UNIVERSAL CROSSWORD PUZZLE
ACROSS
1 Scottish musician,
maybe
6 Loops in on an email 9 British nobles 14 Company that made
Breakout
15 Key near Ctrl
16 “Star Trek” lieutenant 17 Channel with a
Capitol Hill HQ 18 Not near
19 2023 prize for Anne
L’Huillier
20 Lowest digit?
21 “___ Gravity”
(“Wicked” song) 24 Hon
25 Ride the waves 27 Animated pig whose name sounds like a seasoning 28 Turquoise and topaz 29 Smart TV brand 30 Thin openings 31 Chi-Town hub 32 Aleppo’s nation 34 Time of your life? 35 Newspapers and such 37 Valentine symbol 38 Drink that might
contain boba 39 Ordinary
40 “Cats” actor McKellen 41 Process that produces
daughter cells 44 ___-Magnon
45 2D geometry
calculation
47 Basic belief
48 Terrier type
49 Actress Salonga
51 “Green” prefix 53 “Fancy!”
57 “Thanks, amiga!” 61 “There! Standing by the swimming pool, on one foot ... Wait, is that a ___?” 63 Overhang 64 Influencer’s sway 65 Hairstyle you might
pick
66 Kremlin veto
67 “Don’t like it? Tough!” 68 Library transaction
DOWN
1 Pinkie promises, say 2 “We’re winning this
season!”
3 “There! Sitting on the craft table, with the crisply folded wings ... Wait, is that a ___?”
4 Chapter of history 5 Thick peel
6 Espresso drink 7 “There! Arcing through the sky, with the round, red figure ... Wait, is that a ___?” 8 “Magic Mike”
performance 9 Breathing organ 10 Cry of surprised delight 11 “There! Floating on the sudsy water, with the orange beak ... Wait, is that a ___?” 12 Log of a time out? 13 Department with
quotas
22 Short musical
releases, for short 23 Lil ___ X
26 County event with pig
races
28 Comes and ___ 32 Branch of Islam 33 $20 bill dispenser 35 Greek M’s
36 Sunburn soother 42 Writing with a slant? 43 Repeat
46 Ready to go
48 ___ butterfly 50 Devour
52 Video taker, for short 53 Unwrap
54 Skin care brand
55 Possess
56 “Know your rights”
org.
57 Down in the dumps 58 Deets
59 Indian city that
anagrams to “raga” 60 In a moment 62 Enemy