UNIVERSAL CROSSWORD
ACROSS 1 In unison
6 Paths that grant upward mobility?
11 Most loyal
17 Colorful summer treat 18 “Otello” or “Rigoletto” 19 High-altitude atmosphere 20 Muddy child’s plea before being hosed off?
23 Sea cow
24 Goddess also called Discordia 25 Period of history
26 Reason sarcasm wasn’t detected?
28 Elitist sort
30 Gospel singer Andrews
33 ___ Geo
34 De Armas of “Knives Out” 35 Uninteresting grind
36 Dot on a monitor
38 Word after “child” or “method” 42 Metropolis with a trash problem?
48 Thing to swing
49 Bathroom, in Liverpool 50 Charles River sch.
51 El ___ (Spanish hero)
52 Track unit
54 Not good
56 PD alert
58 Pig with tusks
59 Cats and dogs
61 “Notes of a Native Son” writings
63 “That’s my cue!”
65 Feel sick
67 Cartoon mouse whose name sounds like a finger
68 Advice to a nervous floor polisher?
72 Jazzed
75 Handbag monogram
76 Per ___ (daily)
77 Cozy spot
81 Singer Yankovic
83 Divisible by two
85 Reactions to puppy photos
87 Attract, as a crowd
88 Whole bunch
89 401(k) relative
90 Intention
91 Edge of a canyon
93 M.A. seeker’s hurdle, often 94 Host’s question while pouring a gifted bottle?
101 Abyss
102 Marked, as a ballot
103 2,000 pounds
104 Classic muscle car
106 Sleepover attire
109 “Hard Knock Wife”
comedian Ali
110 Civil rights activist Plessy
113 Baby food?
118 In the style of
120 South African people
121 Vestige
122 Urgent need for a birth assistant?
126 Field for pro gamers
127 TV journalist Sawyer
128 Billie who won five Grammys in 2020
129 In the vicinity of
130 Itsy-bitsy
131 Rolls-___ DOWN 1 Future oak
2 “Illness” for soon-to-be grads
3 Declines to participate
4 “Stat!”
5 Fencing blade
6 Transylvania’s country 7 Gibbon, for one
8 Club ___ resort
9 High schooler’s big night 10 Welcomed at the door 11 Larger-life link
12 Proposal presentation 13 Oblivious
14 Dine at home
15 City south of Florence
16 Hard journey
17 Day such as March 15
19 “You’ve said enough,” in a text 21 Portmanteau genre derived from acid house
22 Org. in “Snowden”
27 Pentagram shape
29 “g2g 4 now”
31 Abbr. after a phone number 32 Buddhist sect
37 Need for one making a stand? 39 Beginner’s piano exercise 40 Either half of Gemini
41 Like a certain Freudian complex
42 Cleveland team, informally 43 Words from a bride’s father 44 By means of
45 Longtime online brokerage firm
46 Sketch out
47 Virologist Jonas
48 Pollinating insect
53 Singer with the first YouTube video to hit 1 billion views 55 Symbol of intense focus 57 Skewed view
58 ___ choy
60 Personalized music gift 62 Where “bagels” and “lox” come from
64 D.C. suburb in Virginia
66 ___ Thomas, Soul Queen of New Orleans
69 Organization’s rules
70 Author Anais
71 Had office hours 72 Hole-punching tool
73 (Where’s my catnip?)
74 Bitter part of an orange 78 Works with pipes?
79 Differ
80 Female sheep
82 Zone
84 Compete
86 Round up, as livestock 92 Story of Arachne, for one 95 “Nothing Compares 2 U” singer Sinead
96 Little devils
97 Put in stitches
98 Words from a bride 99 Famed Sarah Palin impressionist
100 In a befuddled way
104 They might get you down 105 Florida bay city
107 Thorpe who was the first Native American to win an Olympic gold
108 Slyly mocking 111 Beethoven’s “Fur ___” 112 Surge of adrenaline
113 Small songbird
114 Icon in online shopping 115 Golden rule preposition 116 “___ a vibe”
117 Falco of “The Sopranos” 119 Lenovo competitor
123 Pale
124 Social connections
125 ___ de Janeiro