UNIVERSAL CROSSWORD PUZZLE

ACROSS

1 Went away

5 Versatile blackjack card 8 Apple throwaway 12 Tiptop

13 Place down

14 Yemen neighbor 15 *Catfish and carp (In this clue’s answer, note letters 6-8) 18 “___ Lisa” 19 52-Across, for Sylvester 20 Loch Ness Monster, e.g. 22 Opposite of sell

23 ___ memory (one’s first time eating shellfish, say?) 25 Berry in a trendy

bowl

26 *Seat separator

(letters 3-5) 28 Oil-drilling structure 30 URL ending for

Wikipedia

31 Mined over matter? 32 *Babies delivered early, for short

(letters 5-7)

34 Animal that “drinks”

water through its skin 36 “___ Miserables” 37 Basks in the sun 38 *Easter Cadbury

product (letters 4-6) 40 CBS forensic

franchise

41 Brit. lexicon

42 Pat lightly 43 *Passageway for

Santa (letters 4-6) 47 Appear to be

49 Vine or Wall 51 “___ you sure?” 52 Bird in “Looney

Tunes”

54 World Cup chant 55 Obnoxious child 56 *“This isn’t a joke!”

(letters 2-4) 59 Accomplishment 60 Bit of barbecue 61 Australian pal 62 Loafing

63 People pleaser’s word 64 Poke

DOWN

1 Britain’s ___ Party 2 The seventh earl of Cardigan, for the word “cardigan” 3 Cheese in a Greek

salad

4 Alternative to .docx 5 Close (but not quite) 6 Spots to eat and

study

7 Potato bud

8 Morse ___

9 Symbol for ohms 10 Penny worth much more than a penny, perhaps

11 Catches in a trap 16 Helpful

17 Name that rhymes

with Kelly

18 Deg. from Wharton 21 Really enjoys 23 Combined, like

companies

24 Makes a blunder 27 Word after “wiggle”

or “escape” 29 Understands 32 Something to hang

your hat on

33 Injure badly 34 Airport terminal perk 35 Cashed in 36 Community represented at a

Pride parade 38 The price you pay 39 PE class, usually 40 Shout such as

54-Across

43 Those walking the

red carpet, informally 44 Bestselling manga

series

45 Wiped clean 46 To this day

48 A gold one at the Olympics is actually at least 92.5% silver 50 ___ the Riveter 53 Head, in French 55 Wild pig

57 Like some martinis 58 Little devil