UNIVERSAL CROSSWORD
TRACE ELEMENTS
ACROSS
1 Cut of beef often cooked Santa Maria-style
7 The old man
11 Something to strike
15 “I think ...”
19 Go back on a promise
20 Product of a shower
21 Highway sign with an arrow
22 Pinot ___ (wine selection)
23 Covets
24 “Are *bip!* you as psyched as I *BIP!* am?”
27 Tiny specks
29 June’s predecessor
30 Flag staff
31 Concern *BIP!* surrounding
oil spills and *bip!* pollution
39 Most eager
40 Cajole
41 Hearth output
42 Sicilian stratovolcano
43 Spinal segment
44 Crocs and mules, for two
46 Antepenultimate letter Greek
49 *BIP! bip!* When some cinema classics were produced
55 Lower section of a range
56 Bar and bat mitzvahs
57 Precipitation that might be grapefruit-sized
58 Muddied the waters
61 Ungulate studied at Isle Royale
63 Intrinsically (Latin phrase)
64 *bip!* Surfing mecca near *Bip!* Brisbane
69 Shawarma holders
70 Puts in the kitty
71 Mapquest suggestions
72 Progressive competitor
73 Bring a smile to
75 Like a freshly pumped tank of gas
76 *BIP!* Studio that produced “Doug” *bip!* and “Rugrats”
84 Red cylinder in cartoons
85 Largish music group 86 Ready to do business
87 Motley ___ (“Dr. Feelgood” band)
89 Hunk
90 Member of a murder
91 Surgically removes
94 *BIP!* Morning networking opportunity *bip!* for bigwigs
98 Apple assistant
99 Tataki protein
100 “___ next time!”
101 Beachcombing devices set off by the circled letters
107 Pirate’s pillage
111 Work for a sous-chef
112 Writing with a slant?
113 Leave out
114 Peninsula that borders the Strait of Gibraltar
115 Aesopian loser
116 Give lip to
117 Like a souffle
118 Even chance
DOWN
1 Five-pointer rugby
2 Drummond on in the Food Network
3 “___ sec!”
4 End of the line?
5 Pay no mind to
6 Basil-based sauces
7 Rainbow producer
8 Some standard batteries
9 Target in an alley
10 Colony member
11 Colorful part of a flower
12 Variety of daisy
13 Musical that opens with “Ex-wives”
14 “And so on”
15 Completely together
16 Like a good cake
17 Nudge in an escape room
18 WWF or Greenpeace
25 It’s big at the movies
26 “Whatever’s fine with me”
28 Doc that may diagnose tinnitus and vertigo
31 Scratch (out), as a win
32 Butterfly catchers
33 “___, vidi, vici”
34 Vaper’s device
35 Wine tasting concern
36 Qdoba choice
37 Letter-shaped opening on a violin
38 Has an intuition
43 NFL great Marino
44 Japanese herb in the mint family
45 Monopoly upgrade
46 Sandpaper category
47 Lifts up
48 Run in place
50 Battery units
51 At any point
52 Scarlet mark for Hester Prynne
53 Paludarium dwellers
54 Bread choice
58 Morsel in bread pudding
59 Best on stage
60 “Wicked Game” singer Chris
61 San ___, California (city south of San Francisco)
62 “A Chorus Line” number
63 Young turkey
65 Summa cum ___
66 Atlas graphic
67 Beat it!
68 Sweetener in some BBQ sauces
69 Football kick
73 For all to hear
74 Tours’ the globe?
75 Giveaway of a shark sighting
77 Necessitate
78 Onigiri wrap
79 Each
80 Gamer with little experience
81 Calving byproducts
82 “Jaws” boat
83 Bananas
88 Approx.
89 Vaquero’s garb
90 Stylish
91 Stimpy’s cartoon pal
92 Face-plants, perhaps
93 Game whose cards go up to 12
94 Soda bottle measurement
95 Awards stars to
96 Takes off, as some pounds
97 Needing to brush up
98 Some facial cosmetics
101 Dashboard fig.
102 Bobs and weaves, e.g.
103 Clean Air Act agcy.
104 Pool water tester, perhaps
105 “no way!!!”
106 Highway hauler
108 Taxing grp.
109 “Barbie” actor Simu
110 Collection from a tapped sugar maple