UNIVERSAL CROSSWORD PUZZLE
ACROSS
1 Moistens, as a turkey
7 Restaurant reading
11 Ambulance worker: Abbr.
14 Skiing style
15 Black cat, perhaps
16 Gen ___
17 Home that uses certain dryer sheets?
19 In favor of
20 Hankering
21 Managed care grps.
22 Followed surreptitiously
24 Classic sitcom set during the Korean War
25 ___-cone
26 Hop aboard
29 When the mosquitoes fly?
35 Warning signals
37 Hubbub
38 World Cup org.
39 Hindu scripture
40 Host of a talk show that aired from 1986 to 2011
42 Fertile
36-Down
43 Word after “loose” or “tight”
44 “___ about time!”
45 The “o” in Roy G. Biv
47 “Betcha can’t eat just one”?
50 Donkeys
51 ___ canto (operatic singing style)
52 Foot’s curve
54 Salad type made with croutons
57 Rapper
Anderson .___
58 Letter in the Greek (or English!) spelling of “Sphinx”
61 Where D.C. is
62 Selling M&M’s, say?
65 Gentleman’s address?
66 Coffee dispensers
67 Fought one-on-one
68 Faux ___
69 Bog fuel
70 Fleet-footed
DOWN
1 Pamper
2 ___ vera
3 Like cotton candy
4 Foil metal, once
5 Cast a spell over
6 Appears to be
7 Farm lows
8 Second-largest living bird
9 Snug retreat
10 Sense of foreboding
11 Blasts
12 “A ___ technicality!”
13 Walked (on)
18 Syllables from Santa
23 Right away
24 Quagmires
26 Courtroom hammer
27 Justice Kagan
28 Winnie-the-Pooh and others
30 Iran’s official language
31 Org. approving prescription drugs
32 Chic Manhattan neighborhood
33 No longer a minor, say
34 What expecting parents choose
36 Potting material
41 School org.
46 Accumulates
48 Become closemouthed
49 Lady’s address?
53 Surprise attacks
54 Verge
55 Most populous continent
56 Hard to find
57 “Hey, over here!”
58 Stack
59 Used a weeding tool
60 ___ 500
63 Genetic messenger
64 Visualize