UNIVERSAL CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 “The ___ is your oyster”

6 Arose

12 Clip artist? 13 Comedian Nancherla 14 *Cultural ethos represented by the word “aloha”

16 Fancy party

17 Lugged

18 Frying liquid

19 “How’s it goin’?”

22 In the manner of 23 STEM branch: Abbr. 26 *Like Archie and Lilibet Mountbatten-windsor, nationality-wise 30 “Don’t worry about it” 31 Sound from a pig 32 Lady who has won 13 Grammys 34 Overwhelm 37 Extinct bird

38 Short concession speech

40 Odd duck 42 *Geographic region for

the Aleutian Islands 47 Rocking horse rider 48 Go green, maybe? 49 That, in Spanish 50 Round object 51 icomfort mattress

maker

53 Rent-a-car company 54 Travel company headquartered in Chicago, and an apt description of the starred clues’ answers 60 Positioned in the

middle

61 Spanish term of

endearment

62 “I deserve some pity!” 63 Watch covertly

DOWN

1 East Coast convenience

store chain

2 “Hot Right Now” singer

Rita

3 Slugger’s stat

4 Floral garland

5 “Aw, shucks”

6 Building with a moat 7 Seems

8 Netflix miniseries about a young mother who finds work cleaning houses

9 Screw up

10 College, to Brits

11 Touch gently

12 Going big

14 Stuff that’s brushed 15 Linguist Chomsky 16 Hunk of goo

19 Sloth, e.g.

20 Employs

21 “What a relief!” 23 Makes room, in a way 24 Check an ID

25 Digging

27 You often raise your glass

for one

28 “Drop Dead Gorgeous”

actress Amy

29 2023 Cricket World Cup

host

32 Basic point

33 ___ gobi (potato and

cauliflower dish)

35 Teeny arachnid 36 Informative TV ads 39 Middle-of-the-night

hour

41 Popular period tracking

app

43 Digital game inspired by

Mastermind

44 “At Last” singer James 45 Jenner of “KUWTK” 46 Six-pack makeup 51 Commotion

52 Goals

53 Unidentified author, for

short

54 Worker who calls

strikes?

55 Opposite of paleo56 Words that might precede a legal name change

57 “Let ’er ___!”

58 Produce, like an egg

59 “If you ask me ...”