UNIVERSAL CROSSWORD
ACROSS 1 You may make a mark with it 4 Networking goals
7 Rugged 53-Across
11 Order part
15 Ortiz of “Devious Maids” 18 “Who, me?”
19 Letters after a dot, often 20 Took the subway
21 Mass of an average human cell
23 Cook first, as pie crust 25 Entrepreneur Musk
26 Places to stir and fry stir-fries 27 *Dunkin’ option with a white coating (note: the central black square pattern is a hint to each starred answer) 30 Houses in California and Florida
31 Hardly entertain
32 Composer Satie
35 “Baa” ma
36 “Gimme five!”
39 No. in a work email signature 40 Continued, as a membership 43 Moroccan hat
46 Taken by mouth
48 Thirds of thirds
49 *Piece of jewelry on a Hindu bride’s foot
53 It’s hard to scale
56 In the slightest
57 “Rubyfruit Jungle” author Brown
58 Inventor Nobel
60 Pest or informant
61 Pest or informant 62 Indefinable glow
64 Unite spiritually (with) 65 Champion’s claim 67 Emergency pumps?
(Clue for middle square: Circular letter)
68 April payment
69 Classical poetry form
70 Never ___ moment
71 Sailor’s vessel
73 Grow weary
74 Class with smocks 75 Demolition remains
77 Like a refreshing beer 79 Aspiring attorney’s track 82 River by the Eiffel Tower
83 *Bit of a whole-grain cereal 84 Fix, as a shoe bottom
85 Drink with honey
87 Water feature creature 88 Became threadbare
89 “What’s the ___?”
(“Who cares?”)
92 Iron product?
95 “Narcos” org.
97 Turntable speeds, for short 98 Zone
100 Rogue or Escape
106 *World’s biggest machine
110 It’s exciting to take a back
seat during one 111 Bert who played a lion
112 Not bottled, like beer
115 How established information is taken
116 Indian or Cajun vegetable 117 Issa of “Insecure”
118 “Baby Blues” girl
119 ___ a precedent
120 Bird’s project
121 Try to find
122 East or west (Abbr.)
123 Peaceful Buddhist state DOWN 1 Troublemaking child 2 Negative conjunction
3 Capital of Ukraine
4 “Sorry, too busy”
5 Cellphone brand
6 Refined, as ore
7 Paper airplane fold 8 Jamestown colonist John 9 Hang tinsel on, say
10 Kind of salami
11 Synchronized
12 Starts liking
13 City in Oklahoma
14 Cheese growth
15 Childish comeback
16 Word after Mother or human 17 Dutch beer
22 Bit of toothpaste 24 *Backboard attachment 28 Obama treasury secretary Jack
29 Nickname between R and V 32 Puzzle designer Rubik
33 Limit, with “in”
34 *Water park ride 37 Black-and-white predator 38 Funeral figure
41 Highway dividers
42 Rough fig.
43 Big party
44 Victorian ___
45 Bygone alcopop
47 *Means of staying afloat? 49 Of nutrition
50 Full of black gold
51 Their shells look like spirals 52 “Rico Suave” rapper 54 *Morsel for Toucan Sam 55 Manage (for yourself)
59 Most frequent letter in “doodad”
61 Hosts, informally
63 Body spray brand
65 Small amount
66 Midmonth date
72 Take a sly glance 73 Singer Amos
76 Boarding pass datum
78 One who may earn a
$1 salary, briefly
79 Con’s counterpart
80 Univ. donor, perhaps 81 Moistens
86 U.S. Census periods
88 Onetime Chinese military leader
89 City north of Austin
90 Bold declaration in poker 91 Mathematician with a famous Last Theorem 93 Passionate
94 “Eat ___ Chikin”
95 “Symphony No. 9” composer 96 Slithery swimmer
99 Like a toddler at Disneyland, maybe
101 Songs for one
102 Cobra or copperhead
103 Earthy colour
104 Mount ___ Health System
105 Bottom feeder?
107 CNN’s Burnett
108 Honeycomb site
109 Rib
113 Adversary
114 Highest rating, often