UNIVERSAL CROSSWORD
ACROSS
1 Feeling calm
8 Mac maker
13 What may capture a lion on a safari?
19 “Avengers: Endgame” hero 20 Colonial news source
21 More
22 Rock band?
24 Soul band?
25 “Shrek!” author William 26 Toothpaste holders
27 Yellow Brick Road dog 28 Blubber
29 Boar’s mate
31 Illinois-to-Ohio direction 32 Plain folk
34 Film type with a passionate following
37 Bay at the moon
39 Girl band?
45 Gentle-lamb connector 46 Podded plant
47 Big name in vacuums
48 Unlike skinny jeans
49 Marching band?
53 Restaurant rolls that are rarely free
56 Labrador litter
57 Can’t help but
58 Microwaves, perhaps
60 Club music genre, briefly 62 Atlanta-based station
63 Dearth
64 Capital of Yemen
65 Small part in a movie
67 Big band?
72 Mars or Mercury
73 “The Canterbury ___”
74 Appear
76 Resistor unit
79 Enjoyed an easy chair 80 Neighbor of Togo
81 At the right time
83 Animal house
85 Wait on
88 One-man band (based on its name’s origin)?
91 Back street
93 Refrain sung after “farm” 95 Charge carrier?
96 Hit head-on
97 WWII pilots’ band?
100 Adjusts, as a clock
102 Hundreds column neighbor 103 Mister, in Madrid
104 A detective follows one
106 Holiday party time, maybe 108 Edwards in Calif., e.g.
111 Jay with many jokes
112 Tree that’s a sugar source
113 Eventually become
117 Hair band?
119 Steel band?
122 “A Clockwork Orange”
novelist Anthony
123 Ancient
124 Spam spreaders
125 “Heavens to Betsy!” 126 “Siddhartha” author
127 Shows displeasure toward,
as a llama does
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1 Broadcasts
2 Gait between walk and canter
3 Piece of fishing or skiing gear 4 Sign up
5 Friend, in Spanish
6 One may have a pop top 7 Writing-intensive coll. major 8 De facto
9 In all likelihood, slangily 10 Batter’s goop
11 Certain jeans
12 RN stations
13 “Everyone’s a ___”
14 Deodorant type
15 Dallas NBAer
16 Greek H’s
17 City near Lake Tahoe
18 Kuwaiti or Qatari
21 Lawn figure
23 Bouillabaisse, for one
27 Carpet fasteners
30 Put an edge on
33 Agility course obstacle
34 Word before “cow” or “crop” 35 Normal
36 Gently washes against
38 Crew implement
40 In ___ than no time
41 RN station
42 Mopey expression
43 “Baseball Tonight” channel 44 Nap goal
46 Adidas alternative
47 Sofia’s portrayer in
“The Color Purple”
50 Draw with acid
51 Anticipate
52 In sorry shape, like a dog’s coat 54 Powerful engines, informally 55 Brainstorming product
59 Dull finish
61 Wet weather phenomenon in India
64 Strike, biblically
65 Whoopi, in “The Color Purple” 66 James Bond, e.g.
68 Affirmative votes
69 Bluegrass instrument
70 Shelter with stakes
71 Safe
75 2020 Disney remake
76 Lemony Snicket count 77 Angel’s topper
78 Venus de ___ 80 Bud Light or Coors Light 82 Classic street liners
84 WNBA game figures
86 Back in?
87 Compete
89 ___ or miss
90 Often-pink wine
92 Gave up the right of way 94 Archipelago parts
98 Rock with a pleasant
sounding name 99 Fine-tunes
100 Like tears
101 Plot of Genesis?
102 One might sublet
105 Blunt blades
107 Starbucks size
108 “Dear” advice-giver
109 Chimney channel
110 Five-time Wimbledon champion Bjorn
112 1/500 of the Indianapolis 500 114 Fizzles out
115 Beauty superstore
116 Secretive summons
118 Doctors Without Borders, e.g., briefly
119 Japanese drama
120 “60 Minutes” network 121 Bounce