UNIVERSAL CROSSWORD PUZZLE
ACROSS
1 Up-tempo jazz style
6 Piquancy
10 The “S” of SOHCAHTOA, in trig
14 Banish
15 x, y or z
16 Techie’s news site
17 Ocean predator named for its patterned skin
19 Spreadsheet lines
20 Type of wood ... or what’s left after burning that wood
21 “I’ll pay!”
22 Look after
23 “End the ___” (mental health motto)
26 Fish named for its long, thin body
29 Gospel author
31 Barrel-shaped drums
32 Took a load off
33 ___-Cola
36 “Bidding is over!”
37 Minnow named for its stripes
40 Post-Pilates pain
43 Italian bread?
44 Bunny’s jump
46 Golden Gate ___
48 Said explicitly
51 Flat-bodied creature named for its beaklike face
54 “That’s enough flattery!”
56 The “W” in TWIMC
57 “Don’t say I didn’t ___ you ...”
59 It’s found backward in “two strands,” aptly 60 Liza Minnelli’s voice
type
61 Like the creatures at 17-, 26-, 37- and 51-Across, jokingly? 64 D&D superfan,
maybe
65 Dracula’s garment 66 Kicks out 67 Noteworthy times 68 “Orinoco Flow” singer 69 Use profanity
DOWN
1 Prerelease versions
2 Isn’t fictional
3 Smashing successes
4 ___ Miss 5 Pay-___-view
6 Former CNN anchor Paula
7 Hurdles for students
8 Creature in Starbucks’ logo
9 “Naughty!”
10 Texters’ pieces of evidence in an argument
11 Without a pause
12 Landmark FDR program
13 Martians, e.g.
18 Enjoy a long bath
22 Certain MMA victory
24 Blank stares ... from the new hires at a pastry shop, perhaps?
25 TV-silencing button
27 Fiber-rich berry
28 “Acid”
30 Light beige
34 Canoeing need
35 $$$ execs
38 Coors product
39 Persian ruler
40 Emancipation Proclamation prez
41 Vehicle with caterpillar treads
42 Late afternoon meal
45 It may let the dogs out
47 Opal or jade
49 Author Morrison
50 Do ___ (drive in
circles)
52 “That’s a bummer!”
53 Like a noisy Chihuahua
55 So last year
58 Zeus’ mother
60 Not get any younger
61 Card that’s worth 15 points in Liverpool rummy
62 “Killing Eve” network
63 “This debt shall be repaid” note