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