UNIVERSAL CROSSWORD PUZZLE
ACROSS
1 Poker star Ivey
5 Softball catcher?
9 Bro’s group
12 Prepared to take a shot
14 Unpleasant smell
15 Unworried state
16 “It’s the real deal!”
19 Many lab instructors, for short
20 Palindromic food made with a palindromic flour
21 “Dark” movie genre
22 “How lovely that we ran into one another”
27 Sharp pull
28 Smokehouse meats
29 “’___ but a scratch”
30 Playlist part
31 Spanish for “house”
32 Stag or stallion
33 Like cocoons and webs
34 Black bird
35 Lager alternatives
36 Type of table on an airplane
37 Father of Eros
38 Like Vassar College, since 1969
39 Fish in unadon
40 South Korean athletic brand
41 Apt rhyme of “chore” and “snore”
42 One may spot you
47 “___ one teach one” (Black proverb)
48 Criminal’s den
49 Anti-trafficking org.
50 Salad topper made with vinegar
54 “ZIP” or “dress” follower
55 Suckling site
56 Orange Muppet
57 Major or minor in music
58 Emulates Simon
59 Matured
DOWN
1 Broadway star Lupone
2 Foot-powered cymbal pair
3 “Our time together wasn’t long enough!”
4 “___ Miserables”
5 “Dirty Computer” singer Janelle
6 “Time’s a-wasting!”
7 Tater ___
8 Schuyler Bailar or Chaz Bono
9 Perfect conclusion
10 Syst. with unspoken words
11 B or C of the Spice Girls
13 “Fine” eating experience
15 The Great Lake you’d expect to see in a crossword
17 Tackle, as a quarterback
18 Fawns’ moms
23 Child’s caregiver
24 Welcome sights in the Sahara
25 Greased
26 Takes advantage of
30 Fendi bender?
31 Not-so-cheery “Cheers” waitress
32 Language that gave us “kiwi”
33 Dance part
34 Shower caps?
38 Lacking refinement
40 Convergence points
41 ___ en croute (baked cheese dish)
43 Store event
44 Fruit-filled desserts
45 “___, meenie, miney, mo”
46 Was furious
50 “Eww!”
51 Nail site
52 Org. whose vision is “a great public school for every student”
53 Mrs., in Managua