Inland Valley Daily Bulletin

Universal Crossword

- by Wayne Harris

ACROSS 1 Moving vehicles 5 Head toppers 9 It covers rock, in a children’s game

14 Home to Tehran 15 Tweak, as copy 16 Light-footed 17 Sandwich holders with crunchy morsels (In this clue’s answer, see letters 4-7) 20 Starlike

21 Poker prize 22 “___ me think ...” 23 Yellow, black or chocolate pooch 24 Pamper 26 Descriptio­n of a boy who resembles a particular parent (Letters 3-10) 31 PC alternativ­e 32 “No” vote 33 Cop to

35 Bread for a Reuben

36 Word after “private” or “military” 37 Sweetie 39 Angsty offshoot of punk 40 Confiscate 42 Have a bite 43 Comprehend­ed 44 Realized immediatel­y (Letters 4-9) 49 “Cool beans!”

50 Tip jar bill 51 Unreturned serve

54 JFK alternativ­e

55 Art piece that hangs 59 Royals’ leader, e.g. (Letters 6-11) 63 Playground retort

64 Pic to click 65 ___ stick (toy for bouncing) 66 “Much appreciate­d,” informally 67 Goes on to say

68 Cons’ counterpar­ts DOWN 1 Rival of Discover 2 Greek god who envied Adonis 3 Conde ___ (The New Yorker’s publisher) 4 Growls 5 Hindfoot part

6 Craigslist postings 7 Tether 8 Siberian grassland 9 One-sided, politicall­y 10 Back in time 11 Unpleasant person 12 Fashion magazine based in Paris

13 Pause in a melody

18 Polite, apostrophi­zed address 19 Advent calendar flap 24 Socially reserved 25 Drug taken for a trip 26 Frida Kahlo portrayer Salma

27 Strand during a wintry storm

28 Bit of ink 29 Alpha’s opposite 30 Spock portrayer Leonard

31 “The Marvelous ___ Maisel” 34 Tyke on a trike, say 36 CD holder 37 “A likely story!”

38 Cushy footstools 41 ___ garden (spot to meditate)

42 “I” problem? 45 Indian melody 46 Roma is its capitale 47 Soon, in Shakespear­e’s day 48 Yahoo! Mail or Google Docs

51 Slightly 52 Payment method at a fair, often 53 “Como ___ usted?” 56 Frankenste­in’s assistant, in movies 57 Fitting toy for a child? 58 Mythical winged archer 60 Seemingly forever

61 Kind of TV screen

62 ’60s chic

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