UNIVERSAL CROSSWORD PUZZLE

ACROSS

1 It’s stuck on an

envelope

6 Not well 9 Sustainable crop

with shoots 10 Kristen of “Barb and Star Go to Vista Del Mar” 12 Semiconductor

slices

15 Singular

16 Word after “danger”

or “comfort”

17 ___ Lingus 19 “Knives Out”

sequel

23 Oil crisis? 24 Watering hole 25 Three, in Turin 26 “You’re talking too

much”

28 Endeavor

29 Great Barrier ___ 31 “That’ll do it for

me”

32 Pieces of mulch,

perhaps

35 Pulsate

38 Style that intentionally lacks style

39 “No reason” 42 Spectacles and

such

45 Wish undone 46 Homophone of

“eight”

47 Relaxation stations 48 Bit of detritus in an unboxing video, maybe 51 “Thank you for coming to my ___ Talk”

52 Elnaz Rekabi’s Middle Eastern country 53 Awkwafina’s given

name

54 Yellow toy that squeaks when squeezed 59 Mincemeat desserts 60 Usher in 61 Unspecified degree 62 Deliver a speech

DOWN

1 All of them may be

final

2 “Stop oversharing!” 3 “Abbott Elementary”

network

4 Cattle call? 5 Namesake of an

investment scheme 6 “Lemme!”

7 Hang on for

dear ___

8 Tell tall tales

9 Base two

11 Honors, as with

one’s presence 12 High power? 13 Courts romantically 14 Get a feeling 15 Rainbow flag

acronym

18 Observe Shabbat 20 Light flashing to

“oontz oontz” music 21 Cookie with a Super

Mario variety 22 Something essential 23 Charitable

donations 27 “Hooray!”

30 Org. that monitors

radio

32 Amazes

33 Cause damage to 34 “Turn off the alarm” 35 Experiment

36 Too energetic 37 Do some research 39 Paddled in a pond 40 180-degree

maneuver 41 Letter after

epsilon

43 Over again 44 Guffaw

49 Mild chili pepper 50 Rolled joint? 52 “Suuure” 55 Airport security

container 56 Queer dating app 57 Roth ___ 58 Cougar, e.g.