Universal Crossword July 2, 2025 Answers

1. Move both the king and a rook, in chess 7. Vegas WNBAers 11. Colorful card game 14. Unconcerned with ethics 15. Tree with cones 16. Briefly go undercover? 17. *FDR radio address 19. Scarfed down 20. Perfect places 21. Levine of Maroon 5 22. Soooo much 23. "The Office" character ___ Flenderson 25. First performance 27. Currency in Mexico 30. *Major annoyance 34. Digitize 35. Santa ___, California 36. Sesh after a panel 37. Sweetheart 38. Nepalis who live in the Himalayas 41. Stock market index, with "the" 42. "Remember the ___!" 44. MLK's was 1/15/1929 45. Laura of "Marriage Story" 46. *"Fast X" co-star 49. The day after Pi Day, e.g. 50. Liquid-Plumr competitor 51. Black, white and Earl Grey brews 53. 10 square chains 55. Purple superfood 57. Sleeping spots for houseguests 61. Anguish 62. Certain updo ... or what each starred clue's answer has? 64. "Abbott Elementary" principal 65. "___ go anywhere!" 66. Like Baroque architecture 67. "Certainly!" 68. Flabbergasts 69. After surgery, for short

1. Spot for a coffee date 2. In the thick of 3. Like a poor loser 4. New Jersey's capital 5. Rope at a rodeo 6. Yalie 7. Acted like 8. Insect that may emerge after 13 years 9. Coating for an incisor 10. ___ the scene 11. Not being watched 12. Org. with a phonetic alphabet 13. Unlatch, say 18. Beginning of a vacation 22. Coolness, in Gen Z slang 24. Dude, to a surfer 26. Jul. 4 cookouts 27. "Yeah, right" 28. Explanation for a food recall 29. "Grand Theft Auto" location named for a fault 31. Three-foot units 32. Love to pieces 33. Occurs to, with "on" 38. Drink that dentists dislike 39. Like some justice 40. Qualified 43. Insignificant 45. Removes from the will, say 47. One after another 48. Epoch when mammals arose 52. Certain Houston athlete 53. On vacation 54. Inlet 56. Insects with a carpenter variety 58. Automaker headquartered in Turin 59. Regarding 60. Part of a procedure 62. Agcy. once called the Bureau of Chemistry 63. "___ on Pop" (Dr. Seuss book)