Universal Crossword July 1, 2021 Answers

1. "Swanky" Spice Girl 5. Green stuff on a log 9. Hockey disks 14. What lets you mix and match? 16. Atmospheric gas 17. Rights, as a wrong 18. Printer need 19. Cat or ferret 20. "Lights out" bugle call 22. Thoroughly evaluate 23. Savings options, briefly 24. Seek favor from 26. Conductor ___-Pekka Salonen 27. Big ___, California 28. Poke 29. Way, way out 31. Overly 32. "My bad!" 34. "Understood" 37. Deadlock 39. Environmental devastation at human hands 41. Tribute involving insults 42. Like some rail fare pricing 44. Rubbish receptacle 45. One may be dropped in conversation 47. Illness often treated with exposure therapy: Abbr. 48. Fate, quaintly 49. Degree higher than an M.A. 51. Dogs that clean themselves like cats 53. Partner of "haw" 54. Cochlea's organ 55. Camera's "eye" 56. ___ cat (rich donor) 57. Speed for many cinematic showdowns 59. Sterling example? 64. Falcon claw 65. Exercises using the crisscross technique, say 66. Skateboarding leap 67. Celebrity 68. "This ___ over!"

1. Hand-holding, e.g., briefly 2. ___ milk (vegan drink) 3. *Fire safety phrase 4. Jazz pianist Earl 5. Dosage amts. 6. Ungraceful person 7. *#LikeAGirl commercials, e.g. 8. Skunk's defense 9. *Leprechauns' troves 10. Actress Aduba 11. Sporty vehicles' roofs, and a hint to the starred answers' first words 12. Brought to one's ___ (trounced) 13. "Always Comfortable" mattress maker 15. After taxes 21. School grp. 23. CNN's Chris 24. Experts 25. Jennifer who had a No. 1 album and movie in 2001 27. Mix with a spoon 28. *"Circles" singer 30. Green New Deal rep. 33. One might kibitz about a klutz 35. "Break a leg," for one 36. Circus structure 38. Simile center 40. Mama of '60s music 43. *Declines to participate 46. Scrape (by) 49. Green pasta sauce 50. Kosher, in Islam 52. Dressed for cuddling 53. Asian capital on the Red River 56. New Deal prez 58. "Who, me?" 60. Thurman of "Kill Bill" 61. "Code Switch" station 62. High score for a gymnast 63. "C'___ la vie!"