UNIVERSAL CROSSWORD
ACROSS
1 Decelerates 6 Hockey shot
sound
10 Trendy green 14 Oscarwinner
Marisa
15 Hang loose 16 SpaceX CEO Musk
Virtual greeting, perhaps
18 With intent 20 *Hearty breakfast option
Training ___
___ kwondo *Economic system with few restrictions “Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom” actor Chris Violent son of Zeus
34 TV adjunct, once 35 High pickleball
shots
36 Old hat
38 One lacking
manners
39 Org. concerned
with gum health 40 ___-A-Whirl
41 Tall tales 42 *Disagree 46 Story progres
sion shape 47 Good to go 48 What a successor may have, and a hint to three letters hidden in each starred answer
56 Like a show you couldwatch for hours
57 Any ’60s song, in 2020
Arctic Ocean hazard
59 Food item in a
basket
60 Cozy breakfast
spots
61 Ward (off) 62 LPGA players’
pegs
63 Young bird in a
barn
17 22 23 24
32
33
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DOWN
1
2
Editor’s “Let it stand”
Nessie’s supposed home
Ilhan who played “Among Us” with AOC
4 “You ___ right” 5 Secondarywager 6 “I’mLovin’ It,” for example
Like a 15-letter word
8 Boxer’s bowlful,
maybe
9 Source of a juicy summer fruit Scientist known for his laws of planetary motion 11 Sunburn soother 12 Got checkmated 13 St. Louis-toIndianapolis dir. Brings in, as crops Before, poetically Bilbo’s cousin Capital city nearest to Casablanca 26 Beings who may call us earthlings: Abbr. 27 Mouthwatering 28 Ambulance destinations, for short
29 Ebony partner
in song
30 Tea biscuit 31 Makes amistake 32 Word after
3
7
10 19 21 24 25
“layaway” or “lesson” 36 Round figure? 37 Bass Pale ___ 38 Sweetheart 40 Short, but probably not sweet 41 Bed-ins for
Peace activist 43 Showed age,
like a sofa 44 Art show
boosters? 45 Tater ___
48 Digestion aid 49 Aware of 50 Tuning instrument in an orchestra French fashion magazine 52 House designer’s
concern
53 Fan mail
recipient 54 Twitter reaction 55 “___ we forget” 56 Texter’s good
bud
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