Universal Crossword

ACROSS 1

Group of eight

6 Pool triangle

10 South Indian

crepe

14 Jewish circle

dances

15 Tummy

malady

16 “I literally

can’t ___!”

17 Opportunity for a blowout (In this answer, unscramble letters 2-5)

20 Nickname that drops “ing”

21 Tear to shreds

22 Lyrics

23 Singer featured on “Titanium”

25 9/, in a date:

Abbr.

26 Greed or

wrath

27 Metaphorical failure (... letters 3-8)

30 Exec focused

on AI, perhaps

33 Carne ___

34 Unit for Taylor Swift fans

35 Got dirty on the way home?

36 What might get stuck in a country?

39 Dessert with layers of ice cream

41 Iams

alternative

42 Vegan milk

grain

44 Makes fun of 45 Shares again on Twitter, before Jul. 2023

46 Single and ready to mingle (... letters 2-7)

49 Beats by ___

50 Ambient musician Brian

51 Goof

52 Payment for

a commercial

55 Buzzing

instrument

57 “Easy” letters

59 Investor in raw materials (... letters 6-10)

62 Fatty tuna

63 Express lane

unit

64 Upload

returns

65 Goes down

a mountain

66 Insignificant

67 Plagiarized

DOWN

1 “Fancy seeing

you here!”

2 Caramel

topper

3 Brainy

downloads

4 Organ with a

canal

5 Winter Palace

resident

6 Go down a

mountain

7 Two

8 Chocolate

morsel

9 Ryan’s role in

“Barbie”

10 Possessive

spirit

11 No longer into 12 Ship off

13 Insects sometimes fried

18 Italian city famed for its tower

19 Scarlett Johansson or Rami Malek

24 Expand upon

26 Dove bar you

shouldn’t eat

27 2018 Pulitzer winner Kendrick

28 Sheep sound

29 Surgery

settings: Abbr.

30 Nightstand

sight

31 “Peter Pan” character represented on stage by a darting light

32 Praiseful poet

35 Camper’s

treat

37 Drippy ice

cream order 38 Tattoo artist

Von D

40 Actress

Thurman

43 Where to see

a musical

46 Cookie eaten with peanut butter in “The Parent Trap”

47 It breaks things down for you

48 Not worth

debating

49 Trial versions

52 Groups of

scenes

53 Perform

decently

54 Psych scan

55 Toy that

soars

56 Metallic

rocks

58 Origin of “Saskatchewan”

60 Poorly lit

61 Back, at sea