Universal Crossword
ACROSS
1 Constricting snakes
5 Note hit by a 64-Across
10 Practice boxing
14 Seldom-seen
15 Slipup
16 Red, white or rose, e.g.
17 *Party-size chicken
order
20 Flip-flop
21 Language spoken in
Mogadishu
22 Green prefix
23 “We Don’t Talk About
Bruno” film
27 Winning number of
victory points in Catan
28 Not illuminated
30 “Is that true about
me?”
31 Freshness?
32 *Basic piano lesson
topic
37 ___-to-speech
software
38 Person reading a
manual
39 Withdraw officially
42 Followed the doctor’s
orders, in a way
46 *Taking foolish risks
50 Key in keyboard
combinations
51 Place for gloss
52 Not bright
53 Name hidden in
“manager”
55 Words that can precede “time,” “touch” and “towner”
57 “One ___ time!”
58 With 60-Across, pop rock band behind “Radioactive” ... or what you might do after discovering this puzzle’s theme
60 See 58-Across
63 Got to the point?
64 Ariana Grande’s vocal
range
65 Insults
66 Butcher’s chopper
DOWN
1 Made tea or beer
2 State home to 16 of Mexico’s Indigenous groups
3 Origami, e.g.
4 Feudal worker
5 Actress Mirren
6 Nest egg acronym
7 (Don’t pet me!)
8 Keep to oneself?
9 Feature of a cedar
waxwing or blue jay
10 Hit the pool
11 Party items originally
made from clay pots
12 They might be acute or
obtuse 13 Sticky substances
18 Pub order
19 Try to win the heart of
24 Online shopper’s
“basket”
25 Mornings, for short
26 Newborn’s hospital
area: Abbr.
29 Bounce artist ___ Red
31 Font flourish
33 “Star Wars” knight
34 Farm team?
35 Helper: Abbr.
36 “Nancy Drew” actress
Lewis
39 Place to get pampered
40 “Boo’d Up” artist
41 “If I fits, I sits” snoozes
43 Completely nailed
44 Author Huffington
45 Clothing line?
47 Stuck in place?
48 “Brevity is the soul of
___”
49 Shuffles and Nanos,
e.g.
54 A good long while
55 Small bills
56 “Spider-man: Far ___
Home”
57 Taj Mahal city
58 “___ be cool if ...”
59 Fury
61 Orangutan, e.g.
62 Word on a Chicago
baseball cap