UNIVERSAL CROSSWORD
ACROSS
1 “Ah, well”
5 Biblical bro
9 U.S. island territory
13 “American Dad” network
16 It goes with jam at tea
17 V-day bouquet
19 Nordic capital 20 “___ so?”
21 *The Bangles ballad that’s still hot?
23 Ozzy, Sharon or Kelly
25 Shine
26 *Cyndi Lauper bop that plays around the clock?
28 Van Gogh flower
29 Living room sets
31 More risque
32 Too much
33 Sports goal material
34 Kinships
36 “I’m not ___ judge, but ...”
38 Ranks above sgts.
39 *Carl Carlton classic that’s adored to this day?
44 Sticks around a diamond
46 Jerk
47 Italy’s northern border, essentially
50 Thanksgiving tubers
51 Numbered GPS path
54 Business letters?
55 Emeril’s catchphrase
58 Paunch
60 Prohibition ___
61 Doughnut shape
63 Blue Hawaii ingredient
66 Chicken ___ king
67 Back of the boat
68 *With 70-Across, symbol of endless repetition ... or what might make the songs in this puzzle go on and on
70 *See 68-Across
71 Negative conjunction
72 Fish eggs
73 All, for nothing?
75 Chasm
76 Stubbed digit
77 Tom Yum, e.g.
79 Tokyo dough?
80 Allow to rent
82 SSW’S opposite
83 Bic products
84 Doodled
86 Leaf-eater from Down Under 88 What snoots might put on
89 *k.d. lang hit that leaves you hungry for more?
96 Freddy Krueger’s street
99 Mila who voices Meg in “Family Guy”
100 Director Eastwood
101 Steal
104 Negative responses
106 Makeup cleansers
109 ___ and outs
110 Office note
111 *Queen song that keeps you going?
115 Change lanes hastily
117 Jacket on the slopes
118 *Rod Stewart track that never gets old? 120 Thurman of “Pulp Fiction”
121 Not just heard
122 So, so mad
123 Fencing weapons
124 Confidante
125 That girl’s
126 Otherwise
127 Winery section
DOWN
1 Got 100
2 Big-eyed primate
3 Tolstoy’s “___ Karenina”
4 Spot for a big needle?
5 Beagle’s bark
6 It might be put through a washer
7 Morales of “Ozark”
8 “I wanna try!”
9 Messing around
10 Alloy producer based in Pittsburgh
11 Name that anagrams to REAL BOT
12 “The Tragedy of Othello, the ___ of Venice”
13 Exhilaration
14 Witticism
15 Candies
16 Eye contest action
18 Bird feeder bit
21 Activist Brockovich
22 Geordi La Forge portrayer Burton
24 “Respect for Acting” author Hagen
27 Extreme pain
30 Show that the movie “Superstar” came from (Abbr.)
34 Walgreens competitor
35 ___-I-am (Seuss character) 37 Egg, in biology
39 UFO pilots
40 Salt, in Marseille
41 Chalky powder
42 Be liable for
43 Will Ferrell Christmas flick
44 Fries and wings with a pint, perhaps 45 Not a pro
48 Nursery vessel
49 Western brawl sites
50 Century units
51 ___ toad
52 Used cursive, maybe
53 Canadian territory
55 It can be ordered extra-crispy
56 Cheek-filler for a squirrel
57 Maggie’s mom
59 Shows, as teeth
61 Isn’t decided yet (Abbr.)
62 Bernie Sanders, for VT
64 Avg. size
65 Poetic praise
69 Stockings material
74 55-Down, e.g.
78 Chest muscle
81 “No Scrubs” group
83 Sty denizen
85 Pot for a stir-fry
86 Radio personality Casey
87 Part of a circumference
88 Farm drone
90 Where a squirrel might feast
91 Hide the ball in a tricky spot, in billiards
92 Some antique cookware
93 He could “sting like a bee”
94 “A Charlie Brown Christmas” composer Guaraldi
95 Health care coverage provider
96 Concludes with
97 Cry for attention, sometimes
98 Like household chores
101 Broadway productions
102 Warning signs
103 “Star Trek” collective in a cube
105 Motor oil company
107 Loan revision, in brief
108 Saw logs
110 Made a barnyard noise
112 Pageant title adornment
113 Spoken
114 Moistens
116 Ilk
119 Flock formation