UNIVERSAL CROSSWORD PUZZLE

ACROSS

1 Change, as a clock 6 Vietnamese soup

9 St. Louis landmark

13 Aerial tour vehicle, informally

14 “Chariots of Fire” actor Charleson

15 Apple variety

16 Bishop’s advice to a priest preparing a sermon on sins?

19 Abound

20 Beauty chain with a salon inside each store

21 Totally unskillful 22 Yearn

24 Tie the knot

25 God’s comment after the first 24 hours?

32 Widen at an eye exam

33 Feed bag fill

34 Mopey music genre 35 Sure-footed goat

36 Bawl

37 City where Achilles fought

38 Alternative to net

39 Parent

41 Video game with turntables

43 Waitress’s guidance to a first-time customer?

46 Chart-topper

47 Gas in a glowing sign

48 Delivery doc

51 Cheese on crackers

53 Did the butterfly, perhaps

57 Parent’s exclamation after a toddler’s first sentences?

60 Tribe whose Moose band lives in northern Ontario

61 In need of a lift?

62 They’re all good

63 Bear cubs’ homes

64 Freudian topic

65 Hammer’s partner

DOWN

1 Catch with a lasso

2 Largest fencing sword

3 Levy that angered American colonists

4 “A rat!”

5 Defeat big-time

6 Brad of “Babylon”

7 “That’s hysterical!”

8 “The loneliest number”

9 To-do list

10 Dance party

11 Cut short

12 “Stop right there!”

13 Winter hrs. in Chicago

17 Dog biter

18 Fare reductions?

23 Believer’s suffix

24 Talent for banter

25 Sign symbolized by scales

26 Mournful poem

27 Tottenham truck

28 Verb often confused with “lie”

29 “10” actress Bo

30 Love, Italian-style

31 It comes easily to hand

32 God, in Spanish

36 Pet that may be named Whiskers

37 Hypersensitivity to criticism

39 Safari beast, informally

40 “Dig in!”

41 Directly toward sunrise

42 Nickname for a Latina pop icon

44 Surprised affirmation

45 Taking care of business

48 Like some audiobooks

49 Hardly the life of the party

50 Broadway star Verdon

51 Boast

52 Change the decor of

54 Chicken piece

55 Carpenters and harvesters

56 Metric dosage amts.

58 Wear and tear

59 Language related to Thai