UNIVERSAL CROSSWORD
Tripartite by Daniel Hrynick, edited by David Steinberg
ACROSS
1 Real beaut
4 Roll downhill
9 Form W-8 BEN org.
12 Earth Day prefix
13 See 29-Across
14 T, in Greek
15 Symbol denoting “ergo” in math proofs
18 $100 bills, slangily 19 Highly recommended tourist activity
21 Move up and down 22 “Honest!”
26 Tick off
27 (I’m smitten!)
29 With 13-Across,
Dutch seat of government
30 Covered stadiums
32 ___ d’oeuvres
33 ___ gratia artis 34 Peepers
35 Moore of “Disclosure” 36 Garbo or Thunberg 38 Casual get-together 40 Blizzard cookie, maybe
41 Really bothered
42 Make like a ___ and leave
43 Arctic bird
44 Nasal walls
45 Suitable for beginners
46 He’s usually hunched over a toy piano in “Peanuts”
49 Gear for exploring a coral reef
52 “That dude?” 53 Insurance company that Gilbert Gottfried did voice work for 57 A double beer bong has two of them
58 0.75 + 0.25
59 French presentation word?
60 Her debut album was “19”
61 Peak: Abbr.
62 Mistake
63 Projectiles at a bar
64 Je : suis :: il : ___ 65 Hockey shoe
DOWN
1 Make zero progress 2 Millennial, by another name
3 Champagne name
4 Loot box
5 Clumsy person
6 “That was ages ___!” 7 Big ___, California 8 Winnipeg Jets legend Selanne
9 Suffix with “senior” 10 When Scott Joplin composed many pieces
11 Inapt attire for a girls’ night?
16 Horse controllers
17 Blue shoe material 18 Network that aired “The King of Queens”
20 Gives the go-ahead
23 Foothold in the housing market
24 Field goal’s score ... or what 15-Across, 28-Down or 31-Down has
25 Alternate phrasing
28 What keeps the Hunter’s pants up
31 Utensil designed for certain seafood
35 “i” lid?
36 Deep cut
37 Slightly
39 “Yo”
47 Lawyers take them on
48 Roof overhangs
49 Roe fish
50 Musical conclusion
51 For whom the notification bell tolls?
54 Italian currency before the euro
55 Tons
56 Give a darn