 Birthright seller in
Genesis
60 Mark from a paintball
fight, say
63 Teachers’ org.