UNIVERSAL CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Campaign funding

grps.

5 Real piece of work?

8 Talk back to

12 “In Cold Blood” author

Truman

14 “___ Maria”

15 Rights org.

16 Stuff to wear

17 First name of two Spice

Girls

18 Turkmenistan neighbor 19 Longtime Quaker Oats spokesman (In this answer, note letters 13-11)

22 Vegan milk option 23 Verb often confused with

“lay”

24 Fair hiring inits.

25 76ers great nicknamed “the Answer” (... letters 7-4)

31 Swank

34 “A likely story!” 35 Anguish

36 Arcing tennis shots

37 ___ Grand (hotel with

6,852 rooms)

38 Tea brand

39 Luau instrument, briefly 40 Not costing a dime 42 Serena Williams and Chris Evert have each won it six times 44 “Scrubs” and “Ted Lasso”

producer (... letters 7-4) 47 Go on and on

48 Food label fig.

49 Greek X

52 “I Want It That Way” band ... or 19-, 25- and 44-Across, in relation to their indicated letters? 57 Relaxing soak

58 Overly

59 Discordant, as music 60 Soothing succulent 61 Off-road ride, briefly 62 Preelection faceoff 63 Magazine with a “Person

of the Year”

64 Fish eggs

65 Go on and on

DOWN

1 Outdoor seating

area

2 In a fitting way 3 Hairdo

4 Leisurely walks 5 Doorframe part 6 Under’s opposite 7 Accept

unquestioningly 8 Navy member 9 Land measure

10 Be amazing, in slang 11 It’s about 93 million

miles away

12 Crow sounds 13 In a creepy way

20 One of two in the middle

of “middle”

21 Track and field event 25 Beast of burden 26 Third-longest African river, or a country it flows through 27 Pioneering computing co. 28 Trade

29 Flow like honey 30 Glowing gas

31 Nightlife spot

32 Norse trickster

33 Eve’s second son

37 Sound that a mother cat

hears

38 Pedicure target

40 Heavy criticism

41 Cardi B or Nicki Minaj 42 Like zombies

43 Spread about

45 Fragrant Asian fruit 46 Before, to a bard 49 Late-night legend

O’Brien

50 High-end hotel

chain

51 52-Down, for example 52 Indonesian tourist

spot

53 Elemental unit

54 Oz dog

55 Meander

56 Taiwanese tea

57 Winged mammal