UNIVERSAL CROSSWORD PUZZLE

ACROSS

1 They can be liquid or

frozen

7 ___ Lanka

10 Word on the street, in

short

14 Kids’ playground

“immunization” 16 Bronte sister who used the pen name Acton Bell

17 Certain pit crew 18 Course of action 19 Org. monitoring air

quality

20 Inbox confirmation 22 “Too ___ cooks ...” 23 McNally’s

mapmaking partner 24 Lhasa ___

27 Lead-in to “system”

or “tourism”

29 Less punctual

30 Has some Bubblicious 32 Monastery leader 34 Yak

36 Frozen tater bit 37 Light-colored beer 39 “Act your ___, not

your shoe size” 40 Hirsute TV cousin 41 TV awards 42 Neighbor of Fiji 44 “Aw, shucks!”

46 They might cross aves. 48 ___ ballistic (flipped

out)

49 Bit of condensation 50 Frozen drink brand 52 Happy meals?

56 Early Hollywood icon

West

UNIVERSAL FREESTYLE 124 BY MATTHEW LUTER | EDITED BY DAVID STEINBERG 59 What a horseshoe

protects

60 “Gimme gimme

gimme!”

62 Great Plains Native 63 1623 Shakespeare

collection

64 Some profs’ degrees 65 PC file suffix 66 Native of Damascus

DOWN

1 Clearasil target 2 “General Hospital,” e.g. 3 Sammy of a 1998

home run race

4 Abbr. that shortens a

list

5 Pageant winner’s

headwear

6 At peace

7 Tool storage building 8 Lion’s sound

9 “I feel seen” 10 Observe with

43-Down

11 World of Warcraft,

e.g.

12 Its flowers can be squeezed open and shut

13 Email folder

15 Keep a cool head 21 Packing containers 22 Trim the lawn 24 When Iago reveals

that he hates Othello 25 Place for posers? 26 Light some candles, pour some wine, put on some Al Green ... 28 Is a good dog 29 Palindromic expression

of amusement 31 Brand sponsoring

some swim meets 33 Strongholds 35 Reporter’s jurisdiction 38 Initialism before “Zion” in some church names 43 Amazement 45 Politicians’ errors 47 Big name in lawn care 51 Inspire morally 52 Use an ax

53 Teeming

54 Candy whose name is a portmanteau of “twin snacks” 55 Cabbie’s charge 56 Timbuktu’s

country

57 Shawkat of “Arrested

Development” 58 University near

Burlington, N.C. 61 Ontario MLB city:

Abbr.