UNIVERSAL CROSSWORD PUZZLE

ACROSS

1 Goat sound

4 Deer who is

Thumper’s friend 9 Take to the slopes 12 “Back in Black” band 14 Belted constellation 15 Take it on the ___ 16 MMXXIII, for one 17 Studio behind “Up” 18 Military org. on

campuses

19 Like a Brink’s truck 21 Floral brew

23 Tiny

24 Mimic

25 Place to wear a robe 28 Scanned ID at a

supermarket

32 “Silly me!”

35 City voting districts 37 “Say what?” 38 “Dancing With the

Stars” winner Ohno 40 Fisher of “Eighth

Grade”

41 PC shortcut key 42 Organizing consultant

Marie

43 Kings of ___ (rock

band)

44 Lawn care brand 46 Gallon or gram

47 Like many Oscar

speeches

48 More sad

49 Golf ball supports 50 Greed

52 ___ Grand (Vegas hotel) 55 Word-for-word 56 Actress Dennings of

“WandaVision” 59 Enjoying solitude,

say

61 Before now 62 Strummed and

picked instrument 64 Loosen

65 British granny

66 Vast expanse of water 67 “Ta-ta!”

68 Either side of a Mad

magazine battle 69 Void ___ prohibited

DOWN

1 *“Sure, why not?!” 2 Laptop brand

3 Eve’s partner 4 Woody’s love interest

in “Toy Story”

5 Dry as a desert 6 Margarita ___

7 Pig that becomes a snake when its last letter is removed

8 Bit of headway 9 Attempt

10 Benjamin Franklin

allegedly flew one 11 *Colluding 13 *Clustering (around) 15 *Exit stealthily 20 Reduce, ___, recycle 22 “Bark for me!” 25 “Neato!”

26 Diet heavy on the meats 27 Burning crime 29 Phonies

30 Chasm between peoples ... and what each starred clue’s answer “bridges” by leaping over a black square 31 “Ha, karma strikes

again!”

32 “Death Be Not Proud” poet, and an anagram of “no end”

33 Hit from the 1960s,

say

34 ___ and hollers 36 Microwave alert 39 Sit in a corner and

sulk

44 “Well, duh!” 45 Killer whale 50 Echo voice

51 Joint in the arm 52 Planet that some have proposed terraforming 53 Unbridled

joy

54 Planted agent 56 Joint in the

leg

57 Slightly open 58 Musical sound 60 Vote against 63 Berliner’s cry