Universal Crossword December 16, 2024 Answers

1. Get out of Dodge 5. Hit that may go out of the park 10. "Yay, time for the weekend!" 14. JUST before the deadline 16. Ramen vessel 17. Some shared pics 18. Fruit in some gin 19. Water spirit that anagrams to "Aidan" 20. Jabba the ___ 22. Genetic material 23. Even score 24. Playful growl 27. Filled completely 29. Like burning passions 31. Bowling places 33. Calf-length skirt 36. People who might edit their own genetic code 38. Harold's role in "Ghostbusters" 39. Not fulfilled, as expectations 40. Name hidden in "ice rink" 41. Departs, in toddler-speak 44. On the ocean 45. Spiny, pungent fruit 47. Quaint negative contraction 49. Tear apart 50. ___ Lingus 53. Word before "milk" or "meal" 54. Snoop who performed at the 2024 Summer Olympics 56. Creator of the Hundred Acre Wood 58. "Snow" crustacean 60. "Since you mentioned it ..." 63. Dance you may do in a lei 64. Dessert made with a root veggie 65. No more than 66. Big doofuses 67. Person who will succeed?

1. Fire-starting rock 2. Island near Maui 3. Not a Phase nail polish brand 4. "Tell Mama" singer James 5. Word said twice before "Hooray!" 6. Singer/activist Yoko 7. Vegan entrees with buns 8. Caesar's question to Brutus 9. Takes it easy 10. Atlanta-based channel 11. Peak time period 12. Speculative "Hmm ..." 13. Pest on a dog 15. Mother de la familia 21. Easily scratched mineral 25. Campaign messaging purchase 26. Complained childishly 28. Go up against 29. Gets the suds off 30. "___ off!" ("The race begins!") 32. W-4 IDs 33. Huge, informally 34. "Time for me to depart!" 35. Succeeds in multiple arenas 37. Didn't make reservations? 42. Strike up the ___ 46. Confess 48. Puccini opera about an opera singer 50. Green stuff in a pond 51. Long, thin fungus in ramen 52. Allude (to) 53. Siete + uno 55. Transcript figs. 57. Unit of length 59. Old ___ (58-Across seasoning) 61. "There ___ no words" 62. Some boxing victories, for short