UNIVERSAL CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Roofing goo 4 Teenage feeling 9 Grime

14 “We ___ the World”

15 2012-18 Mexican president 16 Off-white shade 17 Got off the

ground?

19 Not handwritten 20 *Harsh critics (hint: each starred answer continues through a black square!) 21 Predators with many teeth, informally 23 Metaphorical

thing to lend 24 “By Jove!”

26 Has a goal of 28 Hubbub

31 Set of fine dishes 33 *Plastic-coating

process

34 South Korea or

South Sudan 36 Baba au ___ 40 Astound 42 Mesozoic, for one 43 Filched 44 Abominable

Snowman 45 *Tears and others 47 Switch positions 48 Meaningless

sound

50 Rays that travel

through water 52 Insult

55 Jeer

56 Male turkey 57 *People in power 60 Often-patterned

garments 64 Fossilized resin 66 Kansas City baseball enthusiast 68 First lady before Michelle

69 Make ecstatic 70 Indian title of respect

71 “Head, shoulders, ___ and toes” 72 Affirmative responses 73 Province abbr.

within “Toronto”

DOWN

1 World’s softest mineral 2 Region 3 Guns, like an engine 4 *Daughter of Oedipus

5 Great falls? 6 Barely pass, academically 7 Editor’s “let it stand”

8 “It’s on my ___ list”

9 Meshes with a group

10 It clings to a wall 11 Runs at an easy gait

12 Halloween hope 13 Prefix for “electric”

18 *Listing individually 22 What may be mixed with snow 25 All used up 27 *Strict disciplinarians 28 Modeling

material

29 Shiny fabric 30 Amo, amas, ___ 31 She turned Odysseus’ crew into pigs

32 Frost

35 Pegs for LPGA

players

37 Owl call 38 It’s about the length of a radius 39 Big job for an organizer

41 Pizzazz 43 *Motionless sculptures

45 In ___ (as found) 46 Abu Dhabi,

for one

49 “Gone With the Wind” family 51 Butterfly catchers

52 Broccoli stem 53 “Death of a Salesman” surname 54 Permeate 55 Paintings such as “The Clothed Maja”

58 “South Park” co-creator Parker 59 A groundhog may

peek out of one 61 In that case 62 Deserve 63 Agitated state 65 Before, to a poet 67 ___ Schwab