UNIVERSAL CROSSWORD
ACROSS
1 Sorrow
4 Low opera voice
9 First lady Biden 13 Succeed-vs.-fail choice 15 Bowl berry
16 Proceed rapidly
17 Idea’s starting point 18 “The Life Aquatic With Steve Zissou” director Anderson
19 Finished
20 Gentle reminder
21 Words to live by
22 Bobby who co-founded
the Black Panthers 23 “Quiet!”
25 Meaty Korean foods 28 Make some room
31 Law allowing the request of records:
Abbr.
32 Arm muscle, briefly 33 “Don’t bother asking for
an explanation” 36 American woman’s title,
perhaps
37 ___ rug
38 Common craps rolls 39 “From my perspective ...” 42 Guess, for short
43 Tiffs
44 None of the above
47 “___ up?” (“How goes
it?”)
48 Fifth-most common
Chinese surname
49 Babe or Peppa
52 German man’s title
53 Pay raise
56 Mythical Himalayan
beast
57 Talking point at a
meeting
58 Rock band named after a mythological river
59 Does some modeling 60 Screening org.
DOWN
1 Clear, as a computer 2 Singles
3 Scrape (out)
4 Like a hero
5 Out for the night 6 Looming threat, from a
Greek parable
7 Envy, e.g.
8 “Wow,” in a text
9 What’s spotted in the rain
forest?
10 Cold caffeinated drinks 11 Like big words?
12 Its juice is used in
guacamole 13 Duluth-to-Minneapolis
dir.
14 Stench
20 Genre for 46-Down
21 Eat up, with “down” 22 Short comedy sketches 23 It helps you track
points
24 Celebration in many
coming-of-age films 26 Perlman of “Hellboy” 27 Takes a load off
28 Jazz singer or actress
Sylvia
29 Glides downhill
30 Is painful
34 Sign of summer
35 “Never Have I ___”
(Netflix series)
40 Sci-fi film starring Keanu
Reeves, with “The” 41 Colorless gas
45 Range rovers 46 Grammy-winning singer
of “Orinoco Flow” 47 Questions of motive 49 Stone fruit discards
50 Big name in DIY furniture 51 Wonderful person
53 It becomes syrup when
boiled
54 A long time follower? 55 Chart-topping song