UNIVERSAL CROSSWORD
1 “La Boheme” or “Lohengrin” 6 “Let’s say ...,” informally 11 Exams using Zener cards 19 Actor Dinklage
20 Contribute
21 Oatmeal option
22 Person whose favorite letter
might be B?
24 Kobe, to Shaq, until 2004 25 “CSI” evidence
26 Cavalry attack 27 Submissive
28 Ang or Spike
29 Ramshackle shack
30 Person whose favorite letter might be U? 34 Clip, as a 30-Across might
36 It may be passed on a track
38 Nail polish brand
39 Hero of Philadelphia? 40 Convenient excuse for
saying no 42 College-ranking pub
46 What we’re all getting 47 Diver’s air container
48 Goof
50 Unappetizing mush 51 Person whose favorite letter
might be Q?
53 Person whose favorite letter
might be Y? 57 XXX-XX-XXXX ID
58 Tiktok or Bereal 59 Bathroom fixture
60 Like a busy restaurant 61 Large tea vessel
63 “This is pointless!”
65 Zip
66 Yoga posture
69 Drives recklessly between
lanes
70 Poem of praise
72 Freudian topic
75 Person whose favorite letter
might be J?
77 Person whose favorite letter
might be T?
80 Delicate material
81 “The Cask of Amontillado”
author
82 Bar mitzvah or baptism 83 “Affliction” star Nick 84 Genre blending hip-hop and
post-hardcore
86 Unit of electric conductance 90 Times up?
91 Poet Scott-heron
92 “Well done!”
93 Insta post
94 Person whose favorite letter
might be I?
99 Genetic duplicates
102 Big ol’ hand 103 New Mexico art colony 104 Successful heists 105 Transcript stat 108 German white wine 111 Person whose favorite letter might be C? 114 4-99, on classic Lego boxes 115 Lies ahead
116 Exuded
117 Pleasure-seeker 118 “Join the club” 119 Misty-eyed
DOWN
1 Pundit’s column
2 Philly Ivy
3 “At Last” singer James
4 ___ Speedwagon
5 Places for amateur
“quarterbacks”
6 Abridged
7 Change location?
8 Mayberry kid
9 Bro’s sib, maybe
10 Tolkien creature
11 Makeup’s Lauder
12 Awfully high, pricewise 13 Busiest times
14 President pro ___ 15 Massachusetts’ state tree 16 Burn with boiling water 17 Private student
18 Rodeo ride 20 Tartan-wearing group 23 Windy City airport
27 File or Edit
29 Jason of “The Muppets” 30 Messy bedroom
31 Follower of boo, woo and yoo 32 Short records, for short 33 Jewelry-shaped candy 34 Many jazz highlights
35 Was wearing
37 “Fire away!”
39 Beer ingredient related to
cannabis
40 Secret Service agents
wear them
41 Travels instantaneously 43 K-12
44 Troubles
45 Sprightly
47 “Singin’ in the Rain”
dance style
49 Go bad
52 Leia’s love
53 Road-construction vehicle 54 Emerald and chartreuse 55 Workplace for RNS
56 10/10
59 Three squared minus four 61 Be subjected to
62 Like sashimi
64 Frustrated cry
65 Pirate’s leg, stereotypically 66 Competent
67 “The King and I” kingdom 68 Chevron competitor
69 Intl. commerce group 71 Buck chaser?
72 D sharp equivalent 73 Arrive at
74 Mine deposits
76 Green cocktail 77 Geppetto’s puppet
78 Under pressure 79 University of New Mexico
team
82 Gun, as an engine 85 Sharpshooter’s strength 87 Egyptian bird
88 CPR sites
89 Wrestling surface
90 Sleep problem
94 Harry and Meghan
interviewer
95 Baseball great Satchel 96 Professorial jacket fabric 97 Strong, sharp flavors 98 Surname synonymous with
synonyms
100 Powerball game
101 Tolkien creatures
104 Sing “dooba wooba wooba
skebop skebop,” say
105 Middle Eastern strip
106 Marina platform
107 Name on Woody’s shoe in
“Toy Story”
109 Sign of a hit?
110 PC-TO-PC hookup
111 Thanksgiving tuber
112 Bowl over
113 Small digit?