Universal Crossword January 17, 2025 Answers

1. Defendant's excuse 6. Drink noisily 11. Zero-calorie chips 14. Marcus Aurelius or Augustus Caesar 15. Headlong rush 16. ___ Hatter 17. New England seafood soup 19. Make faces for the camera 20. Wily 21. Certain hair dye 22. Make less challenging 23. Plant's start 24. Preserved, as pork 26. Dessert that may be full of "lava" 31. Great Lake with the longest shoreline 32. 401(k) relatives 33. MLB sportscaster Barber 36. Aid in crime 37. Wonder ___ (superhero) 39. Make angry 40. Prefix with "metric" 41. Gad about 42. Stop 43. Fruity dessert with a top crust 47. Skydiver's sensation 49. Israeli circle dance 50. Hilarious person 51. Public square 53. Wooden pin 56. Greeting to a mouse? 57. Kernels in a rich sauce 60. Three: Prefix 61. House temporarily 62. Country also known as Bharat and Hindustan 63. Vote in favor 64. Basketmaking supplies 65. First occurrence

1. Electric discharge shapes 2. Kick back and relax 3. "It's possible" 4. Collision sound 5. City near Seoul 6. Television Hall of Famer Rhimes 7. Grassy yard 8. Federal farming agcy. 9. Mail delivery path: Abbr. 10. Miles ___ hour 11. Irrelevant 12. Underlying reason 13. Trimmed the border of 18. It's below the ankle 22. Large mammal in British Columbia 23. Resident of Glasgow 24. Glance over 25. Two-yr. degrees 26. Spiced tea 27. Airline centers 28. Black-and-white treat, redundantly 29. Lassie's master 30. Period of history 34. "Do it or ___!" 35. Venison source 37. Was dressed in 38. Rower's implement 39. Musician and actress McEntire 41. Button that starts taping 42. Truckers' medium of communication 44. Menopause treatment, for short 45. Tourney winners 46. Trickle out of a waffle iron, say 47. Activist Thunberg 48. Like the phoenix 51. Transportation secretary Buttigieg 52. Praise 53. Keurig K-Cups, e.g. 54. Lake that feeds the Niagara River 55. Annoying insect 57. Manual lifesaving method, for short 58. Regret 59. Sanjay Gupta's channel