UNIVERSAL CROSSWORD PUZZLE
ACROSS
1 Flash in ___ pan
4 Wide-hipped body shape
8 Fundamentals
12 Performs like Kendrick Lamar
14 Killer whale
15 Word before “circle” or “top”
16 Seven-time AL batting champ Rod
17 Building material for the Great Pyramid of Giza
19 Have your own bachelor pad, say
21 Entourage
22 Santa ___ (city in Orange County)
23 Owns
24 Received a salary of
25 Golfer Garcia
27 Russian ruler, once
29 Year, in Yucatan
30 Ride a bike
31 Pool exercises
32 Picnic pests
33 What separates 17-/19- or 52-/55-Across ... or a hint to the word bookending each of these answers
36 Alternative to hahaha
39 Nonbinary person, in brief
40 Roast
44 She lived in Eden
45 “Don’t follow me”
46 City full of gondolas
47 Guitarist Santana
49 ___ Paulo
50 Piece of legislation
51 Heart chambers
52 Young child
55 “Strip That Down” singer
57 Marriage site, often
58 Actress Loughlin of
“Full House”
59 Senior’s dance
60 Winter transport
61 Tizzy
62 Authors
63 Palindromic name, or the middle of a palindromic word starting with “m”
DOWN
1 Newbie at work
2 Archrival of Yale
3 Fencer’s heavy sword
4 Golfers’ attire
5 Ireland, in poetry
6 Peak
7 Carly ___ Jepsen
8 Profession of
9-Down
9 Bond portrayer from 1995-2002
10 Permission
11 Skimpy swimsuits
13 Source of many names from “The Lion King” 16 Necklace fastener
18 Trade jabs
20 Southeast Asian language
24 Simplicity
26 Nerve
27 Striped cat
28 Agile
31 Musical Horne
32 Similar (to)
34 NBA team that left New Jersey
35 Anatomical rings
36 Automakers’ nightmares
37 Round of applause
38 Luxury Italian car
41 Flew, as a plane
42 Anthem heard before a Maple Leafs game
43 More recent
45 Dial product
46 Large tub
48 Upper bound
49 Cherry discards
52 Old stringed instrument
53 Part of, as a plot
54 Jazzy Fitzgerald
56 Tinder, but not tinder