UNIVERSAL CROSSWORD
ACROSS
1 Derives by logic
7 White word on a red octagon 11 “Sad to say ...”
15 Grps. that organize book fairs 19 Tidy (up)
20 Where the medianoche
sandwich originated
21 Shimmery cosmetics additive 22 Parks in a noted bus boycott 23 *Intellectual movement 27 Not deceived by
28 Dart
29 Hibachi restaurant drink 30 Calculus calculation
31 Den furniture
33 Owns 34 ___ Lanka 35 Starchy Polynesian staple 38 “How cute!!!” 41 *Site of the first Thanksgiving 46 Full of spunk 48 “Kill Bill” actress Thurman
49 ___ chi (martial art)
50 Pathologist’s concern 51 Hawaiian veranda
52 U2 lead vocalist
54 Raw spots
56 Killed it at a drag show, in slang 57 *Agatha Christie genre 61 Debtor’s letters
62 Coding counterpart to “if” 63 Funder of the Discovery
Program
64 Caviar eggs
65 Easternmost of the Great
Lakes
68 Rep.’s rival
69 Diamond setting?
73 Insult
74 Court statement
76 Joint affliction
78 “Who do you think you ___?” 79 *Annual June celebrations 84 Disappointment in a fireworks display
85 Bitter
86 Go on the lam
87 Call the whole thing off 88 “Cars” producer
90 Cricket equipment 91 Funder of the Imagine Peace Tower
92 Break off
93 *Tourist attraction near Westminster Abbey 98 “Excellent!”
99 Bruins legend Bobby 100 Mongrel
101 NYC summertime clock setting 102 Got up
104 School cohort
106 Potter’s device 108 Dermabrasion target
109 “___ the night before Christmas ...”
113 *Single-passenger sci-fi vehicle 118 Something to cut food on for
attractive results
119 Soil that’s good for gardening 120 “Barb and Star Go to Vista Del
Mar” star Kristen
121 Starr, for one
122 Make public
123 Urges
124 Wave to a trigonometry teacher? 125 Meddling busybodies
DOWN
1 Deets
2 Hamburger’s denial 3 Observe Yom Kippur or
Ramadan
4 Shared cultural values 5 Court fig.
6 Congested, say
7 Big rift
8 Clump of hair
9 Kimono accessory
10 Pureed tomato product 11 Bad way to run
12 What’s sought by
astrobiologists
13 Play thing?
14 Arabic word for “desert” 15 “The Great British Bake Off ”
judge Leith
16 Occasion to get in the sheets? 17 Fire residue
18 Was on the bottom?
24 Kill it at a drag show
25 Item slung in a diner 26 Circular gasket
32 Some nerve!
33 Funny business?
34 Pig pens
36 “I’ll treat!”
37 Part of FWIW
38 Union grp. since 1955 39 Irritate
40 Sweep the competition 42 Pound unit
43 Molecule components
44 ___ soul (no one)
45 Welled (up) with emotion 47 Tool with teeth
52 Western tie
53 Cries of pain
54 Took a dip
55 Rock layers
58 Rules over
59 Shaq of “Shaqtin’ a Fool” 60 Group of eras
66 Nike competitor
67 Carnival location, casually 68 Refuse
69 Apartment building VIP 70 Cherrypicker’s extension 71 Tater Tot brand
72 Put into beta
74 Seasoned rice dish
75 Numbers game
76 Play dirty
77 Hydrogen’s atomic number 79 Porsche or Lexus
80 The “L” of 38-Down
81 “Or ...”
82 Instagram video feature since
2020
83 Anti-apartheid org. 84 Christian of haute couture 88 Soup garnished with Thai basil
and bean sprouts 89 “Previously on ...” segment of a
TV show
91 “Not surprising”
92 Stood behind
94 “___ you can’t be serious” 95 “Lemme see ...”
96 “I Am What I Am” musical,
familiarly
97 By mouth
103 Coen brothers brother
105 Relieve from stress
106 Sal who founded ___
Academy
107 Brand sold at Petco
108 Place for a guard in soccer 110 Lightbulb power unit
111 Pasta ___ Norma
112 Understands
113 Diminish, like the tide
114 “Cheap Thrills” singer
115 Trouble
116 “The Legend of Zelda: Twilight
Princess” console
117 Itty