Universal Crossword December 14, 2025 Answers

1. Spineless people 6. Do a temperature check, maybe 15. Permeate 16. One who brings the past to the present 19. It might be tight or loose 20. Solo such as "Habanera" 21. Waves that don't wash away? 22. Sweethearts 24. Bits of land surrounded by water 27. Diana of the Supremes 28. "Gah!" 29. Six-line stanza 31. Injures with a horn 33. Part of a natural air filter 37. Snoozes 39. Become more cheerful 41. Held nothing back 45. Sacred sustenance 46. Game of love? 48. Word after "poke" or "punch" 49. Guard's station 53. Cubist Picasso 54. Enjoy a pool 55. How Samuel Adams may be served 57. That ain't right! 59. Partook of pizza, perhaps 60. "I can get behind that" 64. Secretly listen 65. Indigenous people of the Arctic 66. Iditarod squads 67. Words on a check

1. Port transports 2. Sesame seed's boast? 3. CEO's credential, commonly 4. Brita competitor 5. Nintendo competitor 6. Fred who co-created "Portlandia" 7. Cross-reference words 8. "Barbie" role for Ryan Gosling and Simu Liu 9. Insect that can live 30 years 10. Scratchy vocal quality 11. Cave painting pigment 12. In ___ (before birth) 13. Standards 14. Put clothes on 18. "Exodus" writer Leon 23. Piece of bedding 25. Kang and Kodos of "The Simpsons": Abbr. 26. Ooze 30. Us vs. ___ 32. Rotisserie rod 34. Many Libyans and Syrians 35. "There's someone who can help ..." 36. Take the bull by the horns 38. Instructions part 40. South Carolina's state tree 42. Protein synthesis molecule 43. Covered with roses, perhaps 44. Accumulations 47. That ain't hard! 49. Tree and mountain, e.g., in yoga 50. "Shaqtin' a Fool" host 51. Name hidden in "best-ever" 52. Got out of beast mode? 56. "Hey, you!" 58. Stumble 61. Summertime drink suffix 62. It has cups but not glasses 63. "___ minute!"