UNIVERSAL CROSSWORD KENKEN
ACROSS
1 Doing battle
6 “Really, though?” 10 64-Across makes it rise 15 Skirt shorter than a maxi 19 Attraction phased out for orcas’ well-being
20 Bandmate of Crosby and Stills 21 Words on Alice’s cake 22 Hipster’s rep
23 Wrestler’s calculation to determine how old an opponent is? (hint: notice the C’s) 26 One of three in a day, often 27 Monotonous
28 Throw lightly
29 Future revealer
31 “Ideas worth spreading” group 32 Went long
35 Sip, or something to sip 36 Person who’s a little bit nice? (... A’s)
42 Desert rest stop
45 Ravenclaw seeker Chang 46 Many a college interviewer, informally
47 Muscular tissue
48 ___ Piper
49 Low-calorie soda option 51 Rapper ___ 3000 52 Scandinavian capital
53 Deity of long, thin pretzels?
(... L’s)
56 Irks
58 Everyone in the South?
59 Peak such as the Zugspitze 60 Long stories
62 Possessive for Black Panther 63 Bit of hair cream
64 See 10-Across
67 Rapper Mos ___
68 Bumble or Hinge
71 Manages hardship
73 Baby syllable
74 It borders both Minnesota and New York
76 Suggests
79 Drive-through pub for ’80s plush toys? (... E’s)
83 Already chopped down 84 Preppy shirts
85 Wee
86 Word with “Star” or “wolf” 87 Soak in a teapot
89 “Leave that to me!”
90 “___ Boot”
91 Ones’ counterparts in binary 92 Solar system that God is smoothing? (... T’s) 97 Doohickey
98 Enters gradually
99 One of the five W’s
102 York and New York
104 Difficult
106 Doughy Jewish snacks
108 ___ Sea (shrunken lake)
109 Jacket that got soaked in Seattle, say? (... S’s)
114 Double agent, perhaps 115 Online party notice
116 Thing to scratch
117 Divide in two
118 Cyan and magenta liquids 119 Speaks with a croaky voice 120 “Good gravy!”
121 Mean expression DOWN 1 Wide neckwear
2 Macbeth’s title
3 Undertook, as a battle
4 Cry to a preacher
5 “I hear ...”
6 Plan (to)
7 Pollen pouch
8 “Somewhat”
9 “Also, what you just said” 10 Workers whose numbers are declining?
11 Woolly males
12 It’s within the two Greek letters around it
13 Qt. or pt.
14 Remove antlers from 15 Oversized houses people love to hate
16 “Seems to be that way”
17 Hand out cards
18 Inactive 24 ___ advanced age
25 Ending for “film”
30 Purges
33 Tied, like a boot
34 Place to rest your butt?
35 Small change?
36 Kind of pool (var.)
37 Popular drink mix
38 Designer Gucci
39 Some Iranians
40 Depend (on)
41 Counting by them often saves time
42 O magazine founder 43 Garlicky mayonnaise
44 “She ___ seashells ...” 49 Exercise on a track
50 “Good gravy!”
51 Promotional parts of a newspaper
54 Gal of “Wonder Woman” 55 World Cup cheer
56 NASA, for instance
57 ’90s three-country pact 61 Embellish
65 (I’m so sad!)
66 Exercises often done on a step 68 Shady shelter
69 Instrument played on a bench 70 Tiny sweaters? 71 Movie buffs
72 Teatime snack
75 City where Van Gogh painted 76 Attention-getting sound 77 January 2021 pledge 78 Butter up
80 Landed
81 Goes bad
82 Some politicians reach across it 84 Classic video game
88 Ballet bend
90 What an archer takes 91 Pinnacles
93 Solution
94 Wonder Woman, e.g.
95 What curious toddlers do 96 Largest number in Sudoku 99 Milk variety
100 Lead-in to “ho”
101 Economist/author Emily
102 Sleeveless undergarment,
briefly
103 Metal in a ferrous wheel?
104 Start of an address
105 They can outrank kings
107 Digitized photo, for one
110 Actress Gabor or Mendes
111 Bro’s counterpart
112 Where a hog wallows
113 Channel for 71-Down