UNIVERSAL CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Cut of beef often cooked Santa Maria-style 7 The old man 11 Something to strike 15 “I think ...”

19 Go back on a promise 20 Product of a shower 21 Highway sign with an arrow 22 Pinot ___ (wine selection) 23 Covets

24 “Are *bip!* you as psyched as

I *BIP!* am?”

27 Tiny specks

29 June’s predecessor

30 Flag staff 31 39 Concern oil Most spills eager and *BIP!* *bip!* surrounding pollution 40 Cajole

41 Hearth output 42 Sicilian stratovolcano

43 Spinal segment

44 Crocs and mules, for two 46 Antepenultimate Greek letter

49 *BIP! bip!* When some cinema classics were produced

55 Lower section of a range 56 Bar and bat mitzvahs 57 Precipitation that might be

grapefruit-sized

58 Muddied the waters 61 Ungulate studied at Isle

Royale

63 Intrinsically (Latin phrase) 64 *bip!* Surfing mecca near

*Bip!* Brisbane 69 Shawarma holders

70 Puts in the kitty 71 Mapquest suggestions 72 Progressive competitor 73 Bring a smile to

75 Like a freshly pumped tank

of gas

76 *BIP!* Studio that produced

“Doug” *bip!* and “Rugrats” 84 Red cylinder in cartoons 85 Largish music group 86 Ready to do business 87 Motley ___ (“Dr. Feelgood”

band)

89 Hunk

90 Member of a murder 91 Surgically removes

94 *BIP!* Morning networking opportunity *bip!* for bigwigs

98 Apple assistant

99 Tataki protein

100 “___ next time!” 101 Beachcombing devices set off by the circled letters 107 Pirate’s pillage 111 Work for a sous-chef 112 Writing with a slant? 113 Leave out 114 Peninsula that borders the Strait of Gibraltar 115 Aesopian loser 116 Give lip to

117 Like a souffle 118 Even chance

DOWN

1 Five-pointer in rugby 2 Drummond on the Food Network

3 “___ sec!”

4 End of the line?

5 Pay no mind to 6 Basil-based sauces 7 Rainbow producer 8 Some standard batteries 9 Target in an alley 10 Colony member 11 Colorful part of a flower 12 Variety of daisy 13 Musical that opens with “Ex-wives”

14 “And so on” 15 Completely together 16 Like a good cake 17 Nudge in an escape room 18 WWF or Greenpeace

25 It’s big at the movies 26 “Whatever’s fine with me” 28 Doc that may diagnose tinnitus and vertigo 31 Scratch (out), as a win 32 Butterfly catchers

33 “___, vidi, vici” 34 Vaper’s device

35 Wine tasting concern 36 Qdoba choice 37 Letter-shaped opening on a violin

38 Has an intuition

43 NFL great Marino 44 Japanese herb in the mint family

45 Monopoly upgrade 46 Sandpaper category 47 Lifts up

48 Run in place 50 Battery units

51 At any point

52 Scarlet mark for Hester Prynne

53 Paludarium dwellers 54 Bread choice

58 Morsel in bread pudding 59 Best on stage 60 “Wicked Game” singer Chris

61 San ___, California (city south of San Francisco) 62 “A Chorus Line” number 63 Young turkey 65 Summa cum ___

66 Atlas graphic

67 Beat it!

68 Sweetener in some BBQ sauces

69 Football kick

73 For all to hear

74 Tours’ the globe? 75 Giveaway of a shark sighting 77 Necessitate

78 Onigiri wrap

79 Each

80 Gamer with little experience 81 Calving byproducts 82 “Jaws” boat 83 Bananas

88 Approx.

89 Vaquero’s garb

90 Stylish

91 Stimpy’s cartoon pal 92 Face-plants, perhaps 93 Game whose cards go up to 12

94 Soda bottle measurement 95 Awards stars to

96 Takes off, as some pounds 97 Needing to brush up 98 Some facial cosmetics 101 Dashboard fig.

102 Bobs and weaves, e.g. 103 Clean Air Act agcy.

104 Pool water tester, perhaps 105 “no way!!!” 106 Highway hauler 108 Taxing grp.

109 “Barbie” actor Simu 110 Collection from a tapped sugar maple