UNIVERSAL CROSSWORD
What’s This? by Tom Pepper and Zhouqin Burnikel, edited by David Steinberg
ACROSS
1 “Who? Me?!”
4 Nobles two ranks below
dukes
9 Precursor to
Windows
14 Incense stick residue 15 Approximately 16 Upscale Honda
17 Letter after pi
18 This is not a test 20 Punch sound in comics 22 Big rig
23 Otherwise
24 Greek Cupid
26 Like 2023, but not
2024
28 This is not a joke 34 Problem for an attention
hog
35 “Schitt’s Creek”
matriarch
36 Unit of chili hotness 39 Toy brand discussed on
Brickipedia
41 Color of daikon and
cauliflower
43 Heaviest fencing
sword
44 Got behind the wheel 46 Getting 100% on
48 Org. that busts narcotics
rings
49 This is not a toy 52 Justice from ’93-’20 53 Caught on camera
54 Carve with acid
57 Delicate bralette trim 61 Off-the-wall
64 This is not a game
67 Prefix with “friendly” or “system”
68 Love, in Lombardy 69 Listless feeling
70 Snug bug’s locale 71 Surprise victory
72 “The Serpent Queen” channel
73 Place for a full-body
scrub
DOWN
1 Con artist’s victim
2 “Not safe for work” grp.? 3 “My fingers are
crossed ...”
4 Song that’s stuck in your
head
5 Aladdin’s sidekick 6 Steals from
7 Auto shop service
involving oil
8 Broccoli part
9 Big ___ (burger)
10 Put on the calendar 11 Contest that may start with walking 10 paces 12 Foes of hobbits
13 Sushi bar drink
19 Absolute hoot
21 Crater Lake’s locale: Abbr. 25 Garbage barge 27 Evidence that can reopen
a cold case
28 Join with a blowtorch 29 Word after “New” or
“golden”
30 Pair of cymbals in a drum
kit
31 “Fear of Flying” novelist
Jong
32 Ballet shoe fabric 33 Performers making
sounds with their feet 37 Instagram video
38 Menu option?
40 Arm waver’s cry
42 Sinus docs
45 Recede
47 “Good golly!”
50 Like tacky Christmas
sweaters
51 “Don’t ___ stranger!” 54 Jacob’s twin
55 Pack (down)
56 $$$ execs
58 Iowa State’s city 59 “Sorry, I’m busy” 60 Volcano on Sicily’s east
coast
62 Single-serving coffee
pod
63 Class that’s a stretch for
everyone?
65 Vietnamese New Year 66 Dog that aptly rhymes
with “grr”