Universal Crossword

Across

1 Polite, palindromic title

6 Rummikub or Scrabble piece

10 “Now I know my ___ ...”

14 It’s not quite a free ride

16 Jocasta, e.g., in “Oedipus Rex”

17 New Year’s Day event

18 ___ angel (winter creation)

19 Sprouted up

20 Like eccentric humour

21 Some swine

22 See 56-Across

23 Ivy near Drexel

24 Summer camp fleet

26 Extinct mammal that had large tusks

28 Fawn’s mother

29 Commotions

31 Zesty taste

32 Relentless grind

33 Embellish a story, say

37 Harper or Spike

38 Soothing stuff

39 Purina alternative

40 Belcalis Marlenis Almanzar, ___ Cardi B

41 New Year’s Day event

44 Mainly nocturnal marsupial

46 A wedge of it may be served with

47-Across

47 Vietnamese soup

50 Twinkling thing

51 Zippo

52 Word before “play” or “trade”

53 (That was close!)

54 Sci-fi author who helped inspire steampunk

56 With 22-Across, cul-de-sac feature

57 Parting phrase in Panama

58 Military force

59 “I’ve ___ had!”

60 Private eye’s jobs

Down

1 Join the freeway

2 Sort of squash

3 Gave medicine to

4 From square one

5 Wipe (up)

6 Napoleon in “Animal Farm,” e.g.

7 Supposed Washington quote

8 Title for a countess

9 Before, to Shakespeare

10 Pyromaniac’s crime

11 Salsa ingredient?

12 “Everything must go!” events

13 Stitch

15 Puzzles for rats

21 When something is up in the air?

23 Where bow ties areon display

24 Ice cream holder

25 Rogen of “The Interview”

26 A Stooge

27 “Well, lah-di-___!”

29 Passed up pork, say

30 Perfect squad

33 Side made with cabbage

34 Lump in Devonshire cream

35 “By what metric?”

36 Singer Carly ___ Jepsen

42 Hotel Bible provider

43 Build up

45 Like indecent humour

47 European capital where “Amelie” is set

48 Door joint

49 Cookies in a dirt cake

51 Ready to skinny-dip

52 Disaster relief org.

53 Kissing at the park, e.g., briefly

54 Unkind remark

55 Rug cleaner, informally