Universal Crossword January 27, 2022 Answers

1. Ali ___ 5. Nudge 9. "Forever Your Girl" singer Paula 14. Beyond dry 15. Chicago mayor Lightfoot 16. Like myths about Asgard 17. *What a British chef says after botching a pasta topping? 19. Fluctuates wildly 20. ___-Wan Kenobi 21. Blast producer 22. Perfect basketball shot 24. Ancient Japanese assassins 26. *Earworm? 29. Stories that can be read backward? 30. Complete, as this puzzle 31. WOW upside down 32. Seat 34. Go to a diner, say 36. Letters before a texter's POV 39. Time off, briefly ... or two letters dropped from each starred clue's answer 41. Coffee dispensers 42. Lipton packet 44. Painter's support 46. "... and the list goes on": Abbr. 47. Stale-smelling 49. Sprays near waterfalls 53. *Build farm enclosures? 55. Mr. Peanut's headwear 56. Zesty dip ... or dance 57. Corn serving 58. Tipper's banknote, often 59. "Time is money," e.g. 61. *Young cat's Elizabethan collar? 64. Coyotes' cries 65. Sandy shade 66. Nourish 67. Liability's counterpart 68. Appear 69. 10:9 or 8:7

1. Conductors wave them 2. Saudi ___ 3. Sharp, like a cold wind 4. Name hidden in "lead actress" 5. Strategies 6. Beat decisively 7. Tolkien beast 8. What keeps a trucker going? 9. "Do you have a guess?" 10. Uplift 11. Deadpan comedy 12. G.I. entertainers 13. "___ Miz" 18. Squirrel away 23. Is indecisive 25. Twin of Esau 26. Charlotte hoopsters 27. Any thing 28. CPR pros 30. "Cheap Thrills" singer 33. Bickers 35. Flower in a 17th-century Dutch economic bubble 36. Tabloid twosome 37. Prefix with "physical" 38. Fine-toothed hand tools 40. February 29, 2020, but not February 29, 2022 43. Most abundant 45. University near Georgia Tech 48. Mambas and boas 50. Chased away 51. Sun-kissed 52. Mounts of yore 54. Two under par 55. Channing of "Magic Mike" 57. Raison d'___ 59. "Caught ya!" 60. Hairstyles, informally 62. Diamonds, slangily 63. Money exec