UNIVERSAL CROSSWORD PUZZLE

ACROSS

1 Concert blasters 5 “Everything in order?” 10 Looking washed out 14 Donned draper 15 Bother

16 Sunburn soother 17 Element in rust 18 Electric carpentry tool 20 Mass book

22 Cozy corner

23 What uni- means 24 Noggin

27 Like Lincoln in his

memorial

31 VIP event barriers 34 Mule’s fuel

35 Tuber that’s a month

spelled backward 36 Director Ethan or Joel 37 “Chicago” actor

Richard

38 Prefix for “body” or

“gravity”

40 San Diego baseball

player

41 Hot drink dispensers 42 One of many seen in

mall fountains

43 First person, in the

Quran

44 “My name is ...” 45 Tornadolike toon, for

short

46 Loan worthiness

ranking

50 “The Woman King”

actress Atim

52 Stick a skewer in 53 EGOT winner Brooks 54 Green growth

56 Still getting debugged 58 “Interesting fact!” ... and a hint for the ends of 18-, 31- and 46-Across

63 “Have ___!” (“Go

right ahead!”) 64 Language on

Pakistani money 65 First blank on a form 66 Philosopher Descartes 67 Lumberjack’s target 68 Strict and serious 69 Periods of note

DOWN

1 “I, Robot” author

Isaac

2 Sea-related

3 Try to convert

someone’s faith 4 Causes for atonement 5 Small utility program 6 Sign associated with

loyalty 7 Fish-throwing

Muppet Zealand 8 Preheated appliance 9 Lantern oil

10 Inuit coat

11 “Beef” star Wong 12 “OMG that’s

hilarious”

13 Conger or moray 19 Fawns’ moms 21 “Tired of being

ignored here”

25 Place to play “DDR” 26 Whatsits

28 “Am I hot or not?”

device

29 Bring home, as a

salary 30 Goes platinum,

maybe

32 Conceited

33 Parade prerequisite 37 Avo dip

38 Play divisions 39 Person with a famous

story ark?

40 Summer umbrellas 44 Book ID

46 Coagulate

47 Bubble tea’s country

of origin 48 Light-sensing part of

the eye

49 Sends to cloud nine 51 “Fate owes me by

now” 55 “Who’s on First,” e.g. 57 Unclad

58 Body part you can

trust

59 Bobby of the Bruins 60 Poetic glorification 61 Atlanta-to-Toronto

dir.

62 On top o’