UNIVERSAL CROSSWORD The Devil’s Music by Alan Massengill, edited by David Steinberg ACROSS
1 Nacl
5 “OMG,” archaically
9 Chia Pets or Pet Rocks, once
12 Billionaire with a book club
13 Big bag
14 Encouraging sign for a bargain hunter
15 Lizzo hit on Lucifer’s playlist?
17 Tuscan tower city
18 Part of a strong punch?
19 Lies in the sun
20 Resemble exactly
22 Greek H
23 Word after “apres”
24 Impressionism founder Claude
25 Trammps hit on Lucifer’s playlist?
29 No longer up next, in baseball
32 “Do ___ others ...”
33 Answer to “Who’s up next?”
34 Regretted
35 Pumpkin spice ___ (coffee drink)
37 Road division
38 Consumed
39 Mustang or Bronco
40 Part of the large intestine
41 Blue Oyster Cult hit on Lucifer’s playlist?
45 Pipes at a pot shop
46 Very long time
47 Zig follower 50 Audiophile’s equipment
52 “If Beale Street Could Talk” star Layne
53 Knee injury spot, for short
54 Chuckles, slangily
55 Johnny Cash hit on Lucifer’s playlist?
58 Not doing anything
59 Privy to
60 Like a haunted house
61 Poodle variety
62 Kitchen pests
63 Oboe insert
DOWN
1 Teapot component
2 Freshly baked bread’s smell, e.g.
3 Scottish boy
4 “I’ve had enough!”
5 Cultural
6 ___ for it (takes a chance)
7 Ga. airport that’s the world’s busiest
8 Big name in canned fruits
9 Right of the accused
10 “And ...”
11 Word before “Abby” or “John”
12 Fairy-tale beast
14 Shopping binge
16 Fifth Avenue store
21 The 411
24 Tea or toothpaste flavoring
25 Family man, maybe
26 Perform better than
27 Very small: Prefix
28 Predictive sign
29 United ___ Emirates
30 Hippo’s skirt in “Fantasia”
31 Homer Simpson’s stomach
35 “Desperate Housewives” actress Eva
36 Pound sounds
37 Apt-sounding name for an English janitor
39 “Whatever!”
40 Pine tree, for one
42 Ancient Scandinavian
43 Rules as a monarch
44 Ono who sang with John Lennon
47 African state from 1971-’97
48 Pungent
49 Joy
50 Cut in a dress
51 Type of list with tasks
52 Massage target
56 Days ___ (hotel chain)
57 Word aptly missing from _ix_d charg_