UNIVERSAL CROSSWORD PUZZLE
ACROSS
1 Place for a cuddly pet
4 Remedy
8 Reactions to a sick burn
12 Agents’ aliases
14 Mountaineer’s tool
16 Winter coat?
17 Windowsill, for example
18 Psychic’s “gift”
19 1989 Madonna hit that incorporates gospel music
21 Greek cheese
23 Soup container
24 ___ Faire (place to indulge in mead and turkey legs)
25 Shop around, so to speak
31 Watch in disbelief
34 Measure of people skills
35 Tiny messenger
36 “Trust your ___”
38 Sardine container
39 Had brunch
40 Like FM radio, typically
43 Opened, as a banana
45 Madonna song whose title became her nickname
47 Midriff muscles
48 Dash partner
49 Word before or after “break”
53 Announcement on the runway?
58 Knight’s title
59 Inventor of the code suggested by 48-Across
60 Liquid in some risotto recipes
62 Happen
63 “A little old place where we can get together,” in a song
64 Snakes that symbolized royalty in ancient Egyptian culture
65 Observes
66 10 divided by 10
DOWN
1 Word before “ball” or “change”
2 Change
3 Each
4 Parody picture provider
5 “Sure, I guess ...”
6 Holds a grudge against
7 “___ bien”
8 One who treats crude stuff
9 New Zealand’s region
10 Actress and inventor Lamarr
11 Shade of green
12 One who takes whisks?
13 Org. where Titans face off against Giants
15 Member of the MTV generation, perhaps
20 Brings about
22 Tailless primate
26 Light, bubbly brews
27 Steamy or dreamy
28 Israeli airline
29 Lo-cal
30 Kicked out of a game: Abbr.
31 Somber
32 Designer Sui who said, “... if it doesn’t reflect the times, it’s not fashion”
33 Kind of tense?
37 Fresh gossip
41 Bands together
42 Something comfortably familiar
44 Keebler cookie creator
46 Start the show
50 Thai or Tibetan
51 Because
52 “Star ___” (film franchise with John Cho)
53 “if ur asking me ...”
54 South American cash crop
55 Rainbows, e.g.
56 Birds that symbolize foolishness in Pakistani culture
57 “Absolutely!”
61 Question of identity