UNIVERSAL CROSSWORD PUZZLE

ACROSS

1 Tiger’s mouth, say 4 “No sitting on the

couch, Fido!”

7 Period of inactivity 13 Early Beatles label 14 “Aida” solo

16 “___ My Dear”

(Beatles song) 17 Eight plus two 18 Tooting orchestra group (In this answer, note letters 1-3 and 5-6) 20 Evasive football

tactic

22 Beer initials after

“triple”

23 D&D, e.g. 24 Chiwere-speaking

tribe

25 Mark for misconduct

(... 1-2 and 4-5) 29 Lines of seats

30 Veer off course 31 Branch of Islam 34 “___ a living” 35 Throw forcefully 37 Nuclear power ___ 38 The date of the Qixi Festival is based on it (... 6-7 and 9-10) 42 “I Think We’re ___

Now” (song)

43 Take a breather 44 Wash. neighbor 45 Initials before a

summary, online 46 Word after “wine” or

“chocolate” 47 Fictional journalist

Lane 48 California’s ___ Valley (... 3-4 and 6-7)

51 Jason’s ship

52 Ball, poetically

55 “A mouse!!”

56 Bud from way back 58 Officers’ territories

(... 7 and 9-10) 62 Queensland bird 63 Traveled with the

band

64 Parks who fueled a movement by refusing to move 65 ___ Trung Thu

(festival)

66 Commits plagiarism 67 Land parcel 68 Opposite of NNW

DOWN

1 Speedy, as a rise to

fame

2 “You said it!”

3 Where a pie may be

set to cool

4 ‘Iolani Palace’s island 5 Palm’s leaf

6 Tree with needles 7 Defame during a

campaign

8 Tic ___ (mint) 9 Printmaking, e.g. 10 Hubbub

11 Flapjack chain 12 Performed like Adele 15 Baked treat that’s aptly dividing five hidden words in this puzzle

19 Explode like a geyser 21 Hi-___ monitor 26 Bronte’s Jane 27 Speck in the sea 28 Better ___ ever 32 Cooped-up cats, e.g. 33 Missile Command and Centipede, for two

35 Matisse or Poincare 36 Manipulate

37 “___ and thx” 39 Agrees wordlessly 40 Prefix with “space” 41 Firmly determined 46 The ___ (pop star

Justin, to fans) 47 Young fellow 49 Yorkshire city 50 “Untrue!”

52 Chooses

53 Taro or turnip

54 Like the Smurfs 57 Exam for a J.D.-to-be 59 “Science Friday” host

Flatow

60 “Bambi” frame 61 Trailblazing ISP