UNIVERSAL CROSSWORD
ACROSS
1 Sci-fi stunner
7 ___ one’s time (waits) 12 “Zoey’s Extraordinary Playlist” network
15 Post in the Navy?
19 Shawl in Rivera’s “Zapatista Landscape”
20 Drama with many singers 21 “I’m in awe!”
22 Zone
23 Those who join the Seattle Storm or L.A. Sparks? 25 Fingerprint alternative
27 Pace slower than a run 28 Copied
29 Runs the show
31 Sneaky pitch from Don Draper, say?
35 Persevere with
39 It’s up for debate
41 “Love the skin you’re in” brand 42 Atlantic Ocean’s ___ Triangle 43 German automaker
44 Road crew supply
48 “Care to make a wager?” 49 Perfect
51 Congregation’s stratagems? 54 Targets for reform
55 Leaves
56 Reduce, as expenses
57 Pigpen noise
58 Perjure oneself
59 When it’s all over
61 Crocheter’s tool
63 Bartlett kin
65 Yiddish cry
66 Where the top racehorses reside?
70 Notes before sols
73 Omar of “Fatal Affair” 75 Entertainment center collection
76 Currently living
78 “The Jungle Book” python 79 Stitch’s buddy
81 People to move on from 82 “Benson” star Swenson
83 Part of NYC
84 Risky pace for a horse carrying reds and whites? 87 Church VIP
88 Craft show merchants
90 Pub handout
92 Yellowstone beast
93 What tailors and tilers do 94 Cain’s victim
96 Fall zodiac sign
98 Sprinkled, as a snowy road 99 Guilty pleasure of reading Marie Kondo books?
103 Gland above a kidney
105 “Sesame Street” series
106 Connection point
110 Where a play starts
113 Like peacocks, when evaluating mates?
117 German automaker
118 “Ciao!” 119 Smartwater alternative 120 Futbol chant
121 What’s more?
122 Pianist’s talent
123 “Fresh” flower
124 Zilch, slangily
DOWN
1 (Over here!)
2 Will figure
3 2012 film set in Iran 4 December temps
5 Prefix for “center”
6 Calls something different 7 Yang of “SNL”
8 Some Apple music players 9 Blue, on an electoral map (Abbr.)
10 Before, to Browning
11 Dee or Oh
12 Bete ___
13 Dull speaker
14 World’s most common birds 15 Digital marketing communications
16 Tossed beanbag’s path 17 Home for many fish
18 Amy who penned “Saving Fish From Drowning” 24 Student’s stat. 26 Uncompromising
30 Green house plant? 32 Two-purpose
33 Mare’s male baby
34 Beauty superstore
36 Part of a city bus?
37 “Set Fire to the Rain” singer 38 Pics from parlors
39 “That’s enough for me!” 40 Forecaster Roker, to his wife? 42 Give support to
43 Huge uncertainty
45 Vehicle that rhymes with “train” 46 Car starter?
47 Sailor’s assent
48 Victory
50 Fire sign?
52 Refrigerates
53 Kind of torch at a beach barbecue
56 ___ up (adds spice to) 60 Medium’s “ability,” for short 61 Mayhem
62 Far from fresh
63 Rite for a Jewish baby boy 64 Yiddish cries
67 Sitting around
68 Irks
69 Bring to bear
71 Germany’s Merkel
72 Like some contrasts
74 Karachi natives
77 Up to, for short
78 Seoul, South ___
79 Part of a script
80 Job connections
81 ATL guess
83 Orange Thanksgiving foods 84 Gateway to Narnia
85 PC brand
86 French Quarter’s city, briefly 87 Name whose last letter may also be “k”
89 Shoemaker’s leather
91 Reason for an apostrophe, at times
94 “I’m ___ loss”
95 Took off in a hurry
97 Jane Austen’s Elizabeth 99 Disdainful look
100 Posh parties
101 Ivory counterpart
102 TiVo ancestor
104 One-named Irish singer
107 “Or, maybe ...” in a tweet
108 Supermarket section with ham 109 Early garden
110 Nickname within “Rosalyn” 111 Hint from offstage
112 Style guide users, briefly
114 Director DuVernay
115 Second sequel letters
116 “Strange Magic” grp.