UNIVERSAL CROSSWORD

Universal Freestyle 117

ACROSS

1 Swiftie : Taylor Swift ::

___ : Mariah Carey 5 “Laguna Beach” channel 8 Moved smoothly, as into

one’s DMs 12 Himalayas’ home

13 Hunter constellation

16 Candy ___ (striped treat)

17 Rely (on) 18 Lady Gaga hit with the lyrics “Rah, rah-ah-ahah/Roma, roma-ma” 20 Deep fakes? 22 Group that just goes

through the motions?

23 Pickling juice

25 “That hurt!” 26 “You won’t believe what I’m about to tell you ...” 30 Word before “doll” or

“rug” 31 Computer available in

seven colors 32 More reasonable

34 Earl ___ tea 36 Course standard? 38 Mushy food 40 Regina Phalange, for

Phoebe Buffay 43 Schism

46 5G predecessor 47 Style seen in between

washes 50 Tempt 51 One living abroad, for short 52 Cry 56 “None of the above” category 59 Handbag’s spot at a highend restaurant 61 Roman garment 62 “Oh, really?” 63 Crochet hook and tape measure, e.g. 64 Privy to 65 James of “The White Lotus” 66 Forum admin 67 Soft summons

DOWN

1 Pooches that may be

yellow

2 Letters meaning “Don’t

delay!”

3 Small rolls with holes 4 Where custom cupcakes

might be made

5 Group of angry

villagers

6 Import-export

imbalance

7 “Livin’ la ___ Loca” 8 Severely critical 9 Bowling reservation 10 Early Peruvian builder of Coricancha

11 Consider to be 14 “... but I’ve been wrong before” 15 “The line starts back there, friend” 19 Giant robots’ anime genre 21 Enthusiastic assent in Italian 24 ___ de plume 26 Assn. 27 Former “American Idol” judge DioGuardi 28 Paperless greeting 29 Car dealers’ events 33 Kottu ___ (Sri Lankan food made with chopped bread) 35 Doesn’t resist 37 Hit the road alone, say 39 For each 41 Opposite of obtuse 42 Most achy 44 ___ Me (old candy heart message) 45 Autocorrect target 48 “Nifty!” 49 Gesture of gratitude 52 Barbecue skewer 53 Sudden silence 54 The “E” in HOMES 55 “Make some ___!” (“Scooch!”) 57 Divas have big ones 58 Tirade 60 Trippy drug