Universal Crossword February 23, 2026 Answers

1. Large primate 4. Hawaiian greeting or farewell 9. Design detail, briefly 13. ___ Jones 14. Lesser-played part of a 45 15. One may lay a bathroom floor 17. Sports bet based on total points 19. The best and the brightest 20. Put into play 21. Guys at a think tank 23. "Me too" 26. Taking heat 28. "Buckle Up, Dummies" ad, e.g. 29. Give, as duties 31. Scot's "not" 32. Heat source good for drying out a boot 34. Sinbad's setting 36. Sinbad, for one 37. Greek letters after etas 40. ___ up (energize) 41. Cowboy's boot? 44. "I can't believe this," online 46. Crafty 47. Laudatory poem 48. Get going, as a motorcycle 51. In a past life 52. How a fool acts 53. Supporter 55. Painting such as "The Last Supper" 56. Go back to the beginning, as with this puzzle's theme answers? 62. Comic Martin 63. Tea leaves' alternative 64. Disco ___ (the '70s, in music history) 65. Takes a gander at 66. Alpha's counterpart 67. Go for it

1. Fuss 2. Personal take, for short 3. Farm mama 4. Laptop brand from Taiwan 5. Pickup ___ 6. Like all primes except two 7. Giggling syllable 8. Shorten 9. Animal rounded up in a roundup 10. Middle Eastern rice dish 11. What a loss in a tournament often leads to 12. The "c" in etc. 16. Zellweger of "Judy" 18. Bitterly regret 22. Cub's place 23. 15, 30 and 50 are common ones, in brief 24. It's west of the Pacific 25. Singer who is "defrosted" every November 1 26. LA's country 27. Actor Cage, familiarly 29. Each 30. Camera option, for short 33. Shady tree 34. "Where the Sidewalk Ends" author Silverstein 35. "A mouse!" 37. The Horned Frogs of the NCAA 38. "Highway to Hell" band 39. ___-Ball (arcade game) 41. Seeks divine guidance from 42. Common pg. size 43. Back, on a boat 44. Reads rapidly 45. Part of an hour 46. Ga. city 49. Scoundrel 50. Monica who won nine tennis majors 51. Peace activist Yoko 53. Tadpole, eventually 54. Lead-in to "boy" or "girl" 57. Cap that may be plaid 58. "Rules ___ rules" 59. Hound doc 60. Misjudge, say 61. Bit of sunshine