UNIVERSAL CROSSWORD PUZZLE

ACROSS

1 Many are made at lots 9 Sage ... or sassy 13 Sun-powered energy

device

14 Undesirably small 15 Person who might

keep tabs on a tabby 16 Loosen, as laces 17 Sundance’s state 18 111-11-1111 is not a

valid one

19 Crime involving a fire 20 Wallowing spots 22 Recently, perhaps 24 Plastic cup brand 26 Emphatic denial 29 “Totes adorbs!” 32 Island country whose official currency is the U.S. dollar 34 People born before

Virgos

35 Starting to struggle at a brainstorming session

39 Far from well-done? 40 Just learning

41 Soup that originated in Nam Dinh, Vietnam

42 Aspiring stand-up’s

event

45 “When will I ___

learn?”

47 “Fast X” actor Jason 49 Some parents 53 Hound’s sounds 54 Fragrant necklace 56 Baby bay 57 “Watchmen” or “12

Angry Men” 58 Intimately connected 60 Slushy drinks 61 Completed

transactions

62 Some parents 63 Beverage associated with Southern hospitality

DOWN

1 Raccoon cousin 2 Church centerpiece 3 Some allergy

symptoms

4 ___ Lanka

5 They consist of

scenes

6 Invitation to grab a

meal

7 7x WNBA All-Star

Delle Donne

8 Kind of camera:

Abbr.

9 Takes first place 10 Without an out 11 Potato peel

12 ___ contact

13 Film set on the

water?

14 Head garment associated with Black culture

19 “Pokemon”

protagonist Ketchum 21 Frosh, next year 23 “This favor had

better be returned!” 25 Language spoken in

Vientiane

27 Sprinter Lyles 28 Bone, in an Italian

dish’s name 29 Picked hairstyle 30 Conclude filming 31 “Our heroes are

here!”

33 Had breakfast, say 36 Watchmen, maybe 37 Best-liked, informally 38 Gossiped-about pair 43 Ford and Lincoln 44 “___ a cruel summer” (Taylor Swift lyric)

46 Tennis player’s

need

48 Let

50 “Glass Onion” actress

Janelle

51 Walled Spanish city 52 Tennis match

components

53 ___ Burger (frozen

veggie patty) 55 “Understood” 57 ___-Autumn Festival 58 ’90s music buys 59 Summer hrs. in

Tampa