UNIVERSAL CROSSWORD PUZZLE

ACROSS

1 Wagers

5 Young chaps

9 Terra ___ (solid ground)

14 Reid of “The Big Lebowski”

15 Primatologists study them

16 Many-layered vegetable

17 Put on paper

19 Hormone producer

20 How a snorer sleeps?

21 Expresses gratitude to

22 Stagger

23 Golf club with a metal head

24 Minnesota hockey team

27 Second-largest Dutch city

31 Brainchild

32 Where Muscat is

33 Safer Internet Day’s mo.

35 Neutral shade

36 ___ forces

38 Tiniest amount

39 Small taste of a drink

40 Double-reeded woodwind

41 “Hamilton” showdown

42 Like a sale that encompasses an entire shop

46 Quaint, quaintly

47 Gentle touches

48 Israeli airline

50 Experts

53 Formally end

56 Putting the finishing touches on, as a cake

57 Shape found behind a hockey goal

59 Host

60 “If all ___ fails ...”

61 Currency used in 27-Across

62 Requirements

63 Female deer

64 “The Price Is Right” host Carey

DOWN

1 Texter’s intro to an aside

2 “I’m all ___!” (“Talk to me!”)

3 Green Day, for example

4 Far-right column on a calendar, perhaps

5 Means of climbing in a classic board game

6 Moon mission program

7 Hydrated and fresh, like skin

8 IRS form ID

9 Seaside signal source

10 Away from the shore

11 “Knives Out” director Johnson

12 Man who takes vows

13 No ifs, ___ or buts

18 U-turn from WSW

21 Tire pattern

23 “I can relate to this meme”

24 Hairpieces

25 Actor Elba

26 Sprang

28 Oscar winner Marisa

29 On the wrong side (of)

30 Portioned (out)

34 Bundle of hay

36 Assists in crime

37 Columns’ counterparts

38 Placed on a pedestal

40 Fruits with a Valencia variety

43 Started the bidding

44 Lower the value of

45 Forgoes a big wedding ceremony

49 Part of IPA

50 Demeanor

51 High point

52 “Miami ___”

53 Singer Parks

54 Lip-puckering

55 Bring on board

57 Org. whose letters’ first occurrences become progressively farther apart in 17-, 27-, 42- and 57-Across

58 Chemical company based in Michigan