Universal Crossword December 1, 2020 Answers

1. The "D" in CD-ROM 5. Ergo 9. Slightly open 13. State whose name contains a greeting 14. Stage in a lunar cycle 15. Bahama ___ (rum cocktail) 16. Early bird's target 17. Step after "lather" 18. A party to 19. Saltshaker's companion 22. Wolfs down 23. Curiosity rover's org. 24. Usually endangered marine reptile 29. Was hurtful, like criticism 32. Mutated gene 33. Box on stage? 35. Fa-la link 36. Dangerous game of chance 40. Wedding vow 41. It's game 42. Tenth first family 43. Religious subgroups 46. Sources of valuable metal 48. Mars : Romans :: ___ : Greeks 50. Butterfingers' utterance 51. Like a zebra, or two words that can precede the starts of 19-, 24-, 36- and 46-Across 56. Auctioneer's cry 57. Set straight 58. Move like molasses 60. An athlete may take one in protest 61. Gets into shape, with "up" 62. Writer/director Ephron 63. Does some sums 64. LAX guesstimates 65. Movie critic's assignment?

1. Wall Street index, with "the" 2. Funny Face flapjack chain 3. Beget 4. Participates in a triathlon, say 5. Intense longing 6. Put up, as Christmas lights 7. Global power that broke up in '91 8. Welcome at the door 9. Surrounded by 10. Novelist who created Elizabeth Bennet and Emma Woodhouse 11. Love, in Lima 12. Sought office 14. Condition before staining, perhaps 20. St. ___ Girl beer 21. Rapper Lil ___ X 24. Bollywood wraps 25. Get away from 26. Otherwise known as 27. Slow, musically 28. Mopey music genre 30. ___ Dame 31. Sharon of "Cagney & Lacey" 34. Disparaging remarks 37. Persistently criticize 38. Kind of node or gland 39. Features of "G'day" and "cap'n" 44. Sports team deals 45. Brief moment, briefly 47. Places to warm up after skiing 49. Footwear for a Senator 51. 007 52. Much of the time 53. Jazz singer Simone 54. ___ one's own horn 55. Cornell University co-founder Cornell 56. Reggae relative 59. Musician's gift