Universal Crossword
ACROSS
1 Long-lasting wave,
informally
5 Sports venues
11 “Dig in!”
14 Lake with a spookysounding name
15 Uprising
16 Place for relaxing
17 *Wild West deputy who was originally a dentist (unscramble each starred answer’s first word)
19 ___ Romana
20 Citrus drink suffix
21 Cover, as with chocolate
22 Sometimes-sassy
assistant
23 Place for a potted plant
25 *Crispy breakfast bites
29 Uncommon
31 ___ legend
32 Word after “fire” or
“steam”
35 Clay and Lacy, to one
another?
38 Weaving apparatus
39 Barn roof devices
41 Brand with a Buzzy Bee
Waffle recipe
42 Without pause
44 People who are often
respected
46 Reprimand 47 Opera piece such as
“Dido’s Lament”
48 *Give up in despair
51 Like old jokes
55 Vietnam neighbor
56 Radiate
58 Continuous noise
59 Sun Devil’s sch.
60 *Patrick, for Ireland
64 NYC opera venue, with
“The”
65 Reveal the identity of
66 Look closely (at)
67 Grayish powder
68 Changes the color of,
maybe
69 Antonym of “massive”
DOWN
1 Ride a bike
2 Disappear little by little
3 Reduced to grain-sized
bits
4 Unenthusiastic reaction
5 Folk singer Guthrie
6 Tell, like a story
7 1996 film about an
Argentine leader
8 Nonverbal OK
9 Apple pie ___ mode
10 Hog haven
11 James Bond’s specialty
12 Separated
13 Uber alternatives
18 The Atlantic, but not The
New Yorker
22 Eyed rudely
24 Pained expressions
26 Adjust the pitch of
27 Mistake remover
28 Late SCOTUS legend
30 Attack verbally
32 Windy City trains
33 Word between “sorry”
and “sorry”
34 Takes a turn for the
worse
35 “___ takers?”
36 Restaurant boss: Abbr.
37 “H-E-L-P!”
40 Alan of “Scientific
American Frontiers”
43 Head-slapping cry
45 Some contain many
ingredients
47 No more than
48 Incan wool source
49 Places where camels
drink
50 Aired on TV again
52 Farewell, in France
53 Cloth made from flax
54 Way in
57 Creates, as a tattoo
60 Baby seal
61 Santa ___
62 Texter’s “I don’t want to
know!”
63 ibeer, for one