UNIVERSAL CROSSWORD

Universal Freestyle 120 by Adrian Johnson and Jess Rucks, edited by David Steinberg

ACROSS

1 Poker star Ivey

5 Softball catcher?

9 Bro’s group

12 Prepared to take a

shot

14 Unpleasant smell 15 Unworried state

16 “It’s the real deal!” 19 Many lab instructors,

for short

20 Palindromic food made with a palindromic flour

21 “Dark” movie genre 22 “How lovely that we ran into one another”

27 Sharp pull 28 Smokehouse meats 29 “’___ but a scratch” 30 Playlist part

31 Spanish for “house” 32 Stag or stallion

33 Like cocoons and

webs

34 Black bird

35 Lager alternatives 36 Type of table on an

airplane

37 Father of Eros

38 Like Vassar College,

since 1969

39 Fish in unadon

40 South Korean athletic

brand 41 Apt rhyme of “chore” and

“snore”

42 One may spot you

47 “___ one teach one”

(Black proverb) 48 Criminal’s den 49 Anti-trafficking org. 50 Salad topper made with

vinegar

54 “ZIP” or “dress”

follower

55 Suckling site

56 Orange Muppet

57 Major or minor in

music

58 Emulates Simon 59 Matured

DOWN

1 Broadway star Lupone 2 Foot-powered cymbal

pair

3 “Our time together

wasn’t long enough!” 4 “___ Miserables”

5 “Dirty Computer” singer

Janelle

6 “Time’s a-wasting!” 7 Tater ___

8 Schuyler Bailar or Chaz

Bono

9 Perfect conclusion 10 Syst. with unspoken

words

11 B or C of the Spice

Girls 13 “Fine” eating

experience

15 The Great Lake you’d expect to see in a crossword

17 Tackle, as a

quarterback

18 Fawns’ moms

23 Child’s caregiver 24 Welcome sights in the

Sahara

25 Greased

26 Takes advantage of 30 Fendi bender? 31 Not-so-cheery “Cheers”

waitress

32 Language that gave us

“kiwi”

33 Dance part

34 Shower caps? 38 Lacking refinement 40 Convergence points 41 ___ en croute (baked

cheese dish)

43 Store event 44 Fruit-filled desserts 45 “___, meenie, miney,

mo”

46 Was furious

50 “Eww!”

51 Nail site

52 Org. whose vision is “a great public school for every student”

53 Mrs., in Managua