UNIVERSAL CROSSWORD
Beginning Bird-watching
ACROSS
1 Scottish musician, maybe
6 Loops in on an email
9 British nobles
14 Company that made Breakout
15 Key near Ctrl
16 “Star Trek” lieutenant
17 Channel with a Capitol Hill HQ
18 Not near
19 2023 prize for Anne L’huillier
20 Lowest digit?
21 “___ Gravity” (“Wicked” song)
24 Hon
25 Ride the waves
27 Animated pig whose name sounds like a seasoning
28 Turquoise and topaz
29 Smart TV brand
30 Thin openings
31 Chi-town hub
32 Aleppo’s nation
34 Time of your life?
35 Newspapers and such
37 Valentine symbol
38 Drink that might contain boba
39 Ordinary
40 “Cats” actor Mckellen
41 Process that produces daughter cells
44 ___-Magnon
45 2D geometry calculation
47 Basic belief
48 Terrier type
49 Actress Salonga
51 “Green” prefix
53 “Fancy!”
57 “Thanks, amiga!”
61 “There! Standing by the swimming pool, on one foot ... Wait, is that a ___?”
63 Overhang
64 Influencer’s sway
65 Hairstyle you might pick
66 Kremlin veto
67 “Don’t like it? Tough!”
68 Library transaction
DOWN
1 Pinkie promises, say
2 “We’re winning this season!”
3 “There! Sitting on the craft table, with the crisply folded wings ... Wait, is that a ___?”
4 Chapter of history
5 Thick peel
6 Espresso drink
7 “There! Arcing through the sky, with the round, red figure ... Wait, is that a ___?”
8 “Magic Mike” performance
9 Breathing organ
10 Cry of surprised delight
11 “There! Floating on the sudsy water, with the orange beak ... Wait, is that a ___?”
12 Log of a time out?
13 Department with quotas
22 Short musical releases, for short
23 Lil ___ X
26 County event with pig races
28 Comes and ___
32 Branch of Islam
33 $20 bill dispenser
35 Greek M’s
36 Sunburn soother
42 Writing with a slant?
43 Repeat
46 Ready to go
48 ___ butterfly
50 Devour
52 Video taker, for short
53 Unwrap
54 Skin care brand
55 Possess
56 “Know your rights” org.
57 Down in the dumps
58 Deets
59 Indian city that anagrams to “raga”
60 In a moment
62 Enemy