Universal Crossword January 24, 2024 Answers

1. Strategy 5. Does some basic math 9. Gothic church topper 14. Ambience 15. Ark architect 16. Sudden fright 17. McDonald's window (Note the last 2 letters of this answer + the first 4 of 19-Across) 19. Jargon 20. "Bye!" 21. Trojan tale 23. Long sandwich 25. Sings jazz without lyrics 28. Wished, as a farewell (... last 2 letters of this answer + the first 4 of 31-Across) 31. Gave the willies 36. Old Italian currency 37. In style 38. Pen brand 39. Like a spoken exam 40. Drinks from a fountain? 42. Lavish love (on) 43. Nail polish maker 44. Laura of "Jurassic World Dominion" 45. Groovy 46. Opera pioneer Claudio (... last 5 letters of this answer + the first 2 of 50-Across) 50. Corner key on a PC 51. "Baloney!" 52. Albeit, briefly 54. Written compositions 58. "Gotcha," to a beatnik 62. With 65-Across, some boxing results ... and a theme hint 65. See 62-Across 67. Name that anagrams to "Ellis" 68. Hardly at all 69. Camp beds 70. Busybody 71. Ferret's relative 72. Short commercial

1. Cricket batters' protective gear 2. Tempt 3. "Voyage to India" singer India.___ 4. Elite fighter 5. Colonial insect 6. Where Qatar Airways is based 7. Have the nerve 8. Steer clear of 9. Join, as film 10. Moneymaker for Google 11. Roadside lodging 12. Oil-drilling apparatus 13. "Green" prefix 18. ___ de toilette 22. Telepathy, e.g. 24. Confidentially loops in 26. In addition 27. Courting sort 28. What aptly bookends "blossom" 29. Heat without oil at a movie theater, say 30. Saps of energy 32. ___ Island (smallest state) 33. Downy duck 34. Greeting from Hallmark.com 35. Immune system component 41. Bad mood 42. "Wonder Woman" publisher 47. Believer in a creator 48. Latino Walk of Fame's SoCal neighborhood 49. Some are Beetles 53. That guy's 55. Namesake of an inedible apple? 56. Himalayan legend 57. All-in-one printer option 59. Basketball target 60. Enthusiastic about 61. (Yo, listen up!) 62. Foxlike 63. Circular type of chart 64. Novelist Deighton 66. Texter's "No idea"