UNIVERSAL CROSSWORD
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.