ACROSS

1 Monk’s female counterpart

4 Skin ink, for short

7 CRLS Seal of Biliteracy test

10 Skin irritation

11 Courageous and inspirational

13 Cuatro times two

14 Indoor racket sport; Thanksgiving food item

16 You might see one around Cambridge

17 Couch ______, a lazy person; Thanksgiving food item

18 Love, in Spanish

20 Other name for Santa Claus

24 21-down containers, perhaps

25 CRLS website for viewing grades

26 Adam’s female counterpart

27 Insect that forms colonies

DOWN

1 Casual ‘no’

2 Abu Dhabi’s country

3 Wait Wait… Don’t Tell Me! station

4 Theoretical particles faster than the speed of light

5 Fireplace remnants

6 Shortened ‘however’ in text

8 Delay, as an event

9 Beers or wines, for example

10 Stone that deciphered hieroglyphics

12 Rudely brief

15 Nicknames or stage names, abbreviated

18 Top card in Poker hand

19 Luka Doncic or Kyrie Irving, for one

21 Hoppy brew, for short

22 100 prefix

23 Chess piece that moves in L-shape, for short

This crossword also appears in our November 2023 print edition.