UNIVERSAL CROSSWORD
NESTERS
By Jason Mueller, edited By David Steinberg
ACROSS 1 Group for the 50+ crowd 5 Art ___ (building style) 9 Occasion 13 “The Stranger” author 18 Cinematic pig 19 W-to-E direction, on a compass or keyboard 20 Heart of the matter 21 Editor making a typo, e.g. 22 *Get cold feet 24 *Clue character in a blue dress 26 About 1% of the atmosphere 28 Give ___ (try) 29 Author Grafton 30 Unexpected complication 31 Reacting to a sauna 33 Yankees’ Subway Series foes 34 Some legal actions 38 ___ Romeo 39 “Arigato” lead-in (hidden in “random order”) 41 Gibbon or bonobo 42 Choppers 44 Tardy 46 Canadian dollar coin’s nickname 50 Behavioral standard 52 Extend one’s military service 54 Tyrannosaurus ___ 55 Foe of the Fantastic Four 56 *“Descendants” star 60 Mo. when many people buy trees 62 “I ___ sleep a wink!” 63 Eugene’s state 64 Is defeated 66 Kitten quality 68 Future MBA’s exam 70 Stair post 72 Invoice stamp (Abbr.) 73 Discharged like a gland 77 Comic in a newspaper 79 Send via USPS, say 83 With full force 84 “That’s obvious!” 86 *Snitch 88 Peeved 90 Tasseled topper 92 ___ Domini 93 Mean giant 94 Tennis great Edberg 95 Dog biter 97 2020 film about a cartoon dog 100 Car-stealing video game franchise, for short 101 Country next to Pakistan 103 Temporary stillness 105 Diana Rigg’s character on “The Avengers” 107 Skipper portrayer Hale 110 End of the line 113 City north of Oklahoma City 114 Motion of approval 115 Cookout spot 116 Individually, at a restaurant 119 *Reaction to cold or fright 122 *Way to quit suddenly 126 Parsley unit 127 Jungle predator’s sound 128 Hilo greeting 129 Capital on the Baltic 130 Golfer Yani 131 “Orinoco Flow” musician 132 Mary ___ Lincoln 133 Nervous
DOWN 1 Alphabetic TV channel 2 Sound of relief 3 Slugger’s stat 4 Praline nuts 5 Prehistoric beast, informally 6 Harold’s “Ghostbusters” role 7 Gulps down 8 Capital of Canada 9 Film buff’s channel 10 Annoyed 11 “Is this necessary?” 12 Dilate 13 “Ta-ta!” 14 Shape of the first letter in “curve” 15 Large member of the deer family 16 Full-length 17 Funny Wanda 19 Basketball great Miller 23 “Sauer” sausage topping 25 Ryan of “New Amsterdam” 27 Peddle 30 Veer 32 At a distance 33 Duke Ellington classic with a colorful title 34 Calrissian of “Star Wars” 35 “That’s ___ excuse ...” 36 Semester 37 It may be stainless 40 Esther’s adopted father (I’M A CODER anagram) 43 A Great Lake 45 Business bigwig, briefly 47 Intersection point 48 Charged particles 49 Experts at CPR 51 Mila Kunis’ role on “Family Guy” 53 Models strike them 57 Approach 58 Subj. related to physiology 59 Some salamanders 61 Stereotypical junkyard dog 65 Sealy rival 67 Fill-in worker 69 Type of talk 71 Animals in a pride 73 ___ Club (warehouse store chain) 74 Release, as radiation 75 Small eatery 76 Heinie 78 ___ de Leon 80 Three-___ race 81 Cake that often has many layers 82 Oscar winner Tatum 85 Severe consequence 87 Impend 89 “CSI” workplace 91 Olympus boss 96 Utah ski resort 98 Mafia code of silence 99 African language group 102 Word after “human” or “Mother” 104 Meme feline 106 Capital of South Dakota 107 Teenage feeling 108 Common roller-coaster features 109 Love very much 111 ___ Says (children’s game) 112 Paul, in Rome 115 “Hot Fuzz” star 117 Lump of earth 118 What Ritalin treats, for short 120 One is always wrong 121 Mme., across the Pyrenees 123 Baby goat 124 Item “laid” by a bird in each starred entry 125 “Hooray!”