UNIVERSAL CROSSWORD

Universal Freestyle 118 by Hannah Slovut, edited by David Steinberg ACROSS

1 Very close pals, for

short

5 Until now

8 Terse farewell

11 Piece of folklore 12 Pursued

romantically

14 Fishing line holder 16 Fruit often used in

gin

17 Gut feeling

18 The “A” in A.D.

19 “I see”

22 Change the

direction of

23 Person who has appeared in the most Marvel movies 24 Resistance unit 25 Alternative to medium

or hot

27 IV - I

28 Wild pig

30 Took a plane 32 Elective eye surgery 36 Research on a political

rival, for short

37 Type of campaign in which 36-Across might be used

39 ___-Cola

40 On edge

42 Caesar’s “And you?!” 43 Check over

44 ___ Talk 46 Folder full of your

emails

48 Suffix with “end”

but not “begin” 49 Nice touch? 53 Nonphysical mining

material

55 “If everything were

perfect ...”

57 Certain evergreen 58 Heart chambers 59 Future MBA’S

subject

61 “The Story” or “Story

of My Life”

62 “You ___ goose!” 63 Common wedding

garment

64 Bother repeatedly 65 Poodle variety 66 Late-night host

Meyers

DOWN

1 K-pop superstars 2 Unrealistic belief

3 Clue boards,

essentially

4 Deal with

5 “I wouldn’t know” 6 Ages and ages

7 Pharm. workers 8 Smarties

9 1983 film in which Mandy Patinkin played Avigdor 10 Start of a choosing

rhyme

12 Hypotheticals

13 Indian loincloth

15 Be defeated 20 Wordlessly sing

21 Sob loudly

22 A Roomba is one 26 Specs

29 Last one in, to a

child

31 Plant in approximately

250 Monet paintings 33 Missing one could cause an awkward situation

34 “That’s impossible” 35 Roo’s mom

38 Make a quick escape 41 Mythical hairy

creature

45 Fathers, to tots

47 Only even prime

number

49 “My ___ are sealed” 50 Layered vegetable 51 “Wheel of Fortune”

co-host White

52 ___ four

54 Common wedding

garment

56 It becomes another name when bookended by “C” and “S” 60 Highest, in a

sequence