‘universal freestyle 118’
ACROSS
1 Very close pals, for short
5 Until now
8 Terse farewell
11 Piece of folklore
12 Pursued romantically
14 Fishing line holder
16 Fruit often used in gin
17 Gut feeling
18 The “A” in A.D.
19 “I see”
22 Change the direction of
23 Person who has appeared in the most Marvel movies
24 Resistance unit
25 Alternative to medium or hot
27 IV - I
28 Wild pig
30 Took a plane
32 Elective eye surgery
36 Research on a political rival, for short
37 Type of campaign in which
36-Across might be used
39 ___-Cola 40 On edge
42 Caesar’s “And you?!”
43 Check over
44 ___ Talk
46 Folder full of your emails
48 Suffix with “end” but not “begin”
49 Nice touch?
53 Nonphysical mining material
55 “If everything were perfect...”
57 Certain evergreen
58 Heart chambers
59 Future MBA’S subject
61 “The Story” or “Story of My Life”
62 “You ___ goose!”
63 Common wedding garment
64 Bother repeatedly
65 Poodle variety
66 Late-night host Meyers
DOWN
1 K-pop superstars
2 Unrealistic belief
3 Clue boards, essentially
4 Deal with
5 “I wouldn’t know” 6 Ages and ages
7 Pharm. workers
8 Smarties
9 1983 film in which Mandy Patinkin played Avigdor
10 Start of a choosing rhyme
12 Hypotheticals
13 Indian loincloth
15 Be defeated
20 Wordlessly sing
21 Sob loudly
22 A Roomba is one
26 Specs
29 Last one in, to a child
31 Plant in approximately 250 Monet paintings
33 Missing one could cause an awkward situation
34 “That’s impossible”
35 Roo’s mom
38 Make a quick escape
41 Mythical hairy creature
45 Fathers, to tots
47 Only even prime number 49 “My ___ are sealed”
50 Layered vegetable
51 Wheel of Fortune cohost White
52 ___ four
54 Common wedding garment
56 It becomes another name when bookended by “C” and “S”
60 Highest, in a sequence