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OCTOBER 5, 2019
UNIVERSAL CROSSWORD PUZZLE
ACROSS
1 Some include
coupons
4 Witty remark
8 “Rocky” star Talia
13 Pickpocket
15 Less strict
16 Contest where
two people always
finish tied
(see letters 7-9)
18 Summer drink
suffixes
19 Say something
sincerely
20 Scottish terrier
type
22 Russian rulers
until 1917
24 “You lucky ___!”
26 Mindless workers
(letters 3-8)
28 Car sticker abbr.
29 Booker T. & the ___
30 Alphabetically first
Old Testament
book
31 Angry
32 Wrestlers, at times
(letters 3-7)
35 Apt nickname for a
physical therapist
38 Opera set in Egypt
39 “What have we
here?!”
42 Actor Reynolds
43 The Bears retired
his No. 42
(letters 4-7)
46 Reaction to a rat
47 Low voice
48 Makes socks, e.g.
49 Trytocatch,
as a fish
51 Alone at prom
52 Truly wicked, like
the starred answers?
57 Yankees’ div.
58 Ends a relationship
59 Wine-tasting need
60 Thailand, formerly
61 “For ___ a jolly good
fellow ...”DOWN
1 Play segment
2 “Obviously!”
3 Dire ___
4 Royal namesake of a
famous ship
5 Web addresses
6 Expert finish?
7 Tuning pin on a
violin
8 Fanta products
9 Rhinoceros feature
10 Parental words after
“Because”
11 Certain clergy
members
12 Before, poetically
14 Name on Napoleon
Dynamite’s shirt
15 Unwelcome looks
17 FBI guy
20 Nanny ___
21 Hot mo.
22 ’Vette roof option
23 Steel-wool
scrubbers
25 Navigation gizmo
27 Reddit Q&A sesh
28 ___ Paul’s
31 Squad of experts32 ___ Z (millennials’
successors)
33 Stitch’s pal
34 Email ending for
profs
35 Lead-in to
“requisite”
36 Disaffected
teenager’s response37 What many Brits do
at 4 p.m.
39 “Holy smokes!”
40 Beret, for one
41 Come-___ (lures)
43 Patient person,
metaphorically
44 Fails to be
45 Talent47 Opposite of “curse”
50 Airport stats
51 Cosmetic butter type
52 Tabloid paper
53 Delivery room docs
54 Half of hexa-
55 “You’ll ___ the day!”
56 Short albums,
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