UNIVERSAL CROSSWORD PUZZLE
ACROSS
1 Professor ___ (Clue suspect)
5 Seawater
10 Leg or wing
14 Union figure?
16 Way off
17 “Four legs good, two legs bad” book
18 Small and green he is
19 “Then again ...”
20 Pancreas, e.g.
21 Beatnik’s cap
22 Poehler’s co-star in “Sisters”
23 Myanmar, formerly
24 “Too easy!”
29 Nile snake
31 Goatee’s place
32 Island like Bikini
33 Name found within “Hot Topic”
34 Set the volume to 0
35 Congested-sounding
36 Kristen of “The Martian”
37 Chooses (to)
38 ___ brulee
39 Texting on a date, e.g.
40 “I’ll pass”
41 Sarcastic “Who knew?”
43 ___ Point (Ohio theme park)
45 “Grumpy” animal in memes
46 Mr. Houdini
47 Totally swole
50 Results of some MMA punches
53 Woodwind in the “Angels in America” title song
54 Obscurer in a haunted house
56 Male pals
57 Bracing part of a morning routine
58 Unrefined sorts
59 Beds with bars
60 Leaning Tower locale
DOWN
1 Speak with the man upstairs, say
2 Annoyance at Six Flags
3 Ampere or gram
4 “The Wizard of Oz” film studio
5 Performer with good gut instincts?
6 Nickname for tennis’s Nadal
7 Persepolis’ land, today
8 Stereotypical D&D player
9 “Uhh ...”
10 Coat of paint
11 Gridiron arrangement named after a vowel
12 Complained loudly
13 German sausage, briefly
15 Symbol of nihilism in “Everything Everywhere All at Once”
21 Be bullish on Wall Street
22 Ticket penalties
23 Where one may pass the barre exam?
24 Latin American cryptid
25 Erupt with rage
26 Vacant look
27 Actress Parker
28 Andean animal
30 ___ stick (springing toy)
31 “Let’s get moving!”
33 “Embrace your quirk!”
41 Part of LGBTQ+
42 “Down the ___!” (“Drink up!”)
44 Ballroom garment
46 ___ bag (crescentshaped purse)
47 Unrefined sort
48 Apt letters missing from “_nsi_ht_y fru_t”
49 Film buff’s site
50 New Zealand bird
51 Washington bills?
52 Word sung twice after “Que”
54 TV regulator
55 Bounce