UNIVERSAL CROSSWORD
ACROSS
1 Fabled
51-Down loser 5 Up and about 10 Skipped town 14 Greek H’s
15 Pet parrots’
places 16 Quattro
automaker 17 Cleaning
cloths
18 Inch along 19 Craving 20 Cycle starter? 21 NBA MVP who plays for Houston? 23 Clever
comebacks 25 Before, to a
bard
26 Word before “standard” or “star”
27 <
32 Agreed (with) 34 Journalist’s
slant
35 Kitchen gadget
brand
36 Heavy burden 37 Sauce NYT Cooking described as “a mouthful of bright summer” 38 Work with
needles 39 Costa del ___ 40 Tennis
do-overs 41 Birds in a V 42 Adds some
spice to
45 Band
bookings 46 Yogi’s pad 47 Elite athlete 50 NBA rookie who plays for Charlotte? 55 ___-ray Disc 56 Volcanic
output 57 Alpha’s
opposite 58 Twosomes 59 Excellent pair
in poker 60 Domain
61 Skin breakout 62 Disavow 63 Peruvian
peaks
64 Barely makes
do, with “out”
DOWN
1 Avis
competitor 2 “Pong”
company
3 NBA hothead who plays for Chicago? 4 Snaky curve 5 Harmony
6 City districts 7 James who wrote “A Death in the Family” 8 Ship stabilizer 9 Shot with a
kick?
10 Sink fixture 11 Skulk
12 Side of a jigsaw
puzzle
13 Count calories 21 Blend together 22 Sterile workplaces, briefly
24 Takes one’s
turn
27 Children mail
them to Santa 28 Has a
sandwich 29 NBA “goes by the rules” hoopster who plays for Milwaukee?
30 Line of rotation 31 Musical staff
symbol 32 Muralist
Orozco
33 Privy to
34 “It’s ___ fun” 37 Overabundance 38 Beer barrels 41 Expensively
finished 43 “Whatever
you want” 44 Moving day
vehicle
45 Sparkles
47 < or >
48 All by
yourself 49 Tricks
50 Inapt rhyme of
“sad”
51 Speed
contest
52 Neck and neck 53 Warning sign 54 Enjoy a
mystery 58 Actor
Daniel ___ Kim