UNIVERSAL CROSSWORD

Beginning Bird-Watching

ACROSS

1 Scottish musician,

maybe

6 Loops in on an email 9 British nobles 14 Company that made

Breakout

15 Key near Ctrl

16 “Star Trek” lieutenant 17 Channel with a Capitol

Hill HQ

18 Not near

19 2023 prize for Anne

L’Huillier

20 Lowest digit?

21 “___ Gravity” (“Wicked”

song)

24 Hon

25 Ride the waves 27 Animated pig whose name sounds like a seasoning

28 Turquoise and topaz 29 Smart TV brand

30 Thin openings 31 Chi-Town hub 32 Aleppo’s nation

34 Time of your life? 35 Newspapers and such 37 Valentine symbol 38 Drink that might contain

boba

39 Ordinary

40 “Cats” actor McKellen 41 Process that produces

daughter cells 44 ___-Magnon

45 2D geometry

calculation

47 Basic belief

48 Terrier type

49 Actress Salonga 51 “Green” prefix 53 “Fancy!”

57 “Thanks, amiga!” 61 “There! Standing by the swimming pool, on one foot ... Wait, is that a ___?” 63 Overhang 64 Influencer’s sway 65 Hairstyle you might

pick

66 Kremlin veto

67 “Don’t like it? Tough!” 68 Library transaction

DOWN

1 Pinkie promises, say 2 “We’re winning this

season!”

3 “There! Sitting on the craft table, with the crisply folded wings ... Wait, is that a ___?” 4 Chapter of history 5 Thick peel

6 Espresso drink 7 “There! Arcing through the sky, with the round, red figure ... Wait, is that a ___?” 8 “Magic Mike”

performance

9 Breathing organ

10 Cry of surprised delight 11 “There! Floating on the sudsy water, with the orange beak ... Wait, is that a ___?”

12 Log of a time out? 13 Department with quotas 22 Short musical releases,

for short

23 Lil ___ X

26 County event with pig

races

28 Comes and ___

32 Branch of Islam

33 $20 bill dispenser 35 Greek M’s

36 Sunburn soother 42 Writing with a slant? 43 Repeat

46 Ready to go

48 ___ butterfly

50 Devour

52 Video taker, for short 53 Unwrap

54 Skin care brand 55 Possess

56 “Know your rights” org. 57 Down in the dumps 58 Deets

59 Indian city that

anagrams to “raga”

60 In a moment

62 Enemy