UNIVERSAL CROSSWORD
1 Company that gets things lit?
4 Musubi ingredient
8 Tire task that equalizes wear
16 Abbr. at the gym
19 One in a deck, sometimes
20 Yell at the moon
21 Jennifer Lopez horror flick
22 Unwell
23 Sloth, e.g.
24 Be a stinker
25 *Earthquake drill instruction
27 Turbotax company
29 47-Across target
30 Small mammals with pointy snouts
31 Rimes of country music
32 Villainous Disney feline
34 Took a load off
37 Slip-___ (comfy shoes)
38 *“Quit complaining and get things done!”
40 “She-hulk: Attorney ___”
42 Range in Italy
45 Sold-out show (Abbr.)
46 “The A-team” actor
47 Digestion aid
48 Filly in the future
49 Half of a diameter
52 What’s held in a hold
53 Comedian Andre
54 *Lamb Chop, e.g.
58 Chatted up on Insta
59 Teenage troubles
60 “Give me a chew toy!”
61 Pieces of candy?
62 Restaurant rating site
63 They can be tied in a bouquet
64 Hawaiian Disney girl
66 It might be unruly
68 Skeptics have them
70 *Sheryl Crow hit about optimism
76 ___ gin fizz
77 West of old Hollywood
80 Flawed protagonist
81 “Family Guy” daughter
83 Omen
85 Baltic country whose capital is Tallinn
88 Site line? (Abbr.)
90 Australian tree huggers
91 Flow opposite
94 A Jedi he is
95 Overly
96 With tact
97 *Telenovelas
101 Crew directive
102 Newspaper team, in brief
103 Door-to-door reveler
104 Take note, with “down”
105 ___ Moines, Iowa
106 Tuna type
109 Osiris and Anubis
110 Like some bourbon barrels
113 ___-up (acrobatic handspring)
114 Near partner
115 *Dish the dirt
118 League groupings
120 Boo-boo
121 Released (from)
122 Ultimate act ... and a hint to the transformation in the answers to the starred clues
123 Gracefulcurve
124 Resting places for flyers
125 Sticksaround
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1 Caprese salad ingredient
2 Cold deportment
3 Hooved creature of Greek myth
4 What wool might do in the dryer
5 Amanda Gorman, e.g.
6 Wonderment
7 “I Have a Dream” Jan. honoree
8 Meteorologist’s tool
9 Burden
10 Tic-___-toe
11 Expression of stress in the funny pages
12 Bring ___ halt
13 Lodge
14 Numbers studied in Vegas
15 Chip with queso
16 Goes all out
17 Went like the wind?
18 High-end cameras (Abbr.)
26 Christmas cat toys, maybe
28 Pop the bottle
29 Empty space
32 Candy cane feature
33 Practical jokers
34 Unwavering
35 Frightened
36 Citrus hybrids
39 “It’s my time”
40 Epitome of simplicity
41 Raw material for a paper mill
43 Maker of colorful bows?
44 Religious spinoffs
50 Month that starts with
practical jokes (Abbr.)
51 Ominous invite to a one-on-one
54 Taqueria option
55 Group of stars with a belt
56 Note equivalent to B
57 General ___ chicken
59 Classic arcade game set in space
65 “___ dokie!”
67 Tush
69 Accountant’s task, perhaps
71 Sounds of hesitation
72 Elicit a purr, perhaps
73 Verne of the “Austin Powers” films
74 Show one’s appreciation
75 Nicktoon Jimmy
77 Gin rummy match
78 Meticulous
79 Online shop for handmade goods
82 Marvel character who says “I am 82-Down”
84 Lies on a pool float, maybe
86 Pulitzer Prize winner ___ B. Wells
87 Remote power sources
89 “That’s a new ___”
91 Top left key, often
92 Feathery neckwear
93 Deal
98 Exhausted
99 Discontinued GM brand, informally
100 Annoy
104 Cracks jokes
105 Lounge sofa
106 Years upon years
107 Put on the rack
108 Grp. of coin collectors?
110 Cookie with a Mega Stuf variety
111 Lines it up
112 Held on to
113 Fuzzy fruit
114 French fashion brand
115 Weep
116 Org. that features Seth “Freakin” Rollins
117 Kitchen gadget brand
118 ISP connection option
119 Opposite of NNW