Universal Crossword
Edited by Amanda Rafkin March 23, 2023
ACROSS 1 “We Have the Meats” chain 6 Bygone music player 10 “Frozen” queen 14 Remove a big coat? 15 Like someone from Phuket 16 Tie up, like a ship 17 *Avoiding anything complicated 20 Exhausts 21 Feel sick 22 Guiding principles 23 Spring mo. 24 Chimney grime 25 *”This is pretty straightforward” 31 Oahu verandas 33 Birth control option 34 “Star Wars Holiday Special” guest Arthur 35 Big name in aluminum 36 Wooden pin 37 Norwegian toast 39 Country that has sent the most women into space, for short 40 Six, in Sicily 41 Words of selfpity 42 *”Quit following the mainstream!” 46 Attended 47 Brazilian city whose anthem is “Cidade Maravilhosa” 48 Unit of electrical current 51 Scrap of cloth 52 Virtuous 56 *Diner order represented visually in and above the ends of the starred clues’ answers 59 Ice cream parlor order 60 Helper 61 Lower leg joint 62“___ All That” (1999 rom-com) 63 Glaswegian gal 64 Mexican money
DOWN 1 Queries 2 Seehorn of “Better Call Saul” 3 Microwave sound 4 Little barks 5___ Lanka 6 She’s hot! 7 “In the Air Tonight” singer Collins 8 Grain in Cheerios 9 Danced in a ‘70s club 10 Doc Brown of “Back to the Future” 11 Unhurried gait 12 Convinced 13 Greek god of war 18Places to pick up kittens? 19 Fe on the periodic table 23 Most populous continent 24 Self-satisfied 25 Like Machu Picchu 26 Concept in Chinese philosophy 27 Refrain in a song with the words “With a moo moo here” 28 Multiple-choice options 29Paper quantity 30Ivy where Lupita Nyong’o got her master’s 31 Exalt 32 Furthermore 36 Nuisance 37 Meh 38Japanese carp 40West African nation known for mbalax 41 Satchel of baseball fame 43 Twitter posts 44 Arctic Ocean hazard 45 Weathers courageously 48 Machines originally called Docutellers 49Kiss sound 50Fish stick? 51 Fish sticks? 52 DNA sequence 53 Where squirrels go to get their acorn fix 54 Capital of Norway 55 Coloring substances 57 “Chandelier” singer 58 Da Brat genre