UNIVERSAL CROSSWORD PUZZLE
ACROSS
1 Precious stones
5 Resistance units
9 Take in music?
13 Vergara of “Chef”
14 “The ___ Housewives of Miami”
15 Taj Mahal’s site
16 Adhere (to)
17 Spoons, e.g. (In this answer, note the first 3 letters + the last 4)
19 Not sinking
21 Cutesy lion noise
22 Winter hrs. in D.C.
23 Man cave appliances (... first letter + the last 6 letters)
25 ___ shed
26 Freshmen, in three years: Abbr.
27 It’s opened and closed at a bar
28 Beachfront worry
30 Like a lob’s path
32 Greek T’s
33 “And that’s an understatement” (... first 2 letters + the last 3)
38 “Gloria” Oscar nominee Rowlands
39 Memorial ___ Kettering
40 Performing like Common or Logic
44 Mar. follower
45 ___ culpa
48 “Bingo!”
49 Hashtag for a picture showing a perfect relationship (... first 2 letters + the last 3)
52 Automaton
53 Musician Brickell 54 Chip dips
55 Some brisket pieces ... or what each theme answer has?
58 Start with a clean ___
59 Dating from
60 Prefix with “dynamic”
61 Frequent flyers’ points
62 Hanukkah coins
63 Country where Boun Khoun Khao is celebrated
64 Salty expanses
DOWN
1 Athlete such as Nelly Korda or Lydia Ko
2 Uses tax software
3 Inconsequential
4 Noted union in Hollywood
5 Enemy of an elf
6 Listened to
7 Cope
8 More like the tortoise
9 “Gnarly!”
10 Latin pop star Enrique
11 “Just sold the last one!”
12 Affixes
13 Some temporary coverings
18 Ish
20 Singer-songwriter Chapman
24 “Su-u-ure”
29 Fanboy over, say
30 “Now!”
31 Universal MLB positions since 2022
33 Place to sip a hot drink
34 Doing the rounds, like a guard
35 Airline with a hub at Ben Gurion
36 Bounds along
37 Sensations from awesome songs
38 Mixed assortment
41 Actor whose name sounds like a drink
42 Option on a certain game show
43 ___ pig (hairy pet)
45 Indian spice mix
46 Gladdens
47 Buffoons
50 Hall of Fame pitcher Martinez
51 Skateboarding trick
56 Digital art piece: Abbr.
57 Message from a shipwreck