UNIVERSAL CROSSWORD

Universal Freestyle 58 by Adrian Johnson, edited by David Steinberg

ACROSS

1 “You have a ___. You

matter.”

5 ___ Piper

9 Fix, as a fight

12 “bc you’re asking me ...” 13 Jordanian city hidden

in “hype train”

14 All eaten up

15 Red lights on the

highway?

17 Chancellor von

Bismarck

18 Competitive crossword solvers strive to avoid them

19 “My win wasn’t exactly

fair ...”

21 NYSE debut

22 “Stop clowning around

outside!”

23 Patella, e.g.

25 Discord admins 26 October’s month

number

27 Jet ___ (traveler’s fatigue) 28 Santa checks it twice 29 Brooklyn art school, or

actor Chris

31 1995 Montell Jordan hit about the way things go down in South Central 35 “We wanna join you!” 36 Diminish

37 One more than bi38 Is able 39 Without

40 Indian butter 41 Rocket ship’s starting

point 44 Wretchedness 45 Often-roasted cut of

a pig

46 Big name in fruit

snacks

49 Grammy winner

India.___ 50 Undermined the

confidence of

52 Ship off

53 Showy bloom 54 Humorist Bombeck 55 Flavor enhancer, for

short

56 “The Walking Dead”

actor Steven

57 Bird’s ___ soup

(Chinese delicacy)

DOWN

1 Swampy expanse 2 Nicaraguan love 3 “Never hurts to be

generous”

4 Really freakin’

cool

5 Small, spherical

veggie

6 “Next time, take my

advice”

7 Puts up, as a

monument 8 Japanese soup stock 9 As bad as they come 10 Stellar beginning? 11 Crystal-filled rock 13 “i’m begging u” 14 “Have at it” 16 Pendulum direction 20 Main course

22 “My stars!” 23 Crunchy deli

sandwich

24 Waikiki’s island 25 Paste in Japanese

cookery

28 Soccer star Messi 29 Dominates, in

gamer-speak

30 Wear down 32 Arranged nicely, or

unfairly

33 Long for

34 Neither a win nor

a loss

39 “That’s clear to me” 40 “Silence is ___” 41 Involuntary jerk 42 Little sweaters? 43 ___ seed (black bit

on a bagel) 44 Itty-bitty

46 “What’s the reason?” 47 Runs smoothly 48 Doc’s “Immediately!” 51 “United Shades of

America” channel