UNIVERSAL CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Precious stones 5 Resistance units

9 Take in music?

13 Vergara of “Chef”

14 “The ___ Housewives of

Miami”

15 Taj Mahal’s site

16 Adhere (to)

17 Spoons, e.g. (In this answer, note the first 3 letters + the last 4)

19 Not sinking

21 Cutesy lion noise 22 Winter hrs. in D.C.

23 Man cave appliances

(... first letter + the last 6 letters)

25 ___ shed

26 Freshmen, in three years:

Abbr.

27 It’s opened and closed at

a bar

28 Beachfront worry

30 Like a lob’s path

32 Greek T’s

33 “And that’s an understatement”

(... first 2 letters + the last 3)

38 “Gloria” Oscar nominee

Rowlands

39 Memorial ___ Kettering 40 Performing like Common

or Logic

44 Mar. follower 45 ___ culpa

48 “Bingo!”

49 Hashtag for a picture showing a perfect relationship (... first 2 letters + the last 3) 52 Automaton

53 Musician Brickell 54 Chip dips

55 Some brisket pieces ... or what each theme answer has?

58 Start with a clean ___ 59 Dating from

60 Prefix with “dynamic” 61 Frequent flyers’ points 62 Hanukkah coins 63 Country where

Boun Khoun Khao is celebrated

64 Salty expanses

DOWN

1 Athlete such as Nelly

Korda or Lydia Ko 2 Uses tax software 3 Inconsequential 4 Noted union in

Hollywood

5 Enemy of an elf 6 Listened to

7 Cope

8 More like the tortoise 9 “Gnarly!”

10 Latin pop star Enrique 11 “Just sold the last one!” 12 Affixes

13 Some temporary

coverings

18 Ish

20 Singer-songwriter

Chapman

24 “Su-u-ure”

29 Fanboy over, say 30 “Now!”

31 Universal MLB positions since

2022

33 Place to sip a hot

drink

34 Doing the rounds, like a

guard

35 Airline with a hub at Ben

Gurion

36 Bounds along 37 Sensations from

awesome songs

38 Mixed assortment 41 Actor whose name

sounds like a drink 42 Option on a certain game

show

43 ___ pig (hairy pet) 45 Indian spice mix 46 Gladdens

47 Buffoons

50 Hall of Fame pitcher

Martinez 51 Skateboarding trick 56 Digital art piece: Abbr. 57 Message from a

shipwreck