UNIVERSAL CROSSWORD

State Representatives by Josh M. Kaufmann, edited by Taylor Johnson

ACROSS

1 Flat-topped straw hat 7 Rowdy crowd 10 “Hairspray” mom 14 Not late

15 Big fuss 16 Eco-friendly building

certification, for short 17 *With 18-Across, official flower of the Aloha State

18 See 17-Across (In this

answer, see letters 1-2) 20 Scot’s “no” 21 Volunteer’s words 23 Druid, e.g.

24 *Official bird of the Hoosier State

(... letters 5-6)

26 New Jersey’s largest

city

28 Texter’s “Holy moly!” 29 NFL feats worth six

points

30 Sponge alternative 31 “Beetlejuice” actress

Davis

33 Back of a boot 35 Snakelike fish 36 *Official mammal of the Pelican State

(... letters 2-3)

39 Turkish currency 42 Garment of ancient Rome

43 ___-Bismol 47 Currently

49 Includes on an email 51 “Yee-___!”

52 Magical concoction 53 *Official fish of the Prairie State

(... letters 6-7) 55 “Onward” voice actress

Waithe

56 Ode writer

57 ___ or nothing

58 *Official appetizer of the Ocean State

(... letters 7-8)

60 Emblem ... and what each starred clue’s answer is, vis-a-vis its indicated letters

63 “___ be OK”

64 Guitarist Paul 65 American change maker? 66 Dates

67 Copy

68 Smoothed, as wood

DOWN

1 Young man

2 What Zendaya and

Shakira use

3 Loose, as a criminal 4 Like some kitchen

backsplashes 5 Post-hardcore subgenre 6 << button on a VCR

7 Taj ___

8 Thor’s father

9 Short hairstyle

10 In a different place 11 Announce

12 Like beige or cream,

colorwise 13 Commercials

19 Frosts, as a cake 22 Steady profit source 24 Gear tooth

25 Slanted typeface, for

short

26 African river

27 Metric wts.

30 Fiasco

32 Annual championship

series held in May-june 34 Heart test: Abbr.

37 Lots

38 Church recess

39 Race unit

40 Quarantine

41 Wheely good pasta? 44 Former TV host

Regis

45 Large beer, informally 46 Hooting bird 48 American linguist

Chomsky

50 Chops, as a potato 53 Idaho’s capital

54 Letter before delta 56 Meal ___

58 Prefix for “gender” 59 Chicken ___ king 61 Fashion monogram 62 Inc., in Britain