UNIVERSAL CROSSWORD
ANSWERING EMAIL By Pam Klawitter, edited By David Steinberg
ACROSS
1 Old-fashioned middle manager?
7 “Call the Midwife” nurse 13 Long-legged bird
18 Paternity test site
19 Exact
20 “Lose You to Love Me” singer Gomez
21 Subject line for a reply email about a defective charger? 23 Target goal?
24 Milo’s adventurous pal 25 Looked at
26 “So unfortunate!”
28 Sport-___ (versatile vehicle) 29 Evil laugh sound
32 Make a change at the top? 34 Tech support callers
36 Note after fa
37 Rx writers
39 Group of bees
43 Boating hazards
46 ... about getting rid of dust? 50 Flash of inspiration
51 Foal’s mother
54 Month before febrero
55 Bruins’ city (Abbr.)
56 Sea between Italy and Greece 58 Big game sites 60 Dutch-speaking Caribbean islander
62 Taking a break
63 Utter chaos
64 Bolt to get hitched
65 G-flat equivalent
66 Suffix for project
67 ... about a guy who’s sleeping on the job?
71 “Gotcha!”
74 Political pundit Peggy
76 Use, as a guacamole bowl 77 Prepare for a road trip 79 Suddenly pops
80 “Oh, what the heck?”
82 Water polluter
83 Clothing fold
84 “Gotcha!”
85 Of base eight
87 Baldwin roasted in 2019
88 Blast source?
89 ... about specialized rehabilitation for a dog? 93 Eldest Musketeer
95 Raison ___
96 Cannes kings
97 Utah metropolis’ initials
100 Crop up
102 One may be poached
105 Out of the ordinary
107 Scuff up, perhaps
109 “Hey Jude” syllables
113 It’s south of Azerbaijan
115 Major in astronomy?
116 No one knows what they look like
118 ... about a slightly wet book shipment?
122 “___ Doodle” 123 Springsteen’s ___ Band 124 Dumpster visitors
125 Fury
126 Put into categories
127 Like formal attire
DOWN
1 Old PC drive inserts
2 Boxing combo
3 Congress of ___ Equality 4 Walk through water
5 Corn unit
6 Uncertain, on a sched. 7 Cornered, like a raccoon 8 Partner of willing and able 9 “That’s gross!”
10 13, in ancient Rome
11 Exists no more
12 Brain scans, briefly 13 Sheepdog, when working 14 “Evil Woman” band’s letters 15 ... about disposing of an old electrical part?
16 “Got this!”
17 “Great” boy detective
19 Use leverage
20 Cruise ship amenities 22 It lights the way
27 Kind of wrestler who eats 10,000-calorie meals
30 Gator tail? 31 Residences
33 That, in Peru
35 Director Rob
38 Sneak home after curfew 40 Sun and Mercury org. 41 Bunches and bunches 42 Reading and Pennsylvania (Abbr.)
44 Accomplishment
45 Part of SFPD
46 Nevada slots city
47 Reason to say “Oops!” 48 Two-door car
49 Artist’s prefix for graph
51 Half a luau fish
52 Mostly dry sea
53 ... about allowing two events to occur in the same place? 57 Color with no common rhymes
59 Clue heading
61 ___-bye time
62 Org.
64 H’s, in sorority names 65 Deep-fried Southern treat 68 Go in
69 ___ noir
70 History period
72 Very, very big
73 Crude grp.
75 Skilled speaker 78 Not in the office, say 79 German sausage, for short 80 “Excuse me?”
81 Bun filler?
82 Knocked off, as a dragon 83 Tax pro
84 Gobbled up
86 In the office, say
90 Barbara with a perfect last name?
91 Ang or Spike
92 Nittany Lions’ sch. 94 Confessional visitor 97 Power spikes
98 Surgical beams
99 Like a good winner
101 Manuscript encl.
103 One who donates
104 Welcome
106 Charmingly smooth
107 Angelou who said, “Nothing
will work unless you do”
108 Mathematician Turing
110 Circle calculation
111 Mysterious loch
112 Random ___ of kindness
114 Works in a museum
117 Just manage, with “out”
119 Granada gold
120 Throw in
121 Bygone space station