National Post (National Edition)

UNIVERSAL CROSSWORD

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1 Social media dogpile markers, in slang

9 Salt’s “halt!”

14 More than lionize

19 “Yeesh”

20 Narrow lane

21 Metals industry giant

22 Question asked in a daze

23 *Private ( Actress ( Reword ) Jessica ) eye

25 ___ Arbor

26 Tire gauge fig.

28 Meme depicting dejected actor Reeves

29 *Starbucks ( High-fat ( Rests ) diet ) size

35 “BTW ...”

36 Gatekeeper­s? (Abbr.)

38 “Star Wars” queen

39 “Love me ___”

41 Biologist Charles

44 One glass, or two cups 45 Amazon delivery?

47 Chin feature

50 Use an index for directions?

51 Aced it

53 *Asks ( Big ( Minus ) amount ) desperatel­y

55 Thorny bush

57 Cylinder

59 Twerps

60 Molten meal

62 Mass that’s not massive

64 Amish tractor pullers

65 Big name in RC cars

69 Apt rhyme for “snit”

70 *Old ( Small ( Ire ) talk ) loves

74 Tic-tac-toe winner

75 Gin berry

77 Web destinatio­ns, for short

78 Big gulp

79 Snoopy cartoonist Charles

81 Egypt’s region

84 Class with supply curves, for short

86 Vibes

87 *Deli ( Spanish ( Sneaker brand ) eight ) orders

91 Maker of Crunch bars

93 Rapp of 2024’s “Mean Girls”

94 Fail to blink

95 Man found in both the Bible and “thesaurus”? 96 Unaccounte­d for

99 Shining bright

101 Checks, as boxes

103 Commander and chief

105 Sarge, for one

106 Grain in Cheerios

109 *African ( October ( Walkers, briefly ) birthstone ) nation

111 Climbing gym pouch

115 Type of bread

116 Pittsburgh’s ___ Park

117 *Water ( Smallville ( Mononymous singer ) surname ) line

120 Turkish fruit exports

125 Final Greek letter

126 Berlin’s metro

127 Eerie electronic instrument

128 Hose down

129 Home Depot competitor

130 Type of day that refers to Earth’s rotation with respect to distant stars

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1 German automaker

2 Sound from a hot tub

3 Hopping the fence, say

4 Spiny desert creature

5 Agcy. whose existence was once a secret

6 Reddit event (Abbr.)

7 Group of whales

8 Salon sounds

9 Singer DiFranco

10 By way of

11 Knee connectors

12 Bundle

13 Roosevelt’s nickname

14 Court ... or word after “court”

15 Idris of “Hijack”

16 “Arguing with you is impossible”

17 Not getting distracted

18 Creature in a Mongolian polo variant

23 “___ mio!”

24 “Just playing”

27 NFL “scorigami,” for one

29 Briefly touch on?

30 French friend

31 Ingrid’s “Casablanca” role

32 Tarnish

33 Nits to pick

34 Classic NBC courtroom drama

37 Colonizing insects

40 Exponentia­l, as growth

42 Church section

43 Bird home

46 Lose the battle but win the war, say

48 Paper fortunetel­lers, geometrica­lly

49 Belief

52 “Fair point”

53 Chicago landmark, with “the”

54 Some trig curves

55 Tight buds

56 Bother

58 Military higher-up

61 Give off

63 Booker T. & the ___

66 “My pleasure”

67 Coke or Pepsi

68 Flow like lava

71 ID and press pass

72 Maa-ladies?

73 Sing like Ella

76 Run the show

80 One swaying in Hawaii

82 Furniture giant

83 Doughnut-shaped

85 Author Zora ___ Hurston

87 Part of a cereal grain found in many cereal names

88 Cause of a hamstrung hamstring?

89 Rubberneck­er

90 Bay Area industry

92 Took to court

95 Catch sight of

97 Singer Rita

98 Drug for Timothy Leary

100 “___ Lisa”

102 Metal band with a misspelled name

104 Hope (to)

107 Original “American Idol” judge Paula

108 Aerobics portmantea­u

110 Three-____ (sports dynasty

achievemen­ts)

112 Onetime Nintendo competitor

113 “Mercy me!”

114 Chew (on)

117 Jan. and Dec.

118 Most common word in English

119 ___ and outs

121 Eagles’ city, for short

122 Outer color of a rainbow

123 Aunt, in Argentina

124 NBC sketch show

 ?? By Adam Wagner, edited by Jeff Chen ?? WORDUCKENS
By Adam Wagner, edited by Jeff Chen WORDUCKENS

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