Universal Crossword December 17, 2023 Answers

1. 2.54 centimeters, roughly 5. Was tickled, perhaps 14. Draped garment 15. "That's my own fault" 17. Las Vegas WNBA team 18. Shrewdly conducted exchange 19. "I figured it out!" 20. Give a heads-up 21. 122 square miles, for Malta 22. Jam alternative 24. TV award 27. Gentlemen 28. Android Cupcake or Froyo 32. Smell skunky 34. Identity-concealing name 36. Dynasty before the Tang 37. Play place with a kitchen 40. Oft-torn knee part: Abbr. 41. Many OPEC meeting attendees 42. Momentary lack 43. Hard-to-convince sort 45. Group with the most widely circulated magazine in the U.S. 46. Chive's relative 47. Date for an event 50. Up the ___ (raise the stakes) 53. Back muscles, for short 54. Act immorally 55. Paragons of unfairness 59. Message such as "plz call me" 60. Person making Fluffy fluffy 61. The "U" in UI 62. Is very disoriented 63. Main part of an essay

1. Asimov who defined the Three Laws of Robotics 2. Cheesy chip 3. Frozen orange treat 4. That guy's 5. Foot-operated cymbals 6. Love a lot 7. Laura of "Big Little Lies" 8. Total jerk 9. Juneteenth advocate Opal 10. Creative output 11. Invisible beams that can clean 12. Reverse or drive 13. Something to do when "it" counts 16. Meaning of "cha" in "matcha" 20. Stay for overtime pay, perhaps 23. Singer whose name is often stylized with an exclamation mark 24. Bad things 25. Serving between snacks 26. Woman living at the 90th parallel north 29. "Hmm, yeah" 30. Belonging to us 31. "Nick at ___" 32. Massage spots 33. Watch sound 34. Taken ___ 35. Breed with yellow and chocolate varieties, for short 38. Smallest Great Lake, by volume 39. Crew equipment 44. Promise 45. Changes 47. The NBA's Reggie Miller, e.g. 48. Vetoed 49. What a general admission ticket grants 50. The Matterhorn or the Lagginhorn 51. "Not in a million years" and "When pigs fly" 52. British gallery name 53. Peruvian capital 56. Triage places: Abbr. 57. Cinco menos tres 58. "Polka" follower 59. But spelled in reverse?