UNIVERSAL CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Without a date

5 Where wraps might be on the menu?

8 Rodent in a maze

14 Hearty’s partner

15 ___ person (fan of felines)

16 Wear down

17 *Regular pay for a rabbi or priest?

19 Serve as a go-between

20 “Ditto”

21 Calf-length skirts

22 High points

25 *Dodgeball prodigy, say?

28 Hideaway

29 Big concert site

31 Rustic hotels

32 “Creep” girl group

33 Breast milk or formula, for a new baby

34 “Quid pro quo” language

35 *Request that a rollaway be delivered?

39 Oven setting for chicken

40 “That’s so true!”

41 Help

43 Objectives

44 Curry spice

46 Person who logs in

47 *Aussie’s true friend?

49 Fidgety

50 Worst turnout

51 Piano supports

53 Harold’s purple drawing tool

55 Playground retort, and a phonetic hint to how each starred clue’s answer was formed

59 “The Barber of Seville” barber

60 Grow older

61 Huffed and puffed

62 Dish from a breakfast buffet station

63 Nonverbal approval

64 Not out, to an ump

DOWN

1 (The baby just fell asleep!)

2 Lao-tzu principle

3 Taylor Swift’s “___ Too Well (10 Minute Version)”

4 Old Faithful, for one

5 Swindle

6 Call, in the hospital

7 Snacked, say

8 Spanish soccer association

9 ___ by the rules

10 Super smart person, or a DC supervillain

11 Fruity breakfast bread

12 Pop-ups, e.g.

13 Shirt to tie-dye

18 Is no longer

21 “12 Angry ___”

22 Second key in a PC combo

23 Unit of heat

24 Organize labor on a small scale?

25 “Sweetie pie” or “Tony Pizza”

26 States of togetherness

27 Nine-digit ID

29 Broadcast

30 L.l.bean alternative

33 Third key in a PC combo

34 Dance judge Goodman

36 Unfaithful

37 “Enough details,” in a text

38 Chick’s mom

39 Karaoke night locale

42 Martini preference

44 Lacks the ability to

45 Great Basin people

46 Opts out of automated texts, e.g., briefly

48 Actress Mandy or Julianne

49 Prior to now

51 Company’s image?

52 Inspected closely

53 Money exec

54 Wineglass’s lip

55 Granny, to a Brit

56 ___ carte

57 WNBA arbiter

58 Lamb’s mom