UNIVERSAL CROSSWORD PUZZLE
ACROSS
1 It’s stuck on an
envelope
6 Not well 9 Sustainable crop
with shoots 10 Kristen of “Barb and Star Go to Vista Del Mar” 12 Semiconductor
slices
15 Singular
16 Word after “danger”
or “comfort”
17 ___ Lingus 19 “Knives Out”
sequel
23 Oil crisis? 24 Watering hole 25 Three, in Turin 26 “You’re talking too
much”
28 Endeavor
29 Great Barrier ___ 31 “That’ll do it for
me”
32 Pieces of mulch,
perhaps
35 Pulsate
38 Style that intentionally lacks style
39 “No reason” 42 Spectacles and
such
45 Wish undone 46 Homophone of
“eight”
47 Relaxation stations 48 Bit of detritus in an unboxing video, maybe 51 “Thank you for coming to my ___ Talk”
52 Elnaz Rekabi’s Middle Eastern country 53 Awkwafina’s given
name
54 Yellow toy that squeaks when squeezed 59 Mincemeat desserts 60 Usher in 61 Unspecified degree 62 Deliver a speech
DOWN
1 All of them may be
final
2 “Stop oversharing!” 3 “Abbott Elementary”
network
4 Cattle call? 5 Namesake of an
investment scheme 6 “Lemme!”
7 Hang on for
dear ___
8 Tell tall tales
9 Base two
11 Honors, as with
one’s presence 12 High power? 13 Courts romantically 14 Get a feeling 15 Rainbow flag
acronym
18 Observe Shabbat 20 Light flashing to
“oontz oontz” music 21 Cookie with a Super
Mario variety 22 Something essential 23 Charitable
donations 27 “Hooray!”
30 Org. that monitors
radio
32 Amazes
33 Cause damage to 34 “Turn off the alarm” 35 Experiment
36 Too energetic 37 Do some research 39 Paddled in a pond 40 180-degree
maneuver 41 Letter after
epsilon
43 Over again 44 Guffaw
49 Mild chili pepper 50 Rolled joint? 52 “Suuure” 55 Airport security
container 56 Queer dating app 57 Roth ___ 58 Cougar, e.g.