UNIVERSAL CROSSWORD
SPLIT PERSONALITIES By Peter A. Collins, edited By David Steinberg
ACROSS
1 Chicago mayor Emanuel 5 Fallback strategy
10 Like dishwater
14 They may be fudged
19 What flows in a rio
20 Hawaiian porch
21 Bay or gray follower
22 Allergic outburst
23 Backward: ’50s Peruvian singer/Forward: “Parks and Recreation” star
26 Kid
27 Malevolent glare
28 “Bad” cholesterol letters 29 “Gosh!”
31 Headed up
32 Passover meals
33 Reach across
35 Visa competitor, for short 37 Helper on the Hill
38 Backward: “Damn Yankees” star/Forward: Old West lawman
42 Sticks up
45 Reacts to yeast
46 2003 Christmas comedy 47 Corn unit
48 Use, as a hammock
49 Willing to wait
50 Forever stamp letters 53 Backward: “Blithe Spirit” playwright/Forward: “Exodus” author
56 Made an outline 58 Between-meals noshes 59 Soccer ___
60 Bawl
62 “We totally should!”
63 Casey with countdowns, once 65 Tach reading
67 Twangy
70 Summit
73 Pen point
75 Astronaut Grissom
77 Bela of “Dracula”
80 Pyramus’ love
83 Backward: Songwriter for Elvis/Forward: Panthers quarterback
87 Old TV’s “The ___ Squad” 88 Flies
90 Potholes’ places
91 Render speechless
92 Disposed of securely, as papers
94 Hindu mendicant
95 You may rush to get into one 96 Backward: “Benny and Joon” actor/Forward: Perfect 10 gymnast
100 Elegance
101 Formerly, old-style
102 Optimistic
103 Mailer of many manuscripts? 107 Dinnertime directive
108 Commemorative poem
109 Big, like a paycheck
110 Farm measure 111 Negative particle
113 Backward: “This American Life” host/Forward:
“All Things Considered” host 118 “Hair” part?
119 Cathedral part
120 Bottled-up being
121 “Count on me!”
122 Midterms, e.g.
123 Last Ivy alphabetically 124 Correct
125 Recipe amts.
DOWN
1 Meet events
2 Tequila basis
3 Muggy
4 Ruffians
5 Acts the prankster
6 Shiny fabric
7 “___ questions?”
8 Toddler’s time out? 9 HS science class components 10 Roald who wrote “The BFG” 11 Browser bookmark, briefly 12 Director Spike
13 Generosity
14 ___ card (queen or king) 15 Oberhausen outburst
16 Hot condiment
17 Holy city?
18 Saturated 24 Extremely dry
25 “Giant” writer Ferber 30 Surviving
33 “Little” girl in an Everly Brothers song 34 Wunderkind
35 Prized violins
36 Capital of Wisconsin 37 Good name for a painter 39 “Airplane!” star Leslie 40 Type of ski lift
41 ___’acte (interlude) 42 Cherry Starburst color 43 Crew needs
44 Muffin option
48 “Livin’ La Vida ___”
49 Fill a tank
51 Volleyball hit after a bump 52 Free app annoyances 54 Shakes off slumber 55 Hide-hair connector 57 Tolerate
61 French fashion house 64 Makes sum mistakes? 66 Campaign slinger’s stuff 68 Consistently bright,
weather-wise
69 A long time
70 Cash dispenser, briefly 71 Comic Margaret
72 Either Johnson’s time in the
White House 74 Wipe out
76 Skedaddles
78 Constellation part
79 Sioux City’s state 81 Eponymous root beer maker
82 Squared (up)
84 Sacred Hindu writing 85 Hunky-dory
86 Shrimp trapper
89 “It seems to me ...”
93 Lilac or lavender
94 News clip
95 Campground cooking site 96 N.Y. Mets’ division
97 Subtle aspect
98 Rocky peak
99 “Downton Abbey” countess
104 Badly injures
105 “Get ___!” (“Compose
yourself!”)
106 Bright colors
108 Bills in many tips
109 Run for it
110 Z ___ zebra
112 Mich.’s Canadian neighbor 114 Relaxation location
115 Digital communication method? (Abbr.)
116 Sleep stage letters 117 Serpent’s tail?