Universal Crossword December 9, 2023 Answers

1. Region 5. Really enjoyed oneself 14. Mireille of "Lucky Hank" and "The Killing" 15. Example of negative self-talk 17. Google thermostat, or a cozy home 18. Congresspeople may vote along them 19. Stooge whose birth name was Moses 20. Area at an end of a church 21. Insect in a cloud 22. Usually dry streams 24. Rock that's an anagram of "tearing" 27. Expressions of joy 28. Wear down 29. Musical notes 30. Book series in which teens transform into beasts 34. Rowing machine, for short 35. Make into mush 36. "___ It Go" 37. Adopted canine 40. Top part of a princess costume 42. Sprinter Bolt 43. Meal often served at a wedding 44. Attempt to confirm psychic powers 47. Least sparse 48. In-flight beverage? 49. Compresses, as a file 50. "Cool!" 51. Classic item to slip on 55. Bread served with baba ghanoush or hummus 56. "Forward," for Wisconsin 57. Revise 58. Be free of anxiety at night 59. Nickname for Jose

1. Supremely chill person 2. Number of items in a non-empty set 3. Some facial jewelry 4. Winter hrs. in Boston 5. Rhinos' distant relatives 6. Collect 7. Truth or ___ 8. Toward the stern 9. ___ to Breakers (annual San Francisco race) 10. Small, informally 11. It straightens teeth 12. Like most Muslims 13. Motivator for a puppy 16. One of the Haim sisters 20. "For" votes 23. Spanish "Bravo!" 24. "In the Hall of the Mountain King" composer 25. Place to emulate the locals, proverbially 26. Hubbub 28. Energy company that went bankrupt in 2001 30. Check of tax returns 31. It ends with a touchdown 32. "Some advice for you ..." 33. Bit of information in an offer letter 35. Spherical veggies 38. Cheap 39. Function 40. Shiny containers 41. "Walk-___ welcome" 43. Put into action 44. Wanes 45. Bottom spots? 46. Like some codes and colonies 47. Feeding regimens 49. Catherine ___-Jones 52. Word next to a birth name 53. Sound booster 54. Macabre writer, or the first three letters of his occupation 55. What some rallies inspire