UNIVERSAL CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Thankful

8 ___ it up (raise the volume)

13 Kitchen countertop stone

14 Sweetheart, in French

15 *Enthusiast of some electric guitardriven music

16 Dainty table decorations

17 Farmyard mamas

18 *One who may give diving lessons

20 With 28-Down, “Life of Pi” director

23 Language suffix

24 “Who lives in a pineapple under the ___? ... Spongebob Squarepants!”

25 *Owner of many paintings, say

31 One of 15 in this puzzle

32 Took to court

33 Give a speech

36 It’s dry in the desert

38 Quippy remark

40 Banishment

41 “Omg u r hilarious!”

42 Director Duvernay

43 *Athlete who might slice the ball

46 In the style of

49 Service charge

50 ___ Lingus

51 With 60-Across, contrasting approaches, in a saying ... and a hint to the starred clues’ answers

55 “___ Lisa”

59 Steered clear of

60 See 51-Across

63 “Ocean’s Eleven” star Clooney

64 Watches intently

65 Cosmetics mogul Lauder

66 Feature of many a John Coltrane tune

DOWN

1 Fairy-tale menace

2 What you might pencil in?

3 Shoestring

4 Part of a squid’s defense mechanism

5 Motion picture?

6 Greek H

7 Bears’ lairs

8 Trendy

9 Move, in Realtor lingo

10 “La Boheme” solos

11 Sibling’s daughter

12 “TIK TOK” singer

14 Gambler’s cry

16 Frisbee shape

19 Pot

21 Cash register key

22 Like buckwheat, ironically

25 Rainbow shape

26 Actor’s part

27 Candy bar with caramel

28 See 20-Across

29 Baltimore bird

30 Old cloth

34 Serving platter

35 Roof overhang

37 Sch. near Harvard

38 Ambulance initials

39 Feb. follower

41 Property claim

44 Require

45 Equips for combat

46 “Fortune favors the bold,” e.g.

47 Nine, for a cat

48 Happening

52 ___ off (send, as an email)

53 Slight advantage 54 Recipe amts.

56 “All right, here’s the deal ...”

57 Beat poet Cassady

58 Regarding

61 Gossip, slangily

62 “Toy Story” dino