C8 The Boston Globe TUESDAY, AUGUST 27, 2019
UNIVERSAL CROSSWORD PUZZLE
ACROSS
1 “The of Water”
6 Tolkien protagonist
11 Fifth-century nomad
14 “Hamilton”
character Burr
15 Competitor
16 Multimedia
artist Yoko
17 What a shopper
legally does
19 Spinning speed
meas.
20 Rebekah’s eldest
21 Composer Brian
22 Judge’s assignments
24 What a breakfast
cook legally does
28 Game summaries
31 Beach birds
32 Wear away
33 Witty Mort
35 Start of choosing
verse
38 card (cellphone
insertion)
39 Takes from, or an
apt alternate title
for this puzzle
42 New beginning?
43 Golf course props
45 “Didn’t mean to
drop that!”
46 High-tech
surgical tool
48 Defense group
that was HQed in
Bangkok
50 Withdraw officially
51 What a minimally
helpful person
legally does
55 Likeacool
autumn day
56 Minor criticism
57 Ilhan in the House
61 Paddling implement
62 What a runner on a
diamond legally does
66 Rockies, e.g.: Abbr.
67 Governor or mayor
68 Fresh starter
69 Stake
70 Play-of-color gems
71 Process partsDOWN
1 Enclosure for an ed.
2 Hems’ partners
3KiriTeKanawasolo
4 Browsing annoyance
5 Chicago-to-Detroit dir.
6 Swiss bank money
7 Photocopier
company
8Eggs
9 Women’s org.
since 1890
10 Typical trade-in
11 Instinctive
shrewdness
12 Pull out, as a dowel
13 Request to leave out
a food additive
18 Yachting settings
23 Fashionable Klein
25 Old phone abbr.
26 Culture values
27 ___-fulfilling
prophecy
28 Enjoy a day off
29 Port city of
Pennsylvania
30 Precedes all others33 Many an “SNL” skit
34 Egyptian snake
36 Financial aid basis,
usually
37 Long-gone days
40 Greek letter whose
name has three vowels
41 Make tracks
44 Wimbledon units47 Trapeze
performer, e.g.
49 Requests that one
attend
50 Some NCOs
51 Drop the ___ (confess
deep affection)
52 More than a little
upset53 Counting
everything
54 “Frasier” brother
58 Gander’s gender
59 “Pronto!”
60 Some wines
63 15% of a bill, often
64 LAX info
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