Universal Crossword

ACROSS

1 Kids’ summer spot

5 Taxi

8 Lambs’ mothers

12 Bit the dust

14 Bemoan

15 Tinker’s receiver in

baseball

16 Spewing fumes, say —

> Moping

18 Michael of Monty

Python —> Nuisance

19 Word before “group” or

“rate”

20 Moves like a crab —>

Slaw and fries, for two

21 Golf ball stand

22 Get 40 winks

23 Diamond side

24 “Same for me”

26 Six, in Italy

27 Send, as a package

30 Modernized

33 Actress Longoria

34 Biblical wise men

37 Skating jumps ... or, read as two parts, a theme hint —> Graph lines

38 Gem that may be black

39 In the past

40 Alerts in advance

42 Hit with snowballs —>

Ferret, e.g.

44 Cleaning pad brand 45 Soviet first lady

Gorbacheva

49 Statistic

51 Letter before omega

53 Go-to M.D.

54 Paris or Kathy —>

Discover suddenly

56 Military muckety-muck

58 “My intent is ...”

59 It really sucks —> It

does the heavy lifting

60 Dishonor

61 Argument, to a Brit

62 Smooths in

woodworking

63 ___ Stadium (L.A.

Rams’ home)

64 Accept responsibility for

65 W, directionally

DOWN

1 Per ___ income

2 Makes amends

3 Got soupy, maybe —>

Handed (out)

4 Heap —> It can be

savory or sweet

5 Like a good apple

6 Relative who might be

great

7 Implore

8 Dodges

9 “Anyhoo ...” —> Barnyard symbol of anger

10 Noted canal or lake 11 Sensitive IDS

13 Radish relative

15 Amazing

17 Gossip to “spill”

20 Declared with authority

23 Intuits —> Charges

25 Paris accord?

26 Parts of instructions

28 It creeps up

29 Peace, in Latin

31 Longtime Nissan brand

32 Universal truth

34 GPS forerunner

35 Number that keeps

rising

36 Fancy foil —> Lose

one’s hearing

38 Birds-feather connector

41 Pats down

43 Judo mat

46 Apple product with a

notch

47 Nearly boils —> Oodles

48 Source of college credit,

in brief

50 It’s not what you say

but how you say it

51 Large shrimp

52 Anatomical pouch

54 Angry cat’s sound

55 Texter’s POV lead-in

56 Spread a dandelion —

> Curtsy counterpart

57 Fiona of “Killing Eve”

59 Sis’ sib, say