UNIVERSAL CROSSWORD
ACROSS
1 Fill the tank 6 Undesirable or desirable jeans features
10 Bag for potatoes 14 1836 siege site 15 Furry “Star Wars” creature Fairy tale meanie
17 What an inconspicuous person keeps 19 Not at all cloudy 20 ___ Schwab 21 Mattress size 22 ___-day (recent
or present) 24 Putt distance
units
25 Hot, like
Tabasco sauce 26 Leave high and
dry
29 Fan’s opposite 30 Be patient for 31 Golfer’s shirt,
often
32 Fashion magazine since 1945 36 Aries or
Capricorn 37 Scarecrow’s
wish, in Oz 38 Greenish-blue
hue 39 Proofreader’s
“leave it in” 40 Gain through
merit
41 Industry moguls 42 Unhealthily pale 44 Comics reporter
Starr 45 Permanent
marker brand 48 Rudd of
“Ant-Man” 49 Wine taster’s
asset
50 “Enough ___!” 51 Yield to gravity 54 Prefix with
“trust” or “rust” 55 One who wouldn’t hurt a fly
58 Toddler’s
“piggies” 59 Spew forth 60 Vindictive
feeling
61 King’s address 62 Obligation 63 Falcon’s gripper
16
DOWN
1 Brazen boldness 2 Skin softener
ingredient 3 Their teeth may
be sharpened 4 One of an MLB
quartet
5 Sign of the
future
6 Equip with new
gear
7 Victor’s cry
8 D.C. insider 9 Hanging Halloween decoration 10 Hot, twisty snack
Material for a swirly marble 12 Town ___ (early newsperson) “Little Fires Everywhere” actress Washington 18 Had to pay 23 Many a tailless
primate 24 Something to
“damn with” 25 Biden debated
her in 2008 26 Get fresh with 27 Annoying
person
11
13 28 Lose one’s cool 29 Gray with age 31 Talk gibberish 33 Like excellent
pastrami
34 Fat in some biscuits “Frozen” snow queen
37 Under attack
from all sides 41 Least refined 43 Well-put
44 Try to prevent a
sinking
35
45 Short squabbles 46 Southeast Asian
capital
47 Take in or let out 48 Big Mac
component 50 Huffy state 51 Gardener’s
bagful
52 Lot purchase 53 Narrow valley 56 Fleet-footed
avian 57 Reflexology
resort