Universal Crossword

Across

1 Young men

5 Type of depression

10 Eye impolitely

14 Top brass, briefly

15 Writing with a wry twist

16 Emulate a snake

17 Rich Mitch’s favourite

director?

20 Kind of position

21 Let go

22 Worrisome engine sound 25 Vast areas for grazing

26 Command to an attack dog 29 Tumbler in a nursery rhyme 31 Black mark of disgrace

35 Tokyo, once

36 Certain Alaskan

38 They come out at the

seams?

39 Where Rich Mitch keeps

his canned goods?

43 Itsy-bitsy amount

44 Wealthy muckety-muck

45 Before, in palindromes

46 Walking sticks like Moses’ 49 Performances for one

50 ___-for-profit

51 Box office dud

53 Tote board listings

55 South Pacific island group 58 Fairly harmless swords

62 It channels water for

Rich Mitch?

65 Light type on Broadway 66 1,000 kilograms

67 Root for poi

68 “Nah, I don’t think so” 69 Put a stake in a poker pot 70 Twist around an axis

Down

1 A new one is a sign of spring 2 Wheel shaft

3 Skillful

4 Small piece of paper

5 Start for “wife” or “way”

6 Provide with guns,

cannons and such

7 Movie marked by a

certain mood

8 Company that’s rich in chips 9 Rides a bike

10 Special time or event

11 Viscous, sticky substances 12 Heady pests?

13 Reindeer kin

18 Biblical prophet

19 “In the ___ of the Night”

23 River known for its length 24 Close of Hollywood

26 Tractor trailers

27 Dummkopf

28 Terra-___

30 George behind The Force 32 The colour of money

33 Urban newspaper section,

sometimes

34 Valuable possession

37 No-no

40 It provides the kick in coffee 41 Daring and fearless

42 Footnote citation

47 Symbol of patriotism

48 “Moonlight ___”

(Beethoven masterwork) 52 Mountain climber’s aid

54 Roasting rods

55 Hydrox rival

56 Shorten, as a photo

57 Word that raises a

grammarian’s eyebrows 59 List-ending abbr.

60 Neutral hosiery shade

61 Do a blacksmith’s job

62 Hotel kin

63 ___ of a kind

64 Devine or Flanders