UNIVERSAL CROSSWORD
1 Company that gets things lit? 4 Musubi ingredient
8 Tire task that equalizes wear 16 Abbr. at the gym
19 One in a deck, sometimes 20 Yell at the moon 21 Jennifer Lopez horror flick
22 Unwell
23 Sloth, e.g.
24 Be a stinker 25 *Earthquake drill instruction 27 Turbotax company 29 47-Across target
30 Small mammals with pointy snouts 31 Rimes of country music 32 Villainous Disney feline 34 Took a load off 37 Slip-___ (comfy shoes) 38 *“Quit complaining and get
things done!” 40 “She-hulk: Attorney ___” 42 Range in Italy
45 Sold-out show (Abbr.) 46 “The A-team” actor 47 Digestion aid
48 Filly in the future
49 Half of a diameter 52 What’s held in a hold 53 Comedian Andre 54 *Lamb Chop, e.g. 58 Chatted up on Insta 59 Teenage troubles
60 “Give me a chew toy!” 61 Pieces of candy? 62 Restaurant rating site 63 They can be tied in a bouquet
64 Hawaiian Disney girl
66 It might be unruly 68 Skeptics have them 70 *Sheryl Crow hit about optimism
76 ___ gin fizz
77 West of old Hollywood 80 Flawed protagonist 81 “Family Guy” daughter 83 Omen
85 Baltic country whose capital is Tallinn
88 Site line? (Abbr.) 90 Australian tree huggers 91 Flow opposite
94 A Jedi he is
95 Overly
96 With tact 97 *Telenovelas
101 Crew directive 102 Newspaper team, in brief 103 Door-to-door reveler 104 Take note, with “down”
105 ___ Moines, Iowa
106 Tuna type
109 Osiris and Anubis
110 Like some bourbon barrels 113 ___-up (acrobatic handspring) 114 Near partner
115 *Dish the dirt
118 League groupings 120 Boo-boo
121 Released (from)
DOWN
122 Ultimate act ... and a hint to the transformation in the answers to the starred clues 123 Gracefulcurve
124 Resting places for flyers 125 Sticksaround
1 Caprese salad ingredient 2 Cold deportment 3 Hooved creature of Greek myth
4 What wool might do in the dryer
5 Amanda Gorman, e.g. 6 Wonderment
7 “I Have a Dream” Jan. honoree 8 Meteorologist’s tool 9 Burden
10 Tic-___-toe 11 Expression of stress in the funny pages
12 Bring ___ halt
13 Lodge
14 Numbers studied in Vegas 15 Chip with queso
16 Goes all out
17 Went like the wind? 18 High-end cameras (Abbr.) 26 Christmas cat toys, maybe 28 Pop the bottle
29 Empty space
32 Candy cane feature 33 Practical jokers 34 Unwavering 35 Frightened
36 Citrus hybrids
39 “It’s my time” 40 Epitome of simplicity
41 Raw material for a paper mill 43 Maker of colorful bows? 44 Religious spinoffs 50 Month that starts with practical jokes (Abbr.) 51 Ominous invite to a one-on-one
54 Taqueria option
55 Group of stars with a belt
56 Note equivalent to B 57 General ___ chicken 59 Classic arcade game set in space
65 “___ dokie!”
67 Tush 69 Accountant’s task, perhaps 71 Sounds of hesitation 72 Elicit a purr, perhaps 73 Verne of the “Austin Powers” films
74 Show one’s appreciation 75 Nicktoon Jimmy
77 Gin rummy match 78 Meticulous
79 Online shop for handmade goods
82 Marvel character who says “I am 82-Down”
84 Lies on a pool float, maybe 86 Pulitzer Prize winner ___ B. Wells
87 Remote power sources 89 “That’s a new ___”
91 Top left key, often 92 Feathery neckwear
93 Deal
98 Exhausted 99 Discontinued GM brand, informally
100 Annoy
104 Cracks jokes
105 Lounge sofa
106 Years upon years
107 Put on the rack
108 Grp. of coin collectors? 110 Cookie with a Mega Stuf variety
111 Lines it up
112 Held on to
113 Fuzzy fruit
114 French fashion brand 115 Weep
116 Org. that features Seth “Freakin” Rollins 117 Kitchen gadget brand 118 ISP connection option 119 Opposite of NNW