UNIVERSAL CROSSWORD
Cut the Mustard by Emily Biegas and Sala Wanetick, edited by David Steinberg ACROSS
1 Radio switch
5 Mosque leaders
10 Stag, for a doe
14 Trim (down)
15 Suburban alternative? 16 “Community” role for
Danny
17 Purple Beanie Baby’s royal namesake, familiarly (Note this answer’s last
2 letters + ...)
19 Mitchell of folk (... this
answer’s first 3) 20 Excelled, in Gen Z
slang
21 Med. plan option 22 Muzzles
24 Drummer Starr
26 Red Wings’ org.
29 Prefix with -pedic
30 Give funding to
31 Sized up
33 AOL rival
34 Speech therapy target,
maybe (Last 2 letters + ...) 35 Chilling look (... first 3) 38 Too hasty
40 Doctors and lawyers take
one
41 Scolding for someone shouting (Last 4 letters + ...)
43 Is behind on bills
(... first 2) 47 Friend ___ friend
49 Not there
50 Foolish
51 “Ask, if you dare”
53 Key also called Option 55 Airs out
56 They help raise the
grade!
58 Abbr. after an old date 60 Small criticism
61 Where the Taj Mahal is
(Last 3 letters + ...) 62 “Take that!” (... first 3) 66 Time spent in line 67 They’re over 12 but
under 20
68 “A likely story!” 69 European ski destination 70 Partner of “dreams” 71 Places to dream
DOWN
1 Garb
2 Drink often served with
an olive
3 Products of some
children’s imaginations 4 All U.S. presidents thus
far
5 Couple, in a tabloid 6 Type of jar
7 Checkup sounds 8 Internet mediator, for
short
9 Tres + tres
10 College declaration 11 Biographical blog section 12 Place next to a point 13 Thomas who had a bright
idea
18 Puppy ___ (snack for a human, or meal for a dog)
23 Slyly signal to
25 Move to the big leagues,
say
27 “Howdy!”
28 Cleaning brand 32 Bibliography abbr. 35 Analogy words
36 Blac ___
37 Cotes du ___
39 Wrath
41 Outing from San Francisco to Big Sur, maybe
42 Slippery fish
44 1996 Spice Girls hit
espousing girl power 45 Tempted
46 Sonnet endings 47 Canadian capital 48 Thrifty
50 Indie folk’s Bon ___ 52 Protective ditches 54 Steak cut named for a
letter
57 Red lightsaber wielder 59 Swear
63 New beginning? 64 “Uh-huh”
65 Little lie