Universal Crossword

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1 Food with a tortilla shell Make a visit Gave a meal to Stench Cyclops feature Direction opposite WSW Fortune’s partner Alternative strategy, or a hint to the word whose letters progress in reverse through 18-, 23-, 36-,

49- and 59-Across Home body? Name hidden in “white rice” Goals

“The Tell-Tale Heart” writer Houston slugger

Years and years and years

Goof

“This ride is fun!”

Field that includes farmland? Not too happy Bamboo

___ (edible sprouts) Practice boxing

Soak (up) Letters acknowledging a debt Personal journal 5 11

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Where people wait to get on board

Take home, as a salary Fuzzy kind of rug Opposite of subtract

Like some meatless diets

Board game with a miniature candlestick 2021 M. Night Shyamalan thriller in which people age suddenly “Present!” Skeleton part 12/31: Abbr. Went offstage Orchid support DOWN

1 Miso soup cube

Lambert who sings with Queen

Enters a tournament Quarry mineral Hooded snake Warning sign in a TV studio Holy city in Saudi Arabia Mousy response? College sponsored by the LDS Church

“You got it!” Name of Spain’s current king Infatuate

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Like pound cake, vis-avis sponge cake Ovenware vessel Freudian concept Frock

By ___ and bounds Lounge around

Initial poker bet

Leather punch Maroon 5’s “___ Will Be Loved” French variant of “Ralph”

Sinus doc Name that anagrams to “Syria” Like a beanpole Hula-___ Tony-winning Arthurian musical

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Bandaged body part in a van Gogh self-portrait Not wet Trample By mouth “Don’t rain on my ___!” Snoopy, e.g. Holiday ___ Express Positive attribute When repeated, soothing words Stoned

2021 sci-fi epic starring Zendaya Judge to be Score such as 7-7

Stunt cyclist’s sport, briefly Type of tuna “Big Brother” network

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