Universal Crossword
ACROSS
1 Common email attachments 5 Slap on the ___ (metaphorical small punishment)
10 Make a trade
14 Depend (on)
15 Was given no other option 16 Relate
17 “No need to sugarcoat that” 19 Jazz great James
20 Group known for its routines 21 “I can’t interfere, it’s a ___ event” (meme)
22 Large deer
23 Taro paste
24 ___ sapiens
25 Decadent swirled pastry
30 Sharp part of an ice skate 32 “Beat ___” (Stanford Big Game slogan)
33 “Garfield” dog
34 Lower digits
35 Restless
37 Soccer cheers
38 Pay to play poker
39 Brazilian home to Ipanema and Rocinha, familiarly
40 “If it ___ to that ...”
42 People who eat seafood but not other meat
45 Meh
46 ICU workers
47 Greek letter shaped like a trident
50 Black-and-white cookies 52 Large cat breed named after a U.S. state
55 From ___ to riches
56 “Could not be more excited to attend this event!”
57 Cheese that can be baked 58 Stainless ___
59 Love, in Spanish
60 Word before “packing” or “flying”
61 Argentine soccer star who
made his MLS debut in 2023 62 “Hey, you”
DOWN
1 Celebration with rainbow flags 2 Window sticker
3 _ _ _ steak (chewy meat cut) 4 Align, informally
5 “I am flabbergasted!”
6 Earn, as big bucks
7 Thought
8 Carry out repetitive movements 9 Young kid
10 Where to find sweaters? 11 Person who’s no fun, metaphorically
12 Palo ___, California
13 _ _ _ B (birth control pill) 18 Lukewarm
21 Swindle
24 “I am flabbergasted!”
25 “That’s that”
26 Thespian
27 More, in Spanish
28 “The ties were black, the ___ were white” (Taylor Swift lyric) 29 “_ _ _ Miserables”
30 Shape of some dog treats 31 “Time to get started”
34 Clicking dance style
36 Actress Long
41 Start of something
43 Common remote batteries 44 Colorful parts of eyes
47 Sonnets, odes, etc. 48 Philanthropist and billionaire George
49 Like noble gases
50 Globes
51 Uncommon
52 Partner
53 Iowa city that anagrams to an Arizona city
54 Bloke
56 Suffix for “antidisestablishmentarian”