Universal Crossword July 2, 2022 Answers

1. Casual pace 5. "That's my intention" 12. Surrealist painter Magritte 13. Jokes seriously 15. Play parts, or plays a part 16. With respect to 18. Often-unhelpful customer support option 20. Tennis great Monica 22. Six-time NBA MVP ___ Abdul-Jabbar 23. Softball stat 26. Easy ___, easy go 27. Apt rhyme for "glide" 28. Bruno Mars song whose title is sung before "like one, two, three" 30. Auction grouping 31. No. 1 thing at a sports game? 32. 50% of the usual pace 34. Inquired about 37. Overly 40. Heated and styled 41. Appealing quality 43. Bonet of "Angel Heart" 44. "I'm at my wits' ___!" 45. Appliance that may be slow 46. Miniature image on Twitch 48. Split the bill 49. Emphatic, elided adjective 53. Dreary 54. Form a labor union 55. Deer group 56. Sooner or later (but probably later) 57. Beret holder, in French

1. They're left in the snow 2. Place to play pool, perhaps 3. Most populous Canadian province 4. Dipped a toe in, metaphorically or literally 5. "The cat's pajamas," e.g. 6. ___-up energy 7. Back muscle, for short 8. Summer drink suffix 9. "Tiny Desk Concerts" station 10. Scots' caps 11. "After further consideration ..." 14. "Until we meet again!" 17. Lesbian who may or may not be attracted to butches 19. Geography contest 21. Visionary 23. Insulted devastatingly 24. Collided with 28. Vampire's resting place 29. Score such as 20-20 31. Motorist's distress signal 33. Put two and two together? 34. Skilled enough 35. Goo in some oddly satisfying videos 36. State north of North Macedonia 38. Where a squirrel might find food 39. It's loaded near a lode 41. Fish hidden backward in "haddock" 42. Dr. Jekyll's alter ego 45. ___ Island (New York's "Playground of the World") 47. Thus 48. Great Sphinx's home 50. On the ___ (in flight) 51. Hour after noon 52. Snapchat clip, briefly