UNIVERSAL CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Drugstore items, for short 5 Respond

10 “Super Trouper” group 14 Arguing

15 “I couldn’t ___ more!”

(“Amen!”)

16 Drain problem

17 Indoor spaces full of

savory snacks?

19 Adjust, as a banjo 20 Bronx MLB player 21 Run-down joints?

23 Mean smile

24 Christmas conifer

25 Mar. and Apr.

26 Flatbread appetizer? 31 Sloop pole

35 Arena where the Knicks

play: Abbr.

36 Ocean fleet

37 Occupy

39 Receive the inside scoop 40 Enclosures in stables 41 (Woe is me!)

42 “I’m up for doing that!” 43 Logo for a restaurant

selling marinated meat? 46 UFO voyagers

47 Grp. with Mexico and

Brazil

48 Chatting via Slack, say 53 “I feel bad for that

person”

56 Earhart who said,

“There’s more to life than being a passenger” 57 “Scary Movie” actress

Faris

58 Attire worn while eating a

lentil dish?

60 CBS procedural

franchise

61 Living the ___

62 Word after “drag” or

“relay”

63 “50/50” actor Rogen 64 Some Balkan people 65 Change for a five

DOWN

1 Sister store of

Bloomingdale’s

2 “Mission: Impossible”

protagonist Hunt 3 “Unfaithful” actress

Lane

4 Vampire hunter’s weapon 5 Like a white peacock 6 Comedian Nwodim 7 Closely examining 8 “Ring-tailed” primates 9 Old-fashioned affirmative 10 “Don’t arouse suspicion” 11 New York or California,

on an electoral map 12 Humerus or femur 13 SUCH a long time 18 Slender seabird 22 Once-giant discount

chain

24 Rapid

27 A bit off

28 ’90s fitness craze

29 Menu next to View, often 30 Performs “Lose Yourself” 31 Waterfall spray 32 Opposite of pro33 Seal the deal

34 Taunt someone during a

game

38 Fashion designer Bill 39 Lots and lots

41 Like molehills, vis-a-vis

mountains

44 “I’m not!” retort

45 Prom ride

49 D.C. transit system 50 Congresswoman Omar 51 Sibling’s daughter 52 Ozone, hydrogen, etc. 53 Definitely not rave

reviews

54 Back in the day

55 They’re about one in 300 million for winning the Powerball jackpot 56 Donations to the needy 59 Hailed transport