UNIVERSAL CROSSWORD
ACROSS
1 Songbird’s roost 6 Hawkins of dance
fame
11 This stinks! 15 Gain alternative 18 Hilo howdy
19 GI’S chore 20 Prefix for “billionth” 21 Palindromic kitchen
brand
22 *“Please excuse me while I knock you down for a proper sack!” 24 Unrestrained ability to
act 26 Face saver?
27 TP consideration 28 Kondo purchases 29 Canadian gas brand 30 Gives, expecting a return 32 Most ventilated
34 DVD player’s predecessor 37 Dart 38 *“They expect me to stay here, protected by all you guys ... Let’s fake ’em out and I’ll run instead!”
43 Disney goldfish
45 Seaweed’s little sis in
“Hairspray”
47 Opening for “fix” or “fab” 48 La Scala offering
49 *“Watch him ... He’ll grab your
jersey. Every. Single. Time.” 53 Gift-giving phrase
54 Elite octet
55 Cruise ship hot spot
56 Bar in the bathroom
58 Moore of “Rough Night” 59 Course of action? (Abbr.) 62 Apt 3/14 desserts
65 Doomed craft in “Jaws” 67 Gelled
68 *“What if I throw the pass
sideways instead of forward?” 72 Banks and bands offer them
(Abbr.)
75 “___ estas?”
76 Read over quickly 77 Awkwardly formal
81 Molokai memorabilia
83 Name on a soda can
85 Loops in on an email 87 Hermann on the slopes 88 Makes things better
90 *“Hey, linemen, do your
jobs!”
95 Janelle of “Hidden Figures” 96 “Wanted” poster letters 97 Seaweed wrap
98 Squeezes (out)
99 *“You’re hiking the ball all
wrong!”
104 Gain alternative
106 Points a finger at, for short
107 Like many an old den
108 Take a breath
111 Like Maleficent
114 Huge amount
115 Racket
116 Deadlocked 119 Drought-vulnerable southwestern reservoir
121 *“That quarterback’s throws ...
dazzling!”
124 Be level ... or not on the level 125 Cooked up
126 Fur-ry family?
127 Flock’s contribution
128 Menu connecting words
129 Pub supply
130 “Told you I could do it!”
131 Ketch kin
DOWN
1 Campaign-funding grp. 2 “Boola Boola” chanters 3 Wander about
4 “Calm down!”
5 Fair share?
6 Sunscreen letters 7 Accomplished
8 Michelin alternative 9 ___-bitsy
10 Cyclops feature
11 Killing it
12 “Oh, crud!”
13 “Almost ready!”
14 Sushi bar eggs
15 Enemies
16 Graph line
17 U2’s lead singer 19 High-pitched wailing
23 Call a radio show, maybe 25 Wrapped again, as a twisted
ankle
28 “Sons of Anarchy” characters 31 Fitbit stat
32 Part of a plot
33 Go for groceries 34 Tv-monitoring device 35 Garlic unit
36 Museum artifact
39 Make a choice
40 Bogota babies
41 Tide target
42 Absorb a loss
44 Receiver Beckham Jr. 46 Rocker Frank 50 Fashionable Mizrahi 51 Flipper’s choice
52 Lunch time, often
53 Footnote abbr.
57 Ungainly boats
60 Dots on a bus route
61 Rest area rig
63 “Blah, blah, blah”
64 Shake ___ (fast casual
restaurant)
66 True self, to Carl Jung 69 Eldest Stark brother
70 Like many Peruvian artifacts 71 Candied, as fruits
72 Chunks in chowder
73 Rum, to some
74 City for whom a color was
named
78 “Rikki-___-tavi”
79 Caught some morays
80 Big wedding expense 82 “Ridiculously Flavorful” drink 84 Pointed a finger at
86 Snooty sorts
89 ___ vu
91 Gave the green light
92 Food drive donation 93 Unexpected visitors 94 Working on the bathroom
floor
100 Steam open
101 Ten-year period
102 Some picnic spots
103 Melancholy, in Madrid
105 Pub choices
109 Journalist David
110 Amazon’s milieu
111 “Shot Clock” singer Mai
112 Colorado resort
113 DIY furniture company
115 Bit of salt
117 Iggy Pop’s “Break ___ Your
Heart”
118 Alexa device
120 Sport for Jon Jones (Abbr.)
121 Vanna’s co-host
122 Anger
123 “For sure!”