UNIVERSAL CROSSWORD PUZZLE

ACROSS

1 Float through the air

5 ___ Mahal

8 Slightly

12 Region

13 NYC’s Lexington, e.g.

14 Mozambique neighbor

17 Delivered, as a service

19 More mean, like a rumor

20 Energy gained from eating s’mores in Helena?

22 Pole or Serb

23 Word that Ohio State trademarked in 2022

24 “___ worth a try!”

25 Gen ___

27 Enjoy Vail, say

28 Discuss, with “out”

30 Summer hrs. in Stamford

32 “Quaking” tree

34 Unit of resistance

37 Spewing like Mauna Loa

39 Nods for the Best Acadia Park Ranger Award, e.g.?

42 Broad-minded

43 End of UMich’s URL

44 Follows orders

45 Long-eared beast

47 Six years, for a U.S. senator

51 Be really into

52 VERY long time

54 Certain laptops

57 Mai ___

58 “How sad!”

60 Ideas such as “I bet I’d enjoy living in Omaha”?

63 Coco Gauff’s sport

65 Second and third editions, e.g.

66 “___ to Margaritaville” (jukebox musical) 67 “I’m in my flop ___” (“Life’s been tough lately”)

68 River that rhymes with “crocodile”

69 “Grand slam” of showbiz

70 Control, Alt or Delete

71 High cards in hearts

DOWN

1 Friendliness

2 “Think” singer Franklin

3 “White picket” barriers

4 “Voila!”

5 Deck with a Chariot card

6 Disinclined (to)

7 Yoda or Obi-Wan Kenobi

8 Get a grin out of 9 Duffel, e.g.

10 Hardships

11 Spiraling descent

15 Loses strength

16 “The Legend of Sleepy Hollow” writer Washington

18 Giants giant Manning

21 Background actor

26 Turbulent part of a river

29 Word before “badger” or “mustard”

31 Ferrari flaws

33 “I’m a little teapot, short and ___ ...”

35 Fool (around)

36 UFC sport

38 Native of Colorado

39 Items suspended above cribs

40 Graceful quality

41 Utterly silly

42 Up until now

46 Bubble shape

48 Of a cultural group

49 Noise from a baby’s toy ... or a deadly snake

50 Fails to hit

53 Ready to make a movie, say

55 Fee for a patient

56 “Big ___” (novel set in California)

59 Unexpected hitch

61 Tough hike

62 ___ Linetti (“Brooklyn NineNine” character)

64 NYSE debut