UNIVERSAL CROSSWORD PUZZLE

ACROSS

1 Swiftie : Taylor Swift :: ___ : Mariah Carey

5 “Laguna Beach” channel

8 Moved smoothly, as into one’s DMs

12 Himalayas’ home

13 Hunter constellation

16 Candy ___ (striped treat)

17 Rely (on)

18 Lady Gaga hit with the lyrics “Rah, rahah-ah-ah/Roma, roma-ma”

20 Deep fakes?

22 Group that just goes through the motions?

23 Pickling juice

25 “That hurt!”

26 “You won’t believe what I’m about to tell you ...”

30 Word before “doll” or “rug”

31 Computer available in seven colors

32 More reasonable

34 Earl ___ tea

36 Course standard?

38 Mushy food

40 Regina Phalange, for Phoebe Buffay

43 Schism

46 5G predecessor

47 Style seen in between washes

50 Tempt

51 One living abroad, for short

52 Cry

56 “None of the above” category

59 Handbag’s spot at a high-end restaurant

61 Roman garment

62 “Oh, really?”

63 Crochet hook and tape measure, e.g.

64 Privy to

65 James of “The White Lotus”

66 Forum admin

67 Soft summons

DOWN

1 Pooches that may be yellow

2 Letters meaning “Don’t delay!”

3 Small rolls with holes

4 Where custom cupcakes might be made

5 Group of angry villagers

6 Import-export imbalance

7 “Livin’ la ___ Loca”

8 Severely critical

9 Bowling reservation

10 Early Peruvian builder of Coricancha

11 Consider to be

14 “... but I’ve been wrong before”

15 “The line starts back there, friend”

19 Giant robots’ anime genre

21 Enthusiastic assent in Italian

24 ___ de plume

26 Assn.

27 Former “American Idol” judge DioGuardi

28 Paperless greeting

29 Car dealers’ events

33 Kottu ___ (Sri Lankan food made with chopped bread)

35 Doesn’t resist

37 Hit the road alone, say

39 For each

41 Opposite of obtuse

42 Most achy

44 ___ Me (old candy heart message)

45 Autocorrect target

48 “Nifty!”

49 Gesture of gratitude

52 Barbecue skewer

53 Sudden silence

54 The “E” in HOMES

55 “Make some ___!” (“Scooch!”)

57 Divas have big ones

58 Tirade

60 Trippy drug