Universal Crossword April 1, 2025 Answers

1. Recovers, as from surgery 7. Epic tale 11. Not likely to develop a crush, informally 14. ___ wonder 15. Applaud 16. "It ___ me!" 17. Something delivered at a campaign rally (In this answer, note letters 5-11) 20. Manning whose first name is in "offensive line" 21. Electronic car key 22. No-brainer course 23. Kenny G performance, perhaps 26. Actor/bridge player Sharif 28. Where political journalists sit (... letters 4-8) 33. "Shucks!" 36. Historic period 37. Levi's competitor 38. Decadent, airy dessert (... letters 6-10) 43. Animated movie about a macaw 44. Hosp. section 45. Hockey great Hull 46. Fruits that originated in New York (... letters 5-9) 51. Lahaina's island 52. Installment buying plan 56. "My dog has ___" (words sung during ukulele tuning) 59. Cause of Icarus' demise 60. 2010 health law, for short 61. Facility processing reusable material ... and a hint to this puzzle's indicated letters 66. Ooh and ___ 67. Verdi opera set in Egypt 68. Cautiously enter 69. Colorful card game 70. Word before "second," "day" or "year" 71. Gets going

1. Thick cords 2. Holmes in a Netflix title 3. Roller coaster spiral 4. Hawaiian word for "tuna" 5. Took the bait 6. Suppress 7. Union foe 8. Every little bit 9. Oxygen, usually 10. What some court losers do 11. Dumbfounds 12. Suggestive 13. Org. that monitors workplaces 18. Makes some baby noises 19. ___ Grey tea 24. Blueprint deet 25. Cookie used in some cones 26. Shrek or Fiona 27. Polite address 29. Sting operation, for one 30. Otherwise 31. Musical pause 32. Hurl, in slang 33. Land measure 34. Sudden urge 35. Gunk 39. In ___ of 40. Healthy berry 41. Do as directed 42. Bear in the night sky 47. "Perhaps" 48. Mischief-maker 49. Shameless promotion 50. Knights' weapons 53. Firefighter's liquid 54. Get an A+ on a test 55. Fish stories 56. German Mrs. 57. Gravitate (toward) 58. Sound that bounces back 59. Hit the roof 62. Cause of Pinocchio's nose growth 63. ___ B. Wells 64. Feed one's face 65. Code-breaking grp.