UNIVERSAL CROSSWORD
Universal Freestyle 124 by Matthew Luter, edited by David Steinberg
ACROSS
1 They can be liquid or
frozen
7 ___ Lanka
10 Word on the street, in
short
14 Kids’ playground
“immunization” 16 Bronte sister who used the pen name Acton Bell
17 Certain pit crew 18 Course of action
19 Org. monitoring air
quality
20 Inbox confirmation 22 “Too ___ cooks ...” 23 Mcnally’s mapmaking
partner
24 Lhasa ___
27 Lead-in to “system” or
“tourism”
29 Less punctual
30 Has some Bubblicious 32 Monastery leader
34 Yak
36 Frozen tater bit 37 Light-colored beer 39 “Act your ___, not your shoe size”
40 Hirsute TV cousin 41 TV awards
42 Neighbor of Fiji
44 “Aw, shucks!”
46 They might cross aves. 48 ___ ballistic (flipped out) 49 Bit of condensation 50 Frozen drink brand 52 Happy meals? 56 Early Hollywood icon
West
59 What a horseshoe
protects
60 “Gimme gimme
gimme!”
62 Great Plains Native 63 1623 Shakespeare
collection
64 Some profs’ degrees 65 PC file suffix 66 Native of Damascus
DOWN
1 Clearasil target 2 “General Hospital,”
e.g.
3 Sammy of a 1998 home
run race
4 Abbr. that shortens a
list
5 Pageant winner’s
headwear
6 At peace
7 Tool storage building 8 Lion’s sound
9 “I feel seen”
10 Observe with 43-Down 11 World of Warcraft, e.g. 12 Its flowers can be squeezed open and shut
13 Email folder 15 Keep a cool head 21 Packing containers 22 Trim the lawn
24 When Iago reveals that
he hates Othello
25 Place for posers?
26 Light some candles, pour some wine, put on some Al Green ...
28 Is a good dog 29 Palindromic expression
of amusement
31 Brand sponsoring some
swim meets 33 Strongholds 35 Reporter’s jurisdiction 38 Initialism before
“Zion” in some church names
43 Amazement 45 Politicians’ errors
47 Big name in lawn care 51 Inspire morally
52 Use an ax
53 Teeming
54 Candy whose name is a portmanteau of “twin snacks”
55 Cabbie’s charge 56 Timbuktu’s country 57 Shawkat of “Arrested
Development” 58 University near
Burlington, N.C. 61 Ontario MLB city:
Abbr.