UNIVERSAL CROSSWORD PUZZLE

ACROSS

1 Dachshunds and Dalmatians

5 Org. opposed to roadside zoos

9 Start

14 Lake Superior’s ___ Royale

15 Done

16 Ouzo flavoring

17 Read at a supermarket?

18 Santa’s reindeer, for one

19 Word before “angle” or “hook”

20 MLS referee: Applicant must be ___

23 Mine find

24 Sci-fi invaders

25 Hairstyling product

29 NBA referee: Position requires individual to be an effective ___

32 Pesto herb

35 Lack of difficulty

36 In the style of

37 Miles off

38 Tirades

40 Morsels

41 Singer Orbison

42 Healthy

43 Good judgment

44 NHL referee: Seeking a candidate who is ___

48 Flammable gas

49 Civil War prez

50 Recipe amt.

53 MLB umpire: Employee will periodically need to ___

57 Mythical man-goat

60 Ivy with a tradition of throwing toast

61 Has a tab

62 Concur

63 Butt of Garfield’s jokes

64 Hit with snowballs

65 Caterpillar competitor

66 Unpaid TV spots

67 Hardships

DOWN

1 Club with a mirror ball

2 Grouch on Sesame Street

3 Menacing look

4 Email button

5 Starchy ingredient in chowder

6 Very, very

7 Race

8 Ground force

9 Without exception

10 Mystery

11 Tour booking

12 Sort of: Suffix

13 Make after taxes

21 Prison unit

22 “No bid”

26 Once more

27 Shoulder muscles, for short

28 Clear, as the blackboard

29 Coniferous tree

30 Actress Zellweger

31 Yoga need

32 What the unique letters in “garbage” can aptly spell

33 Currently happening

34 “Open wide,” to a doctor

38 Less cooked, like steak

39 Comic Wong

40 Garden section

42 Award recipient

43 Appear to be

45 One may put on a suit for a suit

46 C.S. Lewis realm

47 Choice cuts at a steakhouse

50 It’s spread on the beach

51 Aroma

52 Annoyances

54 BTS genre

55 Government agents, briefly

56 Southwestern tribe with a snake dance

57 Down in the dumps

58 Six, say, for a first grader

59 Due follower