UNIVERSAL CROSSWORD

At a Crossroads by Zachary David Levy, edited by Anna Gundlach

ACROSS

1 Stout or porter

5 Chunk of concrete 9 Study at the last

minute

13 What’s more

14 She-ra’s twin brother 16 Add to the staff

17 *Empty words (Note the last 7 letters in this answer)

19 “You are correct” 20 Friendly French term of

address

21 Celebration that includes the lighting of kinara candles

23 Name that’s an

alphabetical sequence 24 Beg

26 Puts down

27 Khan of Khan

Academy

28 Pink Himalayan and

fleur de sel

30 Get 100% on the exam 33 Snacks dipped in

hummus

37 **Nestle treat named after an inn in Massachusetts (First 4 letters)

39 Made an embarrassment

of oneself

40 Sch. in Philly

41 Vodka brand, for short 42 Middle of a tunnel? 43 Focal points

45 “That is,” in Latin 47 Bitter 1-Across 50 Reporters’ informants 52 ***“Teenage ___” (2000 Wheatus hit) (First 4 letters)

54 Adorable 55 Appropriate ’do for

Scooby’s pal

57 Helper on the Hill 58 Neutral ph number 59 Raison d’___

60 Gas being replaced by

LEDS

61 Papas

62 Smart thermostat

brand

DOWN

1 Ointments

2 “The Waste Land” poet 3 “College Football Live”

channel

4 Civil rights activist

Parks

5 Piercingly high-pitched 6 Embankment

7 “___ missing something?” 8 *Made effective as of an earlier time (First 4 letters)

9 Bad places for bulls to

run

10 Fancy-schmancy 11 Diva’s performances 12 Arizona city or

landform

15 Unopened

18 Able to feel someone’s

feelings

22 ***Music genre related to cowpunk (Last 7 letters)

25 “To reiterate ...” 27 **Printing technique that originated in China (First 4 letters)

29 Fond du ___, Wis. 30 Busy airport in Ga. 31 Sound like a dove 32 “Mr. Blue Sky” grp. 33 Put into print

34 ’50s White House

nickname

35 Debit purchase input 36 Abbr. seen on

C-SPAN

38 Prefix with -meter 42 Endorses digitally 43 One of Donald Duck’s

nephews

44 Top

46 Narrowly defeated 47 Ease up

48 Places of refuge 49 White heron

50 Give a quick read 51 Road curve shape

53 In that case

56 Director Duvernay