UNIVERSAL CROSSWORD
Universal Freestyle 120 by Adrian Johnson and Jess Rucks, edited by David Steinberg
ACROSS
1 Poker star Ivey
5 Softball catcher?
9 Bro’s group
12 Prepared to take a
shot
14 Unpleasant smell 15 Unworried state
16 “It’s the real deal!” 19 Many lab instructors,
for short
20 Palindromic food made with a palindromic flour
21 “Dark” movie genre 22 “How lovely that we ran into one another”
27 Sharp pull 28 Smokehouse meats 29 “’___ but a scratch” 30 Playlist part
31 Spanish for “house” 32 Stag or stallion
33 Like cocoons and
webs
34 Black bird
35 Lager alternatives 36 Type of table on an
airplane
37 Father of Eros
38 Like Vassar College,
since 1969
39 Fish in unadon
40 South Korean athletic
brand 41 Apt rhyme of “chore” and
“snore”
42 One may spot you
47 “___ one teach one”
(Black proverb) 48 Criminal’s den 49 Anti-trafficking org. 50 Salad topper made with
vinegar
54 “ZIP” or “dress”
follower
55 Suckling site
56 Orange Muppet
57 Major or minor in
music
58 Emulates Simon 59 Matured
DOWN
1 Broadway star Lupone 2 Foot-powered cymbal
pair
3 “Our time together
wasn’t long enough!” 4 “___ Miserables”
5 “Dirty Computer” singer
Janelle
6 “Time’s a-wasting!” 7 Tater ___
8 Schuyler Bailar or Chaz
Bono
9 Perfect conclusion 10 Syst. with unspoken
words
11 B or C of the Spice
Girls 13 “Fine” eating
experience
15 The Great Lake you’d expect to see in a crossword
17 Tackle, as a
quarterback
18 Fawns’ moms
23 Child’s caregiver 24 Welcome sights in the
Sahara
25 Greased
26 Takes advantage of 30 Fendi bender? 31 Not-so-cheery “Cheers”
waitress
32 Language that gave us
“kiwi”
33 Dance part
34 Shower caps? 38 Lacking refinement 40 Convergence points 41 ___ en croute (baked
cheese dish)
43 Store event 44 Fruit-filled desserts 45 “___, meenie, miney,
mo”
46 Was furious
50 “Eww!”
51 Nail site
52 Org. whose vision is “a great public school for every student”
53 Mrs., in Managua