UNIVERSAL CROSSWORD PUZZLE

ACROSS

1 Weekend comedy

show, familiarly 4 Singer Ronstadt 9 Carpet style popular

in the ’70s

13 Uncle, in Mexico 14 Jeered from the

bleachers

15 Princess’s crown 16 Kitchen pest

17 Large type of a small crustacean (In this answer, unscramble letters 2-8)

19 Greek salad cheese 21 Lyft competitor 22 Reuben bread 23 Major headline material

(... letters 3-10) 28 Raggedy Ann, e.g. 29 New Age icon Chopra 32 Little rascal

35 “Voila!”

37 St. Louis skyline feature 38 Unwelcome one

(... letters 5-11) 43 Lawyer Clooney 44 Soothing succulent 45 Yang’s opposite 46 Some nonprofit

supporters

49 Sicilian volcano 51 Being authentic

(... letters 6-13) 57 “Exit full screen” key 59 Smiley ___

60 Colt’s mother

61 Takes a different form, or a hint to this puzzle’s scrambled 4-, 5-, 9- and 3-sided figures 66 Chai or oolong

67 ___ bear (Arctic

predator)

68 See eye to eye

69 ___ and outs 70 Scream

71 Yours, in times of yore 72 Show of affection for

mom?

DOWN

1 Employees

2 Joe Montana, from

’79-’92

3 State-run game of

chance

4 JFK’s successor 5 Payment promise 6 Oscar recognition,

informally

7 Fix, as code 8 Photoshop producer 9 Madam’s counterpart 10 Musical set in 1960s

Baltimore

11 West Point’s military

branch

12 Stare with an open

mouth

15 One-fifth of 15 18 Transmit

20 Bait ___ switch 24 Yellow Brick Road

dog

25 Scheme

26 Alan of “Marriage

Story”

27 Tucker (out) 30 Beginning of a play 31 Genghis ___

32 Apple tablet

33 Office note 34 Practical joke that

victims pick up? 36 Actress Gasteyer 39 ___ gin fizz 40 Name hidden in

“whole grain” 41 Formal denial 42 Man with manners 47 Direct (to) 48 Health resorts 50 Pitcher’s prized limb 52 Defunct Apple

messaging app 53 Whinny

54 Wipe out, in slang 55 Smoothie King Center

in New Orleans, e.g. 56 Last but not ___ 57 Annual sports award 58 Heel, but not an

ankle

62 Friend

63 Part of TGIF: Abbr. 64 Jack’s value in

blackjack

65 “What did I tell

you?”