South China Morning Post

Universal Crossword

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Across

1 Trail

5 Used to be

8 Ticket remnants

13 Certain guitar pedal’s effect

14 “___ she didn’t!”

15 Core belief

16 Shut loudly

17 *Apollo Lunar Module, for one

19 Dazed

21 Power through

22 Sulky mood

23 Hits up on Insta

25 Shade trees

26 Modest dress worn in Muslim communitie­s

28 Follower of cinco

29 Deli loaves

30 Hats’ edges

31 ’50s living room novelties

33 Inapt rhyme of “glad”

34 *Asiago and Romano

36 Total fool

39 Wellspring

40 Short Japanese poem

42 A few

45 Hosted, for short 46 Actor and DJ Elba

47 Solo from “Aida” or “Tosca”

48 FX franchise whose middle letter stands for “horror”

49 Messes up

50 Ease

52 Tackle after the whistle

55 Scenario where computers gain world domination, and what caused the starred clues not to match their answers?

58 Footwear company that sponsored

Tiger Woods

59 British singer with

16 Grammys

60 “Indiana Jones and the ___ of Destiny”

61 Summit

62 Mini-___ (gas station stores)

63 Apt rhyme of “shriek”

64 Exam for a future esq.

Down

1 Currency in Cancun

2 Human rights org.

3 *“How strange”

4 “Council,” for “counsel”

5 Raymond Carver’s “___ We Talk About When We Talk About Love”

6 Songwriter DiFranco

7 Daughter’s brother

8 Hardcore fan

9 Kid’s chicken order, perhaps

10 Without reason

11 “Another brewski, please”

12 Emphasise

14 Leave out

18 One who is responsibl­e for rent

20 Disaster

23 What screen time happens on

24 Wished to see again

26 Crunch targets

27 Word after “wireless” or “sports”

28 Carbohydra­te in a potato

32 Garment sold at a concert

35 Merciful

36 *Reveres

37 Glide on snow

38 Guilty-looking, in slang

39 Savoury garnish for a gourmet cookie

41 Gland atop a kidney

42 Peace, in Arabic

43 Brand of frozen potato products

44 Certain spray bottle

49 British nobleman

51 Just manages, with “out”

52 Roof problem

53 Swedish store with a restaurant and showroom

54 Often frowned-upon breakup medium

56 Poem of praise

57 French for “life”

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