UNIVERSAL CROSSWORD PUZZLE

ACROSS

1 Like muscles after a

workout

5 Kick out, as a tenant 10 Meat, potatoes and

onions dish 14 Picasso’s ___ Period 15 Chinese gambling

destination

16 Gladys Knight, for one 17 Tax in Oregon? 19 Opinion

20 Sway unsteadily 21 Can’t stand, in a sense 23 “Let ’er ___!”

25 Kind of class for many

a college freshman 26 Cherry in Arizona? 33 “Mr. ___ Risin’” (anagram of “Jim Morrison”)

34 Fat in some piecrusts 35 Way off base, say? 39 Neighbor of Saudi

Arabia

40 Pseudonym

41 Small sheltered inlet 42 “It’s ___ or Nothin’!” (foam dart brand slogan of the ’90s) 43 Prefix with “final” 44 Raw metals 45 Authorities in Texas? 49 Sagas and such 52 “How ya doin’?” 53 American region characterized by industrial decline 57 Shake it!

62 “And ...”

63 Contestant in Indiana? 65 ___-of-the-moment

66 “Holy” cup

67 No more than

68 What a colon represents

in an emoticon 69 FaceTime alternative 70 Throw

DOWN

1 Drive the getaway car,

for example

2 Board game with Professor Plum and Mrs. Peacock

3 Titanic

4 Hurl, slangily 5 Celebrity chef Lagasse 6 Batman portrayer

Kilmer

7 Frosted, as a cake 8 Hangout locale for bats 9 Happy Meal

collectibles

10 Blowing a fuse

11 Like the most wellknown celebs 12 Animal in a roundup 13 “In what way?” 18 Pebblelike candy 22 ATM code

24 Bit of fish food 26 “Hurry up!”

27 ___ screen (what a smartphone initially displays)

28 Slightly open 29 Things lacking

influence 30 “Spider-Man” trilogy

director Sam 31 Smarts

32 SSNs, e.g.

36 Had on, as an outfit

37 Done

38 Word often confused

with “fewer” 40 Donkey

46 Kind of port for a

thumb drive 47 “Harold and the ___ Crayon” (popular children’s book)

48 Birthstone between

sapphire and topaz 49 Delete

50 Like some orange

juice

51 Unit of Time? 54 Diner items that may

be scrambled 55 Small songbird

56 Food holder on

an airplane 58 Lacking slack 59 Thiis clue has

one

60 “___ go!” 61 Cupid’s Greek

counterpart 64 Sharp bark