Universal Crossword

ACROSS

1 Dull-colored

5 Lumberjack’s tool: Var.

8 Gather together

13 Italian city whose name

anagrams to “anise”

14 “Star Wars” villain Kylo

___

15 Word before “airplane”

or “home”

16 *Butt heads

18 Make up (for)

19 Grown-ups

20 Openly transgender

22 Woodwind that uses

treble clef

23 ___ mortal

24 *Architecture or

construction

27 Palindromic horn sound

29 Did a 10K, say

30 Bundle of grain

33 Noisy kiss

36 Part of a play

39 *Something that

catches you off guard

42 Source of cash

43 Trigonometry ratios

44 Extremely angry

45 Neurologist’s scan,

briefly

46 Spanish for “this”

48 *Evade conviction

53 Adele or Cher, vocally 57 Opposite of exo

58 Dress code

requirement, at times

59 Hosted a show

61 Contribute to the mix

63 Directly in your path, or a hint to what can precede each starred answer’s first word

65 Wafer cookie brand

66 Summer hrs. on Cape

Cod

67 School year segments

68 Costly

69 Pastrami bread

70 ___ Pie (popular ice

cream bar)

DOWN

1 The “D” of LED

2 Happen repeatedly

3 Piece of low art,

informally?

4 Thai money

5 Cry from a pirate

6 Noble gas in arc lamps

7 Come after

8 Physician’s org.

9 The Supremes’ record

label

10 Chicken ___ (Filipino

dish)

11 Mister, in Mexico City

12 Smooth and glossy

13 Shut loudly 17 Munch Museum’s

Scandinavian capital

21 Flashlight, to a Brit

25 “Challenge accepted!”

26 Pretend to know what

you’re doing

28 Compensate for

30 Org. for mom-and-pop

stores

31 Like the weather in

Florida, often

32 Stately tree

34 Mrs., in Marseille

35 Flummoxed

36 Pie ___ mode

37 Director’s cry

38 Casual top

40 “Correct!”

41 Raised for discussion

45 French for “star”

47 Raced

48 Coffee grinder inputs

49 Send a breakup text,

say

50 Confuse

51 Duck with downy

feathers

52 Like a swamp with

many plants

54 Apprehensive

55 Squads

56 10 to 1, e.g.

60 Down Under pal

62 Nod off briefly

64 Had a snack