UNIVERSAL CROSSWORD
Universal Freestyle 124 by Matthew Luter, edited by David Steinberg
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
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.