UNIVERSAL CROSSWORD PUZZLE
ACROSS
1 Bawls
5 Giant robots in anime
10 “Othello” has five
14 Pirate team
15 Kind of committee
16 “Dr. ___” (talk show)
17 What Claravis targets
18 Nimble
19 Mark from a mosquito
20 Mexico’s ___ California
21 Darns, as socks
22 Apple device discontinued in 2022
23 It has a radius but no diameter
25 Loops in on an email
26 Calf’s call
27 Sleep stage: Abbr.
29 Caps in Aspen?
32 Up in the air, on a sched.
35 Bon ___ (cleanser)
36 Started to fight
37 Luau loop
38 2007 Elliot Page film
40 Baggins of “The Hobbit”
41 Military vehicle featured in “Jurassic Park”
42 *Fish in Paris?
45 Uncle Sam’s land, briefly
48 “You don’t ___!”
49 Part of OTOH
53 Corrals, as cattle
55 Skewer
56 *Metal in Vientiane?
58 *Rage in N’Djamena?
59 Low-pH stuff
60 Think highly of
62 “___ a little!” (“Loosen up!”)
63 Weighty book
64 Caribbean “Island of Aloe”
65 Follow orders
66 Lambs’ mothers
67 Philly b-baller
68 Apt anagram of “note”
DOWN
1 Union’s bane
2 Apt letters missing from “predat_ _ in the o_e_n”
3 *Predicament in Porto-Novo?
4 Be a potty mouth
5 Polite address
6 Suburban business districts
7 *Cold snap in Beijing?
8 Prevents from advancing
9 “Bullets,” in poker
10 HS course covering the cell cycle
11 *Cookware item in Santiago?
12 Name found in “hit it off”
13 Arctic transport
24 Flavor enhancer: Abbr.
26 AOL rival
27 “The Big Bang Theory” role 28 Outback bird
30 Kind of beef in a
Japanese steakhouse
31 Phineas or Ferb, e.g.
33 Hive insect
34 Salsa, e.g . ... or a
salsa move 39 Football fouls
41 High-speed aviator
43 Rare weather in the Sahara
44 Food ___ (post-feast feeling)
45 Burning the midnight oil
46 Manatee
47 Not tardy
50 Gummy candy brand
51 “___ pipers piping ...”
52 Overnight flight
54 Star bursts?
55 “People have been saying ...”
57 Delhi wrap
58 Rubik’s ___
61 Soap brand with a ritzy-sounding name