UNIVERSAL CROSSWORD
ACROSS
1 Flat-topped straw hat 7 Rowdy crowd 10 “Hairspray” mom
14 Not late
15 Big fuss
16 Eco-friendly building certification, for short
17 *With
18-Across, official flower of the Aloha State
18 See 17-Across (In this answer, see letters 1-2)
20 Scot’s “no”
21 Volunteer’s words
23 Druid, e.g.
24 *Official bird of the Hoosier State (... letters 5-6)
26 New Jersey’s largest city
28 Texter’s “Holy moly!”
29 NFL feats worth six
points
30 Sponge alternative
31 “Beetlejuice” actress Davis
33 Back of a boot
35 Snakelike fish
36 *Official mammal of the Pelican State (... letters 2-3)
39 Turkish currency
42 Garment of ancient Rome
43 ___-Bismol
47 Currently
49 Includes on an email
51 “Yee-___!”
52 Magical concoction
53 *Official fish of the Prairie State (... letters 6-7)
55 “Onward” voice actress Waithe
56 Ode writer
57 ___ or nothing
58 *Official appetizer of the Ocean State (... letters 7-8)
60 Emblem ... and what each starred clue’s answer is, vis-a-vis its indicated letters
63 “___ be OK”
64 Guitarist Paul
65 American change maker?
66 Dates
67 Copy
68 Smoothed, as wood
DOWN
1 Young man
2 What Zendaya and Shakira use
3 Loose, as a criminal
4 Like some kitchen backsplashes
5 Post-hardcore subgenre
6 << button on a VCR
7 Taj ___
8 Thor’s father
9 Short hairstyle
10 In a different place
11 Announce
12 Like beige or cream, colorwise
13 Commercials
19 Frosts, as a cake
22 Steady profit source
24 Gear tooth
25 Slanted typeface, for short
26 African river
27 Metric wts.
30 Fiasco
32 Annual championship series held in May-june
34 Heart test: Abbr.
37 Lots
38 Church recess
39 Race unit
40 Quarantine
41 Wheely good pasta?
44 Former TV host Regis
45 Large beer, informally
46 Hooting bird
48 American linguist Chomsky
50 Chops, as a potato
53 Idaho’s capital
54 Letter before delta
56 Meal ___
58 Prefix for “gender”
59 Chicken ___ king
61 Fashion monogram
62 Inc., in Britain