UNIVERSAL CROSSWORD |“UNIVERSAL FREESTYLE 19”,
ACROSS
1 TV commercial
7 Cheer leaders?
11 Obvious choice
14 You can’t go back from here
16 “Am not!” retort
17 Community org. that supports gender equity
18 The White Stripes or The Black Keys, e.g.
19 Lemon’s home?
20 Discomfort
23 A die has 21
24 Automaker with a Soul
25 “Mazel ___!”
26 Treasure, to a pirate
27 “Como ___?”
29 Took off in an open field, say
33 Words that may convince you to pass?
38 Gets furious
39 “Ditto”
40 “No biggie!”
43 Low-___ graphics
45 “Tubular!”
46 Common downtown street
47 Garment shot from a cannon
50 Smooching on the subway, e.g.: Abbr.
51 Series of scenes
52 Jazz concert highlight
53 Surprised greeting
55 Exclamation of disbelief
59 “Firefly” and “Cowboy Bebop,” for two
60 Hardens
61 Renter
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1 Estrange
2 Homes for bears
3 Didn’t participate
4 Good thing about a decision
5 Slightly amiss
6 Tucker who sang “Delta Dawn”
7 Jedi’s power source, with “the”
8 Field of expertise
9 Small quibble
10 Artist’s workplace
11 ___ game hen
12 Promises
13 Blow your top
14 Bundle of papers
15 Prone to snooping
21 Like ancient Scandinavians
22 Captain America portrayer Chris
23 Some write haiku
26 ___ & Jerry’s
28 Burning passion?
30 Neither’s partner
31 Guy who created trash can nachos
32 One taking the train
34 “So scary!”
35 Little bud, maybe?
36 Mozart’s middle name
37 They’re often spent at the spa
40 “Thinking about it”
41 Mexican food truck items
42 Core exercises
44 Stashes
47 Results of mixing colors with gray, perhaps
48 Steady partner?
49 Marriott, for one
52 Religious branch
54 Add to the staff
56 Issa of “Insecure”
57 Opposite of NNW
58 They’re outta this world!