ACROSS

1. Got a grip

5. Did well, slangily

8. Bovine noise

9. Word often added to the “5 Ws” that doesn’t fit the theme

10. Audiobook length?

13. Actress De Armas

14. Word that might come after pea- or guinea-

16. Losing team in the 2024 NBA finals, hopefully

22. Technology pioneer Lovelace

23. The thing Wu-Tang Clan is protecting in a 1992 song

24. Western US time zone

25. Likely the most famous

DOWN

1. Owns

2. Many an ambulance worker

3. Powder room, to a Brit

4. “That’s Ms. Explorer to you!”

5. Fishy word that translates to “fire” in Hawaiian

6. CRLS athletic director, to his friends

7. Ram’s counterpart

11. Fanfiction abbreviation

12. Bed that has been linked to multiple forms of cancer

15. Destination for a sick person, for short

16. Political or topographic creation

17. Subscriptions often take them away

18. Big ol’ tub

19. Letters on many a red t-shirt worn by CRLS staff

20. Western Missouri’s baseball team, abbr.

21. What’s up

This crossword also appears in our June 2024 edition.