UNIVERSAL CROSSWORD PUZZLE

ACROSS

1 Room at the top?

5 Palindromic Swedish band

9 Horse’s neck hair

13 Capital of Norway

14 Tinfoil, for one

15 Underwater navigational aid

16 That woman will play esports?

18 See whether you can

19 Property claim filed by the IRS

20 Some snowmobiles

22 Ran, as colors

23 North Carolina college

24 Bullfrog sound

27 You and I will enjoy some literature?

31 Dramatist Ibsen

33 Without exception

34 Big time?

35 Org. concerned with air quality

36 Like stronger-tasting floss, perhaps

39 Digital readout: Abbr.

40 Certain theater, for short

41 “Get it?”

42 It was parted in the Bible

44 Yours truly will indulge?

47 West Yorkshire city

48 First-rate

49 Colorado ski resort

51 Watches a kitty

54 On the line

58 Eight-person band

59 That guy will pester relentlessly?

61 Apprehensive

62 What comes to mind?

63 Smooth wrinkles out of

64 Blows it

65 Places

66 Computer input

DOWN

1 Completely confused

2 Workers’ protection org.

3 Bend, as a muscle

4 Turnpike barrier

5 “Oh, shucks!”

6 Lego or Eggo

7 Emeril’s exclamation

8 What primatologists study

9 Land ruled by Sauron

10 “No more takers?”

11 Western alliance: Abbr.

12 Aphrodite’s son

15 Motionless

17 Singer nicknamed “Queen of Rap”

21 “Out of the Dark” author Helen

24 French dear

25 Drive away

26 Without effort

27 Zero-calorie drink

28 “Thanksgiving” director Roth

29 Followed a curved path

30 Tots’ pops

32 Fate

37 New beginning?

38 Gusto

43 Muscle adjacent to the clavicle

45 Oafs, in Ontario

46 Kwanzaa principle

49 Person paid to park

50 Map book

51 Singer Nat King ___

52 Big name in computers

53 Craft in a fleet

55 That certain something

56 Shoelace problem

57 “Giant” author Ferber

60 Prof ’s email address ending