UNIVERSAL CROSSWORD
ACROSS
1 Bit of progress
7 Try to improve
13 Rash or rushed
18 Have it in mind
19 Aggressive poker play 20 Cafe
21 Small village deals in a stolen salon product? 24 “Wonderfilled” cookie
25 Email folder
26 Worsted fabrics
27 Angsty genre
28 One who only drinks expensive wine, say 30 Common text file name 33 Stem (from)
35 Longtime “Project Runway” host Heidi
37 Words to inspire confidence 39 Grp. that added Montenegro in 2017
41 The Kardashian daughters move felines to and fro?
47 Odd duck
48 Give up, like land
49 Voting against
50 Aussie hopper
51 “Atonement” author McEwan 52 Preserves options?
53 Opposite of trans, gender-wise 54 Edict of ___ (French history topic)
57 They may cross aves.
58 In the thick of
60 Not be serious
61 Wee, informally
62 Kermit and Mr. Toad oil the Second City?
70 Big Brisbane birds 71 Disreputable newspaper 72 More, to minimalists 73 Bolted
74 More than just dwell 77 Fruitcake ingredient 78 Tattled
80 Monopoly quartet, briefly 81 Vessel on a windowsill 82 Extreme fan
84 Erase, as from memory 85 Gold-medal gymnast Biles 88 A dozen testy guys hire a
comedian?
93 She marries Han
94 Penitent person, perhaps 95 Son of Seth
96 Wheel for lifting
98 Passover
100 ( The thing I’m holding up) 103 Close texting bud
105 Land vehicle that breaks the
sound barrier
107 Egg on
109 Dinner for an aardvark
111 Devastated transportation depot in Bermuda’s capital? 116 Trojan War refugee
117 Mosque tower
118 Shower unit?
119 Learn gradually 120 Hunting dog
121 Like heaven’s gates
DOWN
1 Texter’s “As I see it ...” 2 Approaches
3 College student’s meal, perhaps
4 One who watches
5 Put away the dishes?
6 Parts of URLs
7 Chased
8 Creature that makes Frodo’s sword glow blue
9 Issa of “Insecure”
10 Mouths, slangily
11 The Arthur ___ Courage Award
12 Developer’s purchases 13 Booing go-with
14 Venomous Egyptian reptile 15 Road work?
16 Theme park vehicle
17 Go up and down
19 Actress Russo
20 ___ Rabbit
22 Noted nuclear physicist 23 “You don’t need to explain”
29 Wasn’t colorfast
31 Owner’s documents
32 Stallion’s partner
34 Sucking appliance, informally 36 Mil. tour group?
38 Aspirin and ibuprofen, briefly 40 Indigenous Midwesterner 41 Word after “lemon” or “plot” 42 Toffee bar name
43 Shampoo instruction
44 Oceans and oceans
45 Twice eighteenths
46 ...---...
52 Sprightly dances
53 Cyber operations grp.
55 “No returns”
56 The Big Apple’s initials 58 Pitchers’ assets 59 Often-chocolaty dessert
60 Frat party container
61 Summer coffee specification 63 Extra charge
64 Nirvana genre
65 “Hoarders” pest
66 Funny DeGeneres
67 <--
68 Bouquet ___ (bundle of herbs)
69 Day one
74 Elect (to)
75 Go for a strike
76 Substantial penalty 77 Domestic surveillance devices 78 Does a track official’s job 79 One may see “Aida”
83 “... and the Lord ___ away” 84 “ER” actor Noah
85 Sanders’ title (Abbr.)
86 How some NFL games are resolved
87 Volcano in Northern Calif. 89 Lucy of “Elementary”
90 “Les Miserables” protagonist 91 Subsequent edition
92 Fix up, as a property
97 Some digital displays, briefly 99 Abbr. meaning “turn the page”
101 Put in the ground
102 Pub seat
103 Talk about how great you
are, say
104 Gasoline, for one
106 French friend
108 Pigsty
110 Surprisingly agile
112 Teachers’ org.
113 Back muscle, briefly
114 Uno + due
115 “Monkey ___, monkey do”