Universal Crossword

Across

1 *Pub beverage

5 Eve’s partner

9 Do some reconnaissance

14 *$1,000,000, informally

15 What a rat may wear

16 Florida’s third most populous city

17 *Animation collectible 18 Where India is

19 “... but maybe I’m wrong” 20 Trattoria order made with cutlets

23 “I’m unimpressed”

24 Futbol cheer

25 “Calm down!”

28 Stretch across 31 Disapproving sounds 35 Kuwaiti leader

36 A close one is only good in a barbershop

37 “Little piggy”

38 Grapelike berry 39 Diet-friendly ... like 20-across, 51-across, 4-down and 40-down, as per the starred clues’ answers?

40 *Miner’s target

41 The, in German

42 Like many a Juilliard student

43 *Got hitched

44 Therapy visit, slangily 46 Annoyance

47 *Legumes Mendel studied 48 Grandparent’s urging at dinner

50 Hat named for a

Moroccan city

51 Sushi bar order made with avocado

59 “Ain’t” alternative

60 Lines up a free throw 61 Kindle competitor

63 Lamp spirit

64 Part of a wooden crate 65 Boundary

66 Fragrant compound 67 Chest muscles, for short 68 Glimpsed

Down

1 Theater chain

2 Name hidden in “relieved” 3 Palindromic beauty magazine

4 Seafood restaurant order made with squid

5 Up to one’s ears

6 *Prefix for “honour” 7 *Singer Grande’s nickname 8 *“Cry ___ river!”

9 Seat for a stand-up comic 10 Red thing on Oscar night 11 Luxury hotel chain

12 At the top of

13 Gabrielle of “Uncharted” 21 Supervillain Luthor

22 Feeling friendless

25 Scans, like a barcode

26 One of three for the

2022 Oscars

27 ___ dice (deception game) 28 Oceanfront

29 Treaties

30 “Halt,” to a pirate 32 Abolitionist Harriet Beecher

33 Seoul, South ___

34 Sunflower products 36 Suddenly pay attention 40 Pizzeria orders often made with ricotta

45 Tush

47 For every

49 Chasing

50 Observes Ramadan 51 *Number in a Bumble profile

52 *Hi-___ image

53 *Sinusitis doc

54 Speak hoarsely

55 “Death on the ___”

(2022 film)

56 Computer debut of 1998 57 Ore deposit

58 Theater box

62 Range of knowledge