National Post (National Edition)
UNIVERSAL CROSSWORD
ACROSS
1 Smoking or nail-biting, e.g. 6 Some receivers in football
10 Android download 13 Karaoke need, for short 16 Rust and laughing gas, for
two 18 Like a tuned piano
string
19 Stud horse, perhaps 20 Medical researcher’s
find
21 The ___ said “I’m all in!” 23 The ___ said “I’m spent!” 25 Loch monster, informally 26 Like elms or mansions 28 Wrecking ball
swinger 29 James portrayed by
Beyonce
31 Shows mercy to
32 French city where Van Gogh
painted
33 Heat rub target
37 One of two on a 1959 Cadillac
39 Geneticist’s single strand 40 Apple pie ___ mode
41 The ___ said “I’m fried!” 46 Made good as new 50 Waterskiing need
51 Sweet wine 52 Non-Mormon, to a
Mormon
53 Hogwarts bird
54 Repeat
56 Reason to protest
58 Petty complaint
59 “Float like a butterfly”
boxer
60 Soother in baby wipes
61 ___ Royal Highness
62 After the whistle
63 The ___ said “I’m bushed!” 67 The ___ said “I’m wiped!” 70 “Got it”
71 Contraction in “America” 72 Hang in a hammock, maybe 73 Throw in
74 Happy ___ clam
75 GPA part
77 Off base with permission 79 Mooch, as a cigarette
82 Out of the rat race, say 84 Child’s “Please?”
85 “Place” of 1990s TV
87 High on pot
88 The ___ said “I’m tired!” 91 ___-Caps (theater candy) 92 Peculiar
93 Smart TV brand
94 Airplane ___
(phone setting) 95 Mary-in-mourning sculpture
98 Regular date, in old slang 101 Mild Dutch cheese 104 Twiddled one’s thumbs 105 Stressful position 107 Nile waders
111 The ___ said “I’m beat!” 113 The ___ said “I’m shot!” 116 Pub offerings
117 Fencer’s weapon
118 “Gladiator” wardrobe
item
119 Husk-wrapped food 120 35 mm camera initials 121 Org. with wands
122 Emulate a 53-Across 123 Homes to missiles
DOWN
1 Gym dance of old
2 Nerve cell transmitter 3 Human-powered
transport
4 When Brutus struck
5 Far from long-winded 6 H, in a frat name 7 Proposal-defeating votes 8 Four-handed piano tunes 9 Subway handhold
10 Tire problem 11 Victimizes, with “on” 12 Wasabi-coated veggie 13 Subway wall art, perhaps 14 Adler of Holmes stories 15 First known asteroid 17 BBQ rod
19 Caterer’s fuel
20 Berry in some jelly 22 Release from prison 24 Like a 3-4-5 triangle 27 Soothsayer’s deck 30 Partner of 102-Down 33 On the topic of
34 Chuck wagon fare
35 Cry like a wolf
36 Fumble or stumble 38 Like Sherpas
40 Home of Iowa State 42 Works like a dog
43 ___ disc (retina part) 44 Chopper spinner 45 Canadian tribe
47 Bluesy Washington 48 Socially superior
49 Stave off
52 Overdo the praise
55 BART part
56 Not as congenial
57 Big-box store
walkway
59 Suffix with “Gator” or
“Power”
62 Woodstock drug 63 Whopper creators 64 Useful attribute
65 “Peachy keen!”
66 Just ___ (not much) 67 Marie Osmond’s brother 68 Signaled hello or goodbye 69 One-named British
pop star
72 Ton of bricks, e.g.
75 Island north of Venezuela 76 Update the decor of 78 Call-in show medium 79 Tie for a Texan
80 Played for a fool
81 “A ___ formality!” 83 Arched parts of the feet 84 Closing bars
86 It’s measured in gigs 88 Join the Merchant Marine,
say
89 “Swan Lake” heroine 90 Star pilot
95 Hummus holders 96 Pastoral poem
97 Pursuer of Bugs
98 Armada components 99 Poolside number
100 Boorish sort
102 Help in a heist
103 Greedy monarch of myth 106 Neighbor of Ghana
108 ___ Valley (Los Angeles
suburb)
109 Plus others, briefly
110 Beer pong cup brand
112 Butterfly catcher
114 Bit of skin art, slangily
115 Low-___ graphics