Universal Crossword
ACROSS
1 No-win situations?
5 Respectful address
9 Bar bill
12 Address the U.N.
assembly, say
13 Color of honey or mirin
15 Magenta or mustard
16 Red ingredient in meatloaf (In this answer, note the first letter + the last 4)
18 Green card and others
19 “OK, ___ bite”
20 Feels unwell
21 Opposite of sketchy
23 Insomniac’s frustration
(first letter + last 4)
27 Dull color
28 Its shell is edible
29 Take an oath
31 Teri of “Mr. Mom”
33 Cries uncontrollably
37 F-, e.g., in chemistry
class
38 Excessive (first 2 letters
+ last 3)
41 Zodiac lion
42 Musician Rundgren
44 Pound or foot
45 Drew to a close
47 “Assuming that’s true
...”
49 Not yet eliminated 50 Very sad (first 4 letters
+ last 3)
56 Jiggly dessert
57 Per person
58 “Me?!”
59 “___ you sure?”
60 He played a shapeshifter in “True Blood” (first letter + last 4)
64 Seven Dwarfs’ leader
65 Rosebush hazard
66 Major artery
67 M.D. treating laryngitis
68 “Cornflake Girl” singer
Tori
69 Rudolph’s is red
DOWN
1 Reddit provocateur
2 2007 thriller about the last human in New York City
3 Flight tracker stat
4 Differentiate
5 Syrup source
6 Accumulate
7 Crunches work them
8 Got acquainted with
9 Piece of chicken
10 Tax cheat’s dread
11 Top-of-the-line
12 Elevator brand
14 The Shroud of Turin,
e.g.
17 Like trout or tuna 22 Big stars have big ones
24 Period of history
25 Walk on the runway
26 Weed-seizing cop
29 Rest on a meditation
cushion
30 Pursue romantically
31 “Leave this instant!”
32 “Why ___ not
surprised?”
34 Many loyal employees
35 Busy worker in the
garden?
36 Lawn roll
39 Remove from office
40 Guy who assists a
villain
43 Clock face
46 Medical research org.
48 Fall pumpkin coating
49 Machu Picchu builder
50 Bird with an S-shaped
neck
51 Choose by voting
52 Like a throwback style
53 Deserves
54 Nick of “Warrior”
55 ___ monster
(venomous lizard)
56 Facial roller gemstone,
often
61 “I solved it!”
62 May 8, 2022, VIP
63 Sound from a steer