UNIVERSAL CROSSWORD
ACROSS
1 Packed (down)
7 Soothes
12 “The Lion King” role for Beyonce
16 Calif. airport that has fog delays
19 Glacier-hiking tool
20 “Alas and ___!”
21 Remained respectable, as a tweet
23 *Cement made with 2.5% copper
25 Help out, slangily 26 Split-screen TikTok function 27 Old nutritional fig.
28 Pen sound?
29 Prefix with “directional”
30 The “D” in DJ
32 *Theme present
35 Half-___ (coffee order)
38 ___ of personality
40 Cookie with creme
41 Ruby, e.g.
42 Norse war god
44 Perrins’ partner
45 Fellow
47 Official orders
51 *Painfully meshy chaps, perhaps
57 Shoe designer Jimmy
58 Video game sample
59 Run really fast
60 Disco ___ (“The Simpsons” character)
61 Canines, but not felines 62 Lavish love (on)
64 Artist Magritte
65 “Code Switch” network 67 Board presentation VIP 68 *Firmest lights
70 *Amexes used by some Native Americans
74 ___ of iniquity
75 Shoulder assistance org.? 76 Avian chatterbox 77 “Garfield” dog
78 Spanish hero
80 Purr-fect pet?
83 Major work
84 Swirling water
86 “Believe” singer
87 *Romeo’s friend
92 Cherry brandy
94 Touch lightly
95 Before, once
96 D.C. paper
97 Ruckus
98 Speak with a croak
101 “RuPaul’s ___ Race”
103 H.S. equivalency test
104 *They circle a games giant 110 Person you stan for
112 Sunburn balm
113 Tennis match units
114 Attach with a knot
116 Japanese noodle
119 Free period?
121 “Pretend I’m not here” ... and a hint to the two extra letters in each starred clue
124 Hated thing
125 Hunt like a leopard
126 Informal units for chili
127 Sunbeam
128 Reputation, in slang
129 Quaint bathroom sign
130 One may be cut from a
cereal container
DOWN
1 As late as, briefly
2 Corrosive substance
3 List of dishes
4 Went back and forth?
5 Like some unusual pets 6 Ctrl-Alt-___
7 INDICATORS OF SHOUTING IN TEXTS
8 Attentive
9 “Thar be the shore!”
10 Former quarterback Steve 11 It’s the limit, they say
12 Murad or Comaneci 13 Ecstasy’s opposite
14 Losses of water or gas
15 They may be blocked online 16 Alabama starting point for civil rights marches 17 One-night stand, e.g.
18 Song such as “My Girl”
22 Rodents in forests
24 Atomic cores
28 Popular “near beer”
31 Mope
33 Lily variety
34 “The Simpsons” neighbor 35 NYSE listings
36 Adderall target, briefly 37 One may twirl torches
39 Text that may discuss yoga 43 Leonard who wrote “I Am Spock”
46 To this point
48 Airport carousel sight 49 Reusable bags
50 Fashionable NYC neighborhood
52 “I’m kind of impressed” 53 One into crosswords and “Star Trek,” maybe 54 Plumbers’ vehicles 55 Anger
56 Ahi, for one
61 Merchant
63 End of an ___ 66 Vietnamese comfort food 68 India’s capital territory
69 A pop
70 Error in tihs clue
71 “Get ___” (Chadwick Boseman film)
72 Like some potatoes
73 Black ___ spider
74 Tarot set
76 Bon ___ (witticism)
79 One pursuing tax dodgers 81 “A line around your thoughts,” per Klimt 82 Crowns worn with sashes 85 “Egad!”
87 More discriminating
88 Small squabble
89 Making missteps 90 Librarian’s advice 91 Nonverbal approval
93 Bank offerings, for short 99 Surgical stitch
100 Abolition target for Angela
Davis
102 Stop saying “I’m with the
band”?
104 Range of awareness
105 Massey of old films (A LION
anagram)
106 Emphatic denial
107 ___ fatale
108 Lieu
109 Abbr. on a cereal container 111 Eco-conscious Seuss character 115 Alternatives to watercolors 117 Ernie’s roommate
118 Paintballs, e.g.
120 Cannabis ingredient (Abbr.) 121 Photo file format
122 Snatch
123 Mind reader’s claim, briefly