UNIVERSAL CROSSWORD

Universal Freestyle 113

ACROSS

1 “That’s unfortunate!” 4 Suffix with “snooze” or

“Oktober”

8 CBS procedural 12 Metaphorical fresh

start

16 ___ mater

17 “Don’t do anything

weird”

18 Drench

19 Issue that’s no longer

worth debating 20 Marinara or pesto 21 Woodwind often made of

brass, for short

22 Finish

23 Digital greeting 25 Employ

26 Free, at a legal firm 28 Accessible alternative to

stairs

31 People who don’t play it

safe

34 “Terms of My Surrender”

singer John

36 Apt rhyme for “chop” 37 Name that means “born

again”

38 Free, at a restaurant 41 “The ___ is history!” 42 Atlantic Ocean,

informally

43 Rx writers

45 String with twisted

strands 46 What we breathe 47 Walgreens competitor 50 Beg

52 Device that generates

sparks

55 Actress Cameron 56 Foolish person 57 Handfuls of mashed potatoes, say, in a food fight

58 Part of D.C. with many

diplomatic missions 59 Meh

60 Transition off

breastfeeding

61 “r u ___?” (“rly?”)

DOWN

1 Con games

2 Company that produces

aluminum

3 Cleanse, casually

4 Like some people’s

gender identities

5 Merit

6 Legislators in Sacramento or Salem, informally

7 ___ Aviv

8 Vehicles exploring Mars

or the moon

9 State of bliss

10 Apple desktop 11 Japanese rice wine 13 Pantry invader

14 Backs of necks 15 High on weed 20 Alternative to a foil or an

epee

24 ___ liver oil

25 To a great extent,

colloquially

26 Not ashamed

27 World Cup chants

28 P, in a sorority name 29 “___ No Sunshine” (Bill

Withers song)

30 Groups with good problem-solving skills?

32 Recharging period for an

introvert

33 ___ in stone 35 Unenthusiastic

39 Babe

40 ___ List (PAC)

44 Takes fore-e-e-ever 46 The lion in “The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe”

47 Budweiser rival

48 Item of headwear that doesn’t prevent a scalp sunburn

49 Vast amounts 50 Smartphone

predecessors: Abbr. 51 Swanky ride

53 Idris who was 2018’s

Sexiest Man Alive 54 Playfully shy 56 Embroider, e.g.