UNIVERSAL CROSSWORD
ACROSS
1 Shuts with a bang
6 Like an unfilleted fish
10 Tennis star Sabalenka
15 Had debts to pay
19 Planet celebrated on April 22
20 Baby’s boo-boo
21 Gather wool from 22 Diddly-squat
23 *Caption of actor Owen shooting craps?
25 *Crossword tournament champion?
27 Prof’s aides
28 “Despacito” singer Fonsi
29 In plain view
31 32 “Another Make more card!” attractive 34 Prepare some provolone
35 Pride of Punxsutawney
37 *Big players in little bulbs?
39 Blaze a trail
42 Racing toy with an antenna, for short
45 Opening for a coin
46 *Quick trip for tavern supplies?
48 “We’re on ___ way”
49 Creative spark
51 Unscripted comedy
53 Incredible story
54 *Not print the truth?
57 Speaks from a podium
59 Morning moisture
60 Gooey dessert sandwiches
61 Ancient Celtic priest
63 Part of a flight
65 It may be lent or bent
66 *Detective’s heavenly helper?
70 Pro wrestler Flair
71 Said further
73 Made a choice
74 Winter gutter blockage
77 Pirate’s utterance
78 Lower in value
80 *Guard shift in a cargo boat?
83 “People Puzzler” host Remini
85 Select group?
87 Cries of discovery
88 Evian water
89 *Sheen from shiny fabric?
91 Lhasa ___ (dog breed)
93 Hindu social stratum
95 Frozen dessert brand
96 *Stoic stoolies?
99 Site with custom crafts
100 Say without forethought
101 “That wore me out!”
105 Tangy yogurt drink
108 Stays above water
110 Massive in scale
111 Old Saturn SUV
112 *Cash crop?
114 *Warning that the campfire hasn’t been fully extinguished?
117 Dull as dishwater
118 Come to a halt
119 “Misery” actor James 120 Like the Vikings
121 British conservative
122 Change for a dollar
123 Puts into words
124 Eyelid afflictions
DOWN
1 Religious offshoots
2 NBC series featuring Arnie
Becker and Ann Kelsey
3 Get out of bed
4 “Ridiculousness” network
5 Word after “tax” or “animal”
6 Greeting visitors?
7 “Wise” birds
8 Zip, on a pitch
9 “I just want a straight answer!”
10 Pluses on a balance sheet
11 French wine valley 12 Cheerleader’s cheer
13 One landing on an aircraft carrier
14 Is for you?
15 Like phones in church,
hopefully
16 Power measure
17 Cheese that’s made
backward?
18 Double-dog ___
24 Regretted
26 Horned herbivore
30 Singer Labelle
33 She, in Lisbon
34 Posh parties
36 Faun features
38 “Makes sense”
39 Pride celebration event
40 Completely wipes out
41 Stick with numbers
42 Move the boat
43 Mangy mutts
44 “NCIS,” for one
46 Parsley unit
47 State-of-the-art
49 Speck in la mer
50 ___ golf
52 Place for a pitcher 55 Polliwog’s parent
56 Flubbed
58 Scatter (about)
61 Discourage
62 Issa of “Barbie”
64 Elton John/tim Rice musical
67 Hate, and then some
68 Overturn, as an apple cart
69 “With You” singer Mccann
71 Regions
72 New Jersey hockey team
75 Some investments (Abbr.)
76 Future ENT’S exam
77 The whole shebang
79 Like a round of golf with no blemishes on the scorecard
80 Lacks
81 “Huh, makes sense”
82 Cry’s partner
84 “Let me explain”
86 French toast
90 “Carpe diem” language
92 Interstellar distance measures
93 ER diagnostic images
94 Cleopatra’s killer
96 Bits of grass
97 Shifts hue, in a way ... and what the set of circled letters does
98 Boy in “The Kite Runner”
100 Sing one’s own praises
102 Partner of each
103 Sip slowly
104 Spots for chapeaux
105 Pride celebration letters
106 “Alice’s Restaurant” singer Guthrie
107 Ride the thermals
109 Stand against something
110 Site that sold the original Hollywood Sign for $450,400 in 2005
113 Covertly loop in
115 Goat’s bleat
116 Place to park