Universal Crossword December 8, 2021 Answers

1. They're above abs 5. Event with deep-fried food 9. Dishonest person 14. Sentry's order 15. Gladys Knight's range 16. Spew lava 17. Ideal piece of pasta, e.g., informally? 19. Gets together 20. "Seriously!" 21. Thing for walking the dog? 23. Type of sauce in teriyaki dishes 24. Tickled doll 26. Skirts with a pancake variety 28. Query 31. "I've never heard that song sung in two keys simultaneously," for one? 35. Bit of kindling 37. Ready 38. Switch topics 39. Thing to keep your eye on 40. "Bear" related to a wombat 43. Go on a tirade 44. One with many world views? 46. ___ the groundwork 47. Confessional confessions 48. Complicated network of relationships at Buckingham Palace? 52. BOS rival, in baseball 53. Postpone 54. "Table" or "sea" follower 56. Do something 58. Strongly against 60. Lift 63. Prickly plant 65. "My life has been reduced to these few sentences on a dust jacket!"? 69. Male deer 70. Peter, Paul and Marry, for one 71. Project details, briefly 72. Feature of 70-Across's clue 73. Tidbit of vanilla

1. Tammy Duckworth's deg. 2. Bring in, as money 3. Activist and poet Wade 4. Not fresh 5. One might have a nose wire 6. Apple pie ___ mode 7. Modest response to praise 8. "Mr. ___" (Styx song) 9. Show stoppers? 10. Mine cart cargo 11. "Nope, try once more" 12. No more than 13. Site for handmade goods 18. Breast ___ (baby-feeding option) 22. Loud laugh sound 25. Cookie that can be personalized 27. Lyft alternatives 28. Chance to hit 29. Mowed path 30. Did a crossword in the waiting room, say 32. Even a little 33. Like eggs over easy 34. "Heavens to ___!" 36. What polarized lenses reduce 41. What bills might become 42. 12 months before now 45. To the extent that 49. Longing 50. One who creates 51. Chatter indiscreetly 55. Charges, as at windmills 56. Alphabet 57. Corn or barley 59. Wee, cutesily 61. Certain 62. Lake by Toledo 64. Theater chain 66. Tree's "blood" 67. Weightlifter's pride, briefly