Universal Crossword July 14, 2025 Answers

1. Utter joy 5. Folktales, e.g. 9. Copper + zinc 14. Not phony 15. Agenda bit 16. "The Tortoise and the Hare" storyteller 17. Indian tourist city on the Yamuna River 18. Response to "Marco!" 19. Talk back? 20. Cheese sometimes flavored with hot peppers 23. Opposite of WSW 24. Kinda sorta 25. "Terrible" age 28. Free-roaming horse 32. Consume celery sticks, say 34. Hoodwink 35. Small contribution to a tip jar 37. Word after "French" or "free" 40. Fish such as a manta 41. Surface for working a jigsaw puzzle 42. Have a lasting effect 45. Winter hrs. in Pittsburgh 46. Like a hero who deserves credit 47. Tooth care specialist 50. Tofu protein 51. 1975 ABBA hit whose title is a palindrome 53. Many, many moons 54. Male assistant, or a hint to 20-, 35- or 42-Across 60. Exfoliating product 63. Like the Sahara 64. Roof overhang 65. Coral formation 66. Summer camp setting 67. Telly watcher 68. Like melted marshmallows 69. Googly-___ 70. Oolong and rooibos

1. Mama's mama 2. Colorful building block 3. Bring home, as a salary 4. Makes ecstatic 5. See what somebody's saying? 6. Midwestern native 7. Depend (on) 8. Face blowing a kiss, for example 9. Graph with rectangles 10. Smell terrible 11. Snake in "Raiders of the Lost Ark" 12. Sonoran sun 13. "Harriet the ___" (kid-lit classic) 21. Sinus doc 22. On the Mediterranean, maybe 25. Indigenous groups 26. Financial ctr. in Manhattan 27. Forest fledgling 28. EGOT winner Rita 29. Feeling anxious 30. "Cheers" regular 31. Queer representation advocacy org. 33. Up in the air, for short 34. Mediocre grade 36. U-shaped stringed instrument 38. "Law & Order" spinoff, familiarly 39. How a good decision might be made 43. Super eager 44. Worked, as dough 48. Whole bunch 49. Still making payments 52. Fossil-yielding rock 54. ___ out (eliminate as a possibility) 55. What a busboy may carry 56. Walk through nature 57. Mother of a foal 58. Sneaker brand 59. Brooklyn hoopsters 60. Mattress issue 61. IT VIP 62. Pooh's hopping pal