National Post (National Edition)
UNIVERSAL CROSSWORD
Cut the Mustard by Emily Biegas and Sala Wanetick,
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