Universal Crossword January 17, 2024 Answers

1. Halloween greeting 4. Presidential helper 8. Piercing tool 11. Body part that appears while sitting 12. Soccer score 13. Eeyore's friend 15. *Curly and company 19. "Why not!" 20. "Girl on Fire" singer Alicia 21. Leave the stage 23. Dutch cheese 26. Grp. that meets after school 28. Detergent brand 29. ___ for (pick) 31. *"Brick" band 35. Orthodontic device 37. ___ Claire, Wisconsin 38. Traffic tangle 39. Beehives, e.g. 41. Chicken motions 45. Sch. for chefs, or a secretive org. 47. '40s menswear item 49. *Home of the Slurpee 53. Flightless bird 54. Soup with a Hanoi style 55. Affirmative vote 56. Newspaper section that covers movies 58. Tiny bit 60. "___ She Lovely" 63. It has a nucleus 66. Not as good anymore ... or what the answers to the starred clues have become? 70. Holier-than-___ 71. 1985 whodunit named for a board game 72. Christiane Amanpour's station 73. "Uh-huh" 74. Word with "a promise" or "a secret" 75. Baby goat

1. Crispy sandwiches, briefly 2. Home to Pearl Harbor 3. One of Gilbert and Sullivan's 14 4. Give it ___ (try) 5. Promissory note 6. Like a theater that isn't in use 7. Otherwise 8. Judas was a traitorous one 9. Court romantically 10. Theater box 14. Curses 16. Gave some chow to 17. Error in a text 18. Apple assistant 22. Price add-on 24. Superhero's power 25. "All the President's ___" 27. What an American might need to shave in Europe 29. Surgery sites: Abbr. 30. Ballpoint ___ 32. Name that's a lair backward 33. Suddenly stood still 34. Hauls into court 36. St. Louis has a big one 40. Sun, in Seville 42. Tool for breaking? 43. ___ Stanley Robinson (sci-fi author) 44. Alphabet trio that's also a name 46. Believed the whole story 48. Eggs 49. Prefix with -center 50. Home of the Rooty Tooty Fresh 'N Fruity 51. Dropped hints about 52. Scrub down 57. Black goo 59. Like volcanic air 61. Where an Adam's apple is 62. Mosaic element 64. Luxury hotel chain 65. Fix up 67. Low digit 68. McClanahan of "The Golden Girls" 69. Vim