UNIVERSAL CROSSWORD PUZZLE

ACROSS

1 Stingray feature 5 React to the alarm 9 Necessity 13 Unencumbered 14 Type of theater at a science museum, perhaps

15 Roping and riding

competition 16 Disaster relief org. 17 Soccer star born Edson Arantes do Nascimento

18 It may be obtuse 19 Joint operations 22 Imaginary line that

Earth spins around 23 Adjust the pitch of 24 Mexican foods associated with Tuesday

28 Richard’s predecessor

in the White House 32 30.48 of them fit

in a ft.

35 Makes up ground 37 Construction

workplace

38 Joint operations 42 Rural real estate unit 43 Startle

44 Fooled

45 Oppose

48 Home of the Blue

Light Special 50 Cookie that’s a

Hydrox imitation 52 Farm’s bounty 55 Joint operations 60 Peninsula crossed by

Lawrence of Arabia 61 53-Down highlight 62 Partners of carrots 64 Barista’s creation 65 “When they made you,

they broke the ___” 66 Irritates

67 Romantic flower 68 Put some chips in the

pot

69 Firstborn son?

DOWN

1 Texter’s closest buddy 2 Concert venue

3 Big name in home

sales

4 Michael Jackson hit featuring Eddie Van Halen on guitar 5 Completely erase 6 Gold Card co.

7 Leafy green

8 Put forth, as effort 9 Rubbish

10 Outer limit

11 Snaky swimmers 12 Bambi’s mother is one 15 Like the Pacific Northwest, for much of the year

20 “Killers of the Flower

Moon” tribe 21 ___-de-sac

25 Lid

26 Olive and corn

products

27 Chips or cookies, say 29 Kitchen timer sound 30 “A Man Called ___”

(2022 film)

31 Settle in like a bird 32 Martial artist Jackie 33 Shiny mineral 34 Agile

36 Con game

39 Strike a chord 40 Time period 41 Concert souvenirs,

informally 46 Nickname for

Schwarzenegger 47 Vote of support 49 Imaginary line at about 23.5 degrees latitude

51 First U.S. president

born after 1946 53 Musical drama 54 Former White House

press secretary Jen 55 “Bye,” in Bologna 56 Uninvited picnic

guests

57 Age following Bronze 58 River sediment 59 “Smooth Operator”

singer

60 35 mm camera type 63 IRS form ID