UNIVERSAL CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Artsy L.A. district 5 Unfilled, on a TV

schedule

8 Intoxicating Polynesian

drink

12 Muscat’s country

13 *With 16-Across,

summer fabric print? 14 “You said it!”

15 Give up

16 See 13-Across

18 Source of zest

19 Gets older

20 So far

21 Genre for videos that

evoke tingling

22 Church leader

24 “Over here!”

26 *Spring or fall fabric

print?

30 Kind of union

33 ___ Lilly (company harmed by a fake tweet announcing free insulin)

34 Coffee that won’t give

you a buzz

38 Urban cause of some lung

issues

39 Mainstream music

genre

40 First, second, third or

home

41 Unexpected defeat 43 Egyptian snake 44 Not working perfectly, in

slang

45 *Winter fabric print? 48 ___ Vegas

50 “You just made yourself

an enemy”

51 2024 and others: Abbr. 54 Subject of a will

56 Soccer star Ramos 58 Climates, or the starred

clues’ answers? 62 “Othello” villain

63 South Asian yogurt drink 64 Rocket launch org. 65 Women in ___

66 Like milk that shouldn’t

be cried over 67 Contacted privately,

online

DOWN

1 “Honestly!”

2 Last Greek letter 3 Underworld ruler 4 Receiving a form of gender-affirming treatment

5 There are 768 in a

gal.

6 Floating marker

7 Initial poker bet

8 Place to sing and

drink

9 Sect unlikely to solve this

puzzle online

10 Cash App alternative 11 Prefix with -gynous 16 South Asian garment 17 Eyelid affliction 23 Manual boat propeller 25 Repetitive condition,

briefly

27 Like many Sherpas 28 Metaphorical place for one who isn’t openly gay

29 “Hungry Hungry” animals, in a children’s game

30 Baton Rouge sch. 31 Hype (up)

32 Final level, say 35 Valentine’s Day

purchase

36 Query

37 Comedian Tina

42 Word before “paste” or

“fairy”

44 “Rhythm Nation” singer

Jackson

46 Potters’ spinners 47 Sticky note

48 Author Carroll 49 “Please, have ___” 52 Quickly wash

53 “A pity”

55 It has a nucleus

57 Tear apart

59 Genre for Doja Cat 60 Letter before 2-Down 61 System for the Deaf,

briefly