UNIVERSAL CROSSWORD
Universal Freestyle 138 by Jess Rucks, edited by David Steinberg
ACROSS
1 Hand, in Spanish
5 Like bass voices
9 Word after “fist” or
“elbow”
13 Performing well 15 Black-and-white
treats
17 Choice that’s easy as
can be
18 Florida home of the Gasparilla Pirate Fest
19 Dragonflies and fireflies,
e.g.
20 Hauls
22 Cloud-watching
backdrop
23 (I’m a ghost!)
24 Is in the past?
25 PC alternatives 28 Confide in
32 Id checker?
33 Ready to skinny-dip 34 In the vicinity
37 Picture that doesn’t last
forever
40 “Given the situation ...” 41 Canvas sneaker brand 42 Cow chow
43 Love-a-lot or Funshine,
e.g.
45 Greek wrap served with
tzatziki
46 Core features?
48 Fuel for a bonfire
49 Unreturned volleyball serve
51 Place to sip tea by an indoor tree
54 Run like a crab
58 A tricycle has three
59 On a chase
61 Smell awful
62 Game that goes into overtime, say
63 Businesses that keep hot stones and mud in stock
64 Name hidden in “stage name”
65 Sauciness, slangily
DOWN
1 Like some chocolate
chips or doughnuts 2 Auth. unknown 3 Catches, as a criminal 4 Fiona, e.g.
5 Like some home-repair
projects
6 Years and years 7 Christmas ___
8 Human being
9 That *and* that
10 Risk territory next to
Siberia
11 Like an image that is #hilariouslyrelatable 12 “Big ___” (Notorious B.I.G. hit)
14 Triangle on a pool table 16 Sauciness
21 “Thirsty” Transylvanian
with multiple brides 23 Brewery container 25 Self-referential
26 Years and years
27 Staple in the entertainment section
29 Kiss cam kiss,
say
30 Pod fillers
31 Tit for ___
33 Gritty film genre
35 Wild hog
36 ___ Ma (Grammywinning cellist) 38 School support
grp.
39 Affirmative vote 44 Starliner spacecraft
maker
45 Has an aha moment 46 Plays a role
47 Lures
50 Where the sidewalk
ends?
52 Wrestler and rapper
John
53 Emulates a trivia host 54 Twirl
55 What one might wear
while twirling
56 Fibbed
57 To be, in French 60 Scot’s “not”