UNIVERSAL CROSSWORD
ACROSS
1 What Blue Jays often have on their heads 5 Volcano output 9 Fishhook projections 14 Orchestra woodwind 15 Word with “history” or “exam”
16 Hard to miss
17 “Who’s on First?” comic (In this answer, note the first 2 letters + the last 2)
19 Interior style 20 Requirement
21 Be nosy
23 34th prez
24 Puccini opera 27 Chimney buildup
28 Golf prop
29 Part of a mortgage check (... first 3 letters + the last 3)
33 Poseidon’s domain 34 Letters before an alias 35 EMT’S skill
36 Benefit from nepotism, perhaps (... first 2 letters + the last 2)
42 Church bench
43 Female sheep
44 Female deer
46 Where team teaching may occur (... first 2 letters + the last 2) 52 Hesitant sounds 53 Cosmetics brand 54 Greek resort island 55 Author Harper ___ 56 The “A” of IPA 57 Digital diary 59 Reversed the effect of 61 Hair problems ... or a
theme hint
66 Peace pact
67 “Yeah, right”
68 Rod’s partner 69 Promoted
extravagantly 70 Ready for eating 71 Samsung rival
DOWN
1 Corn holder
2 ___ Dhabi
3 Pea holder
4 Attempt to bring up the
passed?
5 Ear part
6 Yank who retired in 2016 7 Tub
8 Indie rock relative 9 Lovable figure
10 Blvd. relative
11 Say, as the Apostles’
Creed
12 Splintered
13 Yonge ___ (main road in
Toronto)
18 Yellowstone predator 22 Extermination targets,
familiarly 24 “___ the season ...” 25 Loonies replaced them in
Canada
26 Standard dev. or avg. 27 Majestic
30 Have a balanced
diet
31 Genre for the Specials
or the Maytals
32 Actor who said, “I pity
the fool”
37 Police alert, for short 38 Inserted more Nerf
darts
39 Defunct airline
40 Stench
41 Disappearing word 45 Ostrich cousin 46 Minnesota city by Lake
Superior
47 Writer with a short story award named for him
48 Depleted
49 Kind of salad 50 Edinburgh native 51 “Mister ___
Neighborhood”
57 Dot on a radar screen 58 Larger-than-___ 60 Freezer cubes
62 Greek letter that
resembles a trident 63 Prefix with “natal”
64 Lair
65 Tricksy