UNIVERSAL CROSSWORD
ACROSS
1 Enjoy some gum 5 Cakewalk, in sports 9 Best Western competitor 15 Mope
19 Citizenship ceremony
recitation
20 Olympics site in 2002 21 White House occupants
from 2009-2017
22 “And furthermore ...” 23 Jai ___ (fast-moving court
game)
24 Banned behavior 25 *Earwax, perhaps? 27 Buttonhole, for example 28 Avian abode
29 “The Loco-motion” singer
Little ___
30 Nautical chart 31 *Eleanor and Chidi on “The
Good Place,” for one?
36 Big battery
37 Solo of “Star Wars” 38 “Hooray, Jose!” 39 Poppycock
41 Far from feeble
44 A little shut-eye
45 Jason’s wife, in Greek
mythology
47 For now
48 *What the toddler did when
he fell?
55 Close friends, in modern
slang
56 Attorneys’ grp.
59 Bad look
60 “Just Do It” logo
61 “Most certainly!” 64 Basketball venue
67 Joined
68 *Limited edition Seinfeld
show?
72 Check one’s math, in a way 75 Big name in kitchen wrap 76 Skipped seconds, perhaps 79 Mint in a tin
81 Give off, as an odor
83 Actor Cage, familiarly 84 Choose
86 *Request from an unhappy
partner?
90 Some lip service?
93 Doesn’t hold water? 94 Afternoon brew
96 The end of time?
97 “Oh totes, me, too”
102 Your, in France
103 Add-on charge
104 Acrobatically gifted
105 *Sleeping Beauty’s prince falling into Maleficent’s trap?
113 Careless 115 Issa ___ of “Barbie” 116 A real hip dance? 117 Forest trail 118 *A particular fairy’s occupation? 121 “House” actor Epps 122 Big on 123 Clever scheme 124 Agree (to)
125 Give out, as library books 126 Adam and Eve’s paradise 127 LAX approximations
128 Whodunit feature
129 Ballpark figs.
130 Barely grilled
DOWN
1 Breeze along
2 “Catwoman” star Berry 3 Amazon’s business category 4 Super-sizzling 5 Vice-presidential hopeful 6 Plains tribe members 7 Superstar’s home, often 8 Place for a shot in the dark? 9 After-bath garments 10 Higher than
11 Annoyed with
12 “American Hustle” actress
Adams
13 Dance move that exploded in
popularity in 2015
14 Big brand in laptops
15 Royal abode
16 They’re grumpy, in a classic
1993 movie
17 Regular bar orders
18 Knock over
26 Roadside dangers in war
zones, for short
32 Rooftop rooster
33 Country between China and
India
34 “Go back,” on an edit menu 35 Burns or Frost
40 Captures
41 Banana Boat tube initials 42 Airline seat feature
43 All roads lead to this, some
say
45 “SNL” alum Mike
46 “Snowy” marsh bird 49 Coffeehouse poet
50 Bad, and then some
51 It’s sportier than a sedan 52 Big blows, for short 53 Be a consumer
54 Degree for a prof 57 Containers
58 Cambodia’s continent 62 Ancient sinful city 63 Alternative music song,
perhaps
65 Indian flatbread
66 Against
69 Homer’s language
70 Gaza group
71 Poker pack
72 Car wash item
73 Manning who won two Super
Bowl MVP awards
74 Bread source (Abbr.) 77 “Meh”
78 Contractor’s detail, for
short
80 “Basket of Bread” painter 82 ___-frutti (ice cream flavor) 85 “For shame!”
87 Arcade game sound 88 Problem for some newborns 89 Front door security feature 91 “Cake Boss” competitor,
often
92 More heavy-eyed
95 Takes for granted
97 “Hell is other people”
philosopher
98 Get too old, as for foster care
assistance
99 Boozy brunch drink
100 High society
101 Informal meeting
106 Bothered
107 Magna cum ___
108 Biblical outcast
109 Bias
110 “A Fish Called ___” (1988
comedy)
111 Express aloud
112 Cellular device
114 Blocked email, often
119 Critical hospital dept.
120 “Bad Moon Rising” band, in
brief