UNIVERSAL CROSSWORD
Universal Freestyle 118 by Hannah Slovut, edited by David Steinberg
ACROSS
1 Very close pals, for
short
5 Until now
8 Terse farewell
11 Piece of folklore 12 Pursued
romantically
14 Fishing line holder 16 Fruit often used in
gin
17 Gut feeling
18 The “A” in A.D.
19 “I see”
22 Change the
direction of
23 Person who has appeared in the most Marvel movies 24 Resistance unit 25 Alternative to medium
or hot
27 IV - I
28 Wild pig
30 Took a plane 32 Elective eye surgery 36 Research on a political
rival, for short
37 Type of campaign in which 36-Across might be used
39 ___-Cola
40 On edge
42 Caesar’s “And you?!” 43 Check over
44 ___ Talk 46 Folder full of your
emails
48 Suffix with “end”
but not “begin” 49 Nice touch? 53 Nonphysical mining
material
55 “If everything were
perfect ...”
57 Certain evergreen 58 Heart chambers 59 Future MBA’S
subject
61 “The Story” or “Story
of My Life”
62 “You ___ goose!” 63 Common wedding
garment
64 Bother repeatedly 65 Poodle variety 66 Late-night host
Meyers
DOWN
1 K-pop superstars 2 Unrealistic belief
3 Clue boards,
essentially
4 Deal with
5 “I wouldn’t know” 6 Ages and ages
7 Pharm. workers 8 Smarties
9 1983 film in which Mandy Patinkin played Avigdor 10 Start of a choosing
rhyme
12 Hypotheticals
13 Indian loincloth
15 Be defeated 20 Wordlessly sing
21 Sob loudly
22 A Roomba is one 26 Specs
29 Last one in, to a
child
31 Plant in approximately
250 Monet paintings 33 Missing one could cause an awkward situation
34 “That’s impossible” 35 Roo’s mom
38 Make a quick escape 41 Mythical hairy
creature
45 Fathers, to tots
47 Only even prime
number
49 “My ___ are sealed” 50 Layered vegetable 51 “Wheel of Fortune”
co-host White
52 ___ four
54 Common wedding
garment
56 It becomes another name when bookended by “C” and “S” 60 Highest, in a
sequence