UNIVERSAL CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Artsy workspace

5 Horse : foal :: cow : ___

9 Share, as gossip

13 Journalist Klein

14 Diaper cream ingredient

15 “Be Prepared,” for Scouts BSA

16 “The biscuits were so-so, but that was some seriously ___.”

18 Omar in the House

19 Quaint lodging

20 Go bankrupt in Monopoly, e.g.

21 Using the internet

22 Downloadable lecture

24 SAG-AFTRA, e.g.

25 “And that pie! A delicious crust, and ___!”

29 Felt sorry for

32 Apt name for a florist?

33 “Snowden” grp.

34 “Fat chance!”

35 Epiphany mo.

36 Male foal

37 Cooking spray brand

38 Tar or sap

40 Fries quickly

42 “I loved the pasta. So much flavor in that ___.”

45 ___ point (center of attention)

46 Lowly laborers

50 Pay a visit

52 No idler

53 Type of theater company, for short

54 Halle Bailey’s 2023 princess role

55 “But the fruit platter was the best of all. Choice grapes and a ___.”

57 Where sunflowers grow

58 Help build a pot?

59 Long poem like the “Mahabharata”

60 “Whoa, chill out!”

61 “Hey, you!,” in a library

62 “What a fun slide!”

DOWN

1 Genuine, informally

2 Atmospheric shield

3 Palm plant part

4 Smidge

5 Sang “Silent Night,” say

6 State bordering the Yukon

7 Romeo’s emotion

8 Tina in “Megamind”

9 Serving of whipped cream

10 “You’re quite mistaken!”

11 Name found in “cast anchor”

12 Sharpen, as a blade

15 Dr. Evil’s small clone

17 Furious look

21 Unpleasant duty

23 “Hyped for the weekend!”

24 Atop

26 Pest control devices

27 Shipwreck’s site, say

28 D.C. ballplayers

29 Bearded Smurf

30 “___ Mommy Kissing Santa Claus”

31 “The years go by so fast!”

35 A Coen brother

36 Prompted

38 Disappear, as a trail

39 Sultanate near Yemen

40 Definite winner

41 Lexus competitor

43 Exclusively

44 Sponsors, as a highway

47 Scatterplot, e.g.

48 “___ Meenie” (2010 pop single)

49 Word after “personal” or “parking”

50 Bistro

51 Pavarotti performance

52 Mafia bosses

55 Apt letters missing from “_ _vern s_out”

56 Just hired