UNIVERSAL CROSSWORD PUZZLE

ACROSS

1 Brief message

5 Value

10 Chain of movie

theaters

13 Car rental company 14 Greetings from

Hawaii

16 Military conflict 17 When two fairly matched giraffes raced, they were ... 19 Whichever

20 Like a walkie-talkie

that’s close enough 21 Winter excursion 23 Surgeons’ spots, for

short

24 When two fairly matched zombies raced, it was a ... 25 Fishing implement 27 Farmland

measurement 30 Airport security org. 31 “I caught you!” 32 Gave a call 33 Well-organized 37 When two fairly matched rock climbers raced, victory was ... 42 Slugger Sammy 43 The world’s second

most traded currency 44 Carly ___ Jepsen 45 Important ID 48 Adjust, as an article 49 Make up stories 50 When two fairly matched gamblers raced, it was a ... 54 Frigid

56 Basic metabolic

panel, for one 57 Charter option for a

sports team

61 LAX landing guess 62 When two fairly matched cameramen raced, it came down to a ...

64 Bog

65 Floats in the air 66 Canadian First

Nations group 67 Chiding word 68 Stuck on, as an idea 69 Chances

DOWN

1 Fingernail treatment,

informally

2 Fairly matched 3 Extremely small

pictures, say 4 Schindler with a list 5 Designer Vera 6 Quaint, quaintly 7 Harry’s pal

8 This and that

9 Try to chop through 10 In the know 11 Obsession

12 Burial chamber 15 Experiences poor

traction

18 Comedian Aziz 22 Macbeth’s title 24 Angle units

25 This puzzle has 15 of

them

26 Akron’s state

28 Soup holder 29 Messenger molecule 34 One gets the worm 35 Berry in some purple

smoothies

36 You, before you were

born?

38 Lacks

39 It’s not clear!

40 ___ Lanka 41 Corkscrew pasta 46 Curry of the Warriors 47 Flaky ticket holder 50 Chin indent

51 Author Joyce Carol ___ 52 Goldman Sachs, e.g.,

slangily

53 Appliance with a

cooktop 55 ___ de Mayo 57 Comedian Sahl

58 In that case

59 Like items in a thrift

store

60 “___ in her

element” 63 Nickname related to

Theo