Universal Crossword February 17, 2024 Answers

1. Contractor's woes? 11. "Gee willikers!" 15. "My goose is cooked!" 16. "Once more ___ the breach ..." 17. "Maybe ... ish ..." 18. Vaper's device 19. Barely defeated 20. Mariners 22. 1/60 of a min. 24. Suzanne Vega, for Barnard, e.g. 25. Muppet with a unibrow 28. Jekyll's counterpart 30. Guy who's into girls and guys 33. Maker of Funny Bunny nail polish 34. Criticize severely 35. Crack, as a cipher 36. Totally wreck 38. "In the Heights" composer Lin-Manuel 39. (So funny!) 40. Throw gently 41. Rug rat 42. One Time thing? 43. Didn't float 44. "What a disaster!" 45. Acela trains' company 47. Nine-digit ID 49. Lebanese salad 52. Actor Knight who reprised his "Seinfeld" role for a mail-in voting PSA 56. Tutorial website 57. Campfire dessert with a fruit "vessel" 59. Starburst? 60. Website with pages for "Woman Dancing" and "Cat with Wry Smile" 61. Hair colorist, essentially 62. Throwing weapons also called shuriken

1. Button of approval on social media 2. In the center of 3. Gavel noise 4. Least conventional 5. Apt-sounding surname for a lit major 6. Faux ___ 7. Big fusses 8. "Lay it on me!" 9. Italian name for Christmas 10. Muddled situation 11. Picasso painting that inspired Faith Ringgold's "Die" 12. How often a full moon is visible, roughly 13. Start to wake up 14. Pigs that anagram to 11-Across 21. Yellow-orange hues 23. Snowboarding prodigy Kim 25. Buddhist concept for which a notable tree is named 26. Olympic swords 27. Overcomes 29. "Woot!" 31. Extra feature 32. "Nifty!" 34. "You're ___ go" 35. Circular game pieces 37. Hand-to-hand combat? 38. MLK Day falls on it 40. Gone up against 43. Sausage in a deli slicer 44. How bad decisions are often made 46. Singer Blades of salsa's Fania All-Stars 48. Exchanges 49. Work, as a bar 50. "How arrrrr you?" 51. Islamic pilgrimage 53. "Star Wars" sage 54. Big name in clearing out pits? 55. H's, in Greek 58. Long whose character in "Missing" goes missing