Universal Crossword August 1, 2025 Answers

1. ___ room (place to play games) 4. Breakfast grains 8. Tariffs and others 13. Unlikely to develop a crush, briefly 14. Hollywood horror? 15. Afro, e.g. 16. *Kind of menu 18. Away from the shore 19. Skye of the movies 20. Cake cover 22. "___ queen!" 23. Talk, talk and talk 26. Metro map markings 28. Cricket, e.g. 29. Janet, to Michael, informally 30. For every person 33. Virtual animal companion 35. Kagan of the Supreme Court 36. Spending limit 39. *Crunchy party snack 41. Voters' marks 42. Celebrity who's who 44. Reese of baseball 46. Leave the runway, say 47. '60s DJ's collection 48. Killer whales 51. New Haven student 53. Overall 55. '90s DJ's collection 57. Nintendo villain 59. Singer Falana 60. Fleming or Hemingway 62. Betrays romantically ... or what each starred clue's answer contains? 65. They may go downhill 66. Inauguration recitation 67. AOL chats 68. Under an evil spell 69. A single time 70. 2000-2015 forensic series

1. Very fast 2. Slipups 3. Like some arcade machines 4. Not on 5. Boxer nicknamed "The Greatest" 6. Poison 7. Work detail, for short 8. What it takes two to do 9. Feel sick 10. *Glasses in old comic book ads 11. Name that's an anagram of "Dean" 12. Covers with turf 15. Helpful tips 17. Alphabetically last noble gas 21. Introspective question 24. Put up, as a structure 25. "That said," in texts 27. Friend 29. Battle of the ___ 31. Start of a count 32. Dads 34. Salt's partner 35. Apply, as pressure 36. Meowing pet 37. Pie ___ mode 38. *Candy in a straw 40. Champion's cry 43. "Breathe Me" singer 45. Gut bacterium 47. Whopper tellers 49. Relating to a bit of physics? 50. "___ Lot" (Stephen King novel) 52. Love, euphemistically 53. Des Moines native 54. Indian yogurt drink 55. Alternative to credit 56. University in Durham 58. "Me as well" 61. Bit of a laugh 63. Non-Rx 64. Not just "a"