UNIVERSAL CROSSWORD PUZZLE

ACROSS

1 Regimen for injured athletes

6 Olympic centerpiece

11 “The Joy of Painting” network

14 Find new ways to thrive

15 Greased, as a pan

16 Illusionist Geller

17 Lenient response to skipping a bus payment?

19 Complementary color of green

20 Discover competitor, informally

21 Modern honey substitute?

22 Drive out

24 Actress Breslin of “Little Miss Sunshine”

28 Apt rhyme for “goos”

29 Bugs caught on the bus?

33 “Halt,” to a pirate

34 Fill with glee

35 Shout before “You’re it!”

36 Shape of the letter C

39 What a flare can mean

40 “Oh, joy”

43 Bay Area footballer

45 Motive

47 Sleeping bus passengers who miss their stops?

52 Highest position

53 Twisty rumba maneuvers

54 Tread forcefully

56 Two-finger sign

57 Canine of “Garfield” comics

61 Turtleneck, for one

62 Bus boycott?

66 South Asian “Simpsons” character

67 AOL offering

68 One-on-one learner

69 Monica, to Ross, informally

70 Jazz saxophonist Stitt

71 Jouster’s mount

DOWN

1 Tennis’s “King of Clay,” familiarly

2 Semisoft cheese

3 Rabbit relative

4 HS tests scored from 1to5

5 “Oh, forgot 2 mention ...”

6 Hunt for food

7 Like the function y =2x

8 Noted boxer and trash-talker

9 Half of ABBA’s members

10 On ___ (anxious)

11 With a goal in mind

12 Easy job

13 Walks laterally

18 Just slightly

23 Close, as a dialog box

25 It’s a lighter gas

26 Folk revivalist Burl

27 Hula-dancing Disney girl

29 Fluffy cafe denizen

30 Eggs, from the Latin

31 Culminating creation

32 Endearingly mischievous sort

37 Races, like an engine

38 Plane personnel

41 “What’s the ___?”

42 Mega Man console: Abbr.

44 Agenda part

46 Skyy alternative

47 Jah worshippers

48 Heavily armed sea creatures?

49 Succumb (to)

50 Either “Cathy’s Clown” singer

51 Polo alternatives

55 The “P” of POTUS, for short

58 Lavish affection (on)

59 Cold drink with a “Mermaid” variety

60 Squeaked (by)

63 Texter’s “If you ask me ...”

64 Dapper ___

65 K-pop septet