The Boston Globe

UNIVERSAL CROSSWORD PUZZLE

- WORM’S-EYE VIEW BY PAUL COULTER | EDITED BY DAVID STEINBERG

ACROSS

1 “Chiquitita” quartet

5 Figure out

8 Relax in a recliner, perhaps

12 Fearless

13 Church platform

15 Impulse transmitte­r

16 Fuel from a mine

17 2007 Michael Moore movie about health care

18 Palindromi­c act

19 Goes shopping, perhaps ... or, after flipping a letter, reaches one’s limit

22 Borscht vegetable

23 Ad headline

24 Actress Grier ... or, after flipping a letter, Fido’s foot

27 Singer Gwen

29 The first “T” of TNT

32 Become adjusted

34 Purged (of)

35 “___ Frome”

37 Nudges

38 “Aladdin” prince

39 Nephew’s sister

40 Acted like

41 Martin or McQueen

43 Get ready, for short

44 Tuxedo shirt fastener

45 Common carafe size

46 Joke around

47 Alternativ­e to work?

49 “Ah, me!”

51 Indiana basketball pro

53 Code-cracking org.

56 Toothbrush brand

59 Neighbor of Canada: Abbr.

60 Indian spiced drink, redundantl­y

63 “Spy vs. Spy” magazine ... or, after flipping a letter, mouthful of gum

64 Bubkes

65 Do a surfboard stunt

66 “A Wrinkle in Time” director DuVernay

67 Actor Penn

68 Like most music

69 “Huzzah!”

DOWN

1 “20/20” network

2 “You stink!”

3 Boring

4 Go off script

5 Beautiful people

6 Carve in stone

7 Loses intentiona­lly

8 Big dipper?

9 Skater’s jump

10 Actress Caldwell

11 Discontinu­e

13 Money in the bank, say

14 Eternal City dweller ... or, after flipping a letter, Atkinson of “Mr. Bean”

20 Exams

21 Roswell crash victim, supposedly

24 Dads

25 Welcome to the family

26 Ref’s correction ... or, after flipping a letter, hotel service delivered by phone

28 ___-O-Fish

29 Prime minister after David Cameron ... or, after flipping a letter, “It’s possible”

30 Track events

31 Not competent

33 Hawk, as one’s wares

36 Where singles go in a bar?

41 Artful

42 Victorian, for one

48 Foot’s curve

50 Cash advance

51 Rebellious rock style

52 China setting

53 Prefix meaning “one billionth”

54 Communicat­e silently

55 Lead-in to “girl”

57 Flow from Mount Etna

58 Annual celebratio­n, briefly

61 Fez, e.g.

62 Moray, say

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