UNIVERSAL CROSSWORD PUZZLE
DUE UP
ACROSS
1 Cruise ship room
6 Track meet events
11 Regulated
13 “That’s what they say”
15 Winning consistently
16 Be subjected to
17 Lens holders
18 Burial sites
20 Cambodian currency, and an anagram of “lire”
21 Lead-in to “system” or “tourism”
22 Take shape
24 Subj. often taught at night
25 They have red and white divisions
27 Russian title that comes from “Caesar”
29 Theatrical backdrop
30 Crowds to avoid
33 Elk
35 Cooking oil variety
37 Skating jump 38 Really annoy
42 Australian greeting
43 Conk out
44 Building block for much Arnold Schoenberg music
46 Iris’s organ
47 Contentious political limitation ... and a hint to what’s above the starred clues’ answers
50 Treatment leading some to say “Ahh!” and some to say “Ick!”
52 Beauty contest
55 He gives Starbuck’s orders
56 Wears
58 Surgery reminder
59 Boring learning style
60 Suggestions, criticisms, etc.
61 “... and here it is!”
62 Lose hair
63 ESPN data
64 Command after “sit”
DOWN
1 *Extremely famous
2 Battle site to “remember”
3 *Celebs generally get longer ones
4 Rocks, at a bar
5 *Still on the plate
6 *Transfers, as a shirt design
7 First ___ kit
8 *Autumnal color
9 Like a weird coincidence
10 *Dictionary listings
11 Sponge opening
12 Multitudes
13 Rent from a renter
14 Sushi serving
19 Distracted Boyfriend, for one
22 Scandalous gossip
23 Big name in sneakers
25 Saxophone sound
26 Karaoke performance
27 Travel by plane, but not far
28 Sit down, chat, get up, move away; sit down, chat, get up, move away ...
31 Feline with a special store of food?
32 Overwhelm with jokes
33 Bundle of cash
34 “Consider it done”
35 Radiator fluids 36 Homophone of 46-Across
39 Captivate
40 Casual shirt
41 Get high on acid
44 “We’ll let you know later,” on a TV schedule
45 Top part of a disguise
48 Flowed back
49 Constructions in trees
50 Damages
51 “Not looking good!”
53 Zippo
54 Breakfast-in-bed holder
57 It may have a sauna