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Crossword - March 12, 2026
March 12, 2026
by Alison Kumpf
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Across
1. Comic Lee?
5. Ape or parrot
12. Header for a task list
13. Where you can’t come back from, with “point of”
15. El idioma del corazón
16. Breaks into a fit of laughter, maybe
17. Why one might never leave La Brea?
18. With 38-Across, nickname for UCSB’s unofficial mascot
19. Lifesaving maneuver to the beat of “Stayin’ Alive,” for short
20. Mineral suffix
21. Interjection “for horses”
22. Foe of Clara in “The Nutcracker”
23. Outermost eye layer
25. P.E.T. or C.A.T., e.g.
27. “Truth”/”dare?” separators
28. Eclipse, perhaps
29. How Tom Petty was “Fallin’” in a 1989 hit
30. When Aurora pricks her finger, in “The Sleeping Beauty”
34. ___ Chimpsky, chimpanzee raised like a human to study language capabilities
35. Artist/activist Yoko
36. With “O,” universal donor type, abbr.
37. Type of shells she sells?
38. See 18-Across
40. “Big” part of California?
41. Colorful “flavor” of cake sometimes served at the dining halls
43. Tortoise’s opponent
44. Surgical cut
45. More than some
46. Small couches
47. Ones with nest eggs, perhaps
Down
1. It might make your hairs stand on end
2. When repeated, informal “same thing”
3. One with a crush, maybe
4. Thing between “here” and “there,” for an irrelevant argument
5. Up, perhaps
6. Eel appropriately filling the blanks to __nte_ey B__ Aquarium
7. 410(k) alternatives
8. Part of S.T.E.M., for short
9. Offensive stat.
10. From the birthplace of the Italian Renaissance, maybe
11. See red… or, spew red
14. “Wait Wait… Don’t Tell Me!” org.
18. When repeated, a comforting phrase
22. Captivated
24. Old Macdonald of SNL
25. Lighting doubles, as on a set
26. “_____ powder,” tiramisu topping
29. Future union member?
31. Like candy the day after Halloween, maybe
32. It really makes you think
33. Great things about the lagoon?
34. Highlighter palette?
35. How many ballets are performed
37. Part of S.T.E.M., for short
38. Unwanted co-inhabitant
39. “It’s ____!”, stalemate call
42. What a square peg doesn’t do in a round hole
43. Sarcastic laugh
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