Universal Crossword July 23, 2025 Answers

1. Specialty (In this answer, note letters 2-5) 6. First gentleman? 10. Male turkey 13. "Get it?" 14. Colorful toy bricks, casually 16. Mined find 17. Dining table decoration (... letters 8-11) 19. Golf course standard 20. Supportive garments 21. Frightful 23. Sagest 26. What's depicted on the Just Visiting space in Monopoly (... letters 3-6) 27. Checked the license of, e.g. 28. (Kerplunk) 30. "___ guesses?" 31. Small time? 32. Primary 33. Astronomer Sagan 35. Field that contains quantum mechanics (... letters 5-8) 40. Composer Satie 41. Sailor's septet 42. ___ Paulo 43. Book drive org., often 44. Ding 45. VA concern 46. Cats with tricolor coats (... letters 4-7) 49. Stands up, as a date 51. Examples used as comparisons: Var. 52. Giraffe marking 53. Shar-___ 54. Strike up a conversation, say ... or what five entries in this puzzle do (with a greeting formed by their extra letters!) 59. Go astray 60. Start playing tennis 61. Deli order request 62. German article 63. Fret 64. Rib eye, e.g.

1. Manhattan's home, for short 2. "The Studio" actor Barinholtz 3. Christiane Amanpour's channel 4. Active place 5. Decorative pitchers 6. Swiss setting in "Frankenstein" 7. Opus ___ 8. Feature of a cross-generational relationship 9. Chewy rice cake 10. Some year-end recaps 11. By mouth 12. "Little Women" star Streep 15. Close tightly 18. Group in the original "Ocean's 11" film 22. Signs of surgery 23. Tendril of smoke 24. Creative spark 25. Supervillains' hideouts, perhaps 26. Family to "keep up with" 29. Small, for short 32. Personal Nintendo avatar 33. Popular AI tool 34. Shakespearean cries 36. Fall behind 37. Farm enclosure 38. Covering that might be signed with a "get well soon" message 39. Rolls out a lawn 43. Bakery-cafe chain 44. Mojave, for one 45. Strong, like a medicine 46. Like some superheroes 47. Corn holders 48. Fairy-tale foes 50. Hostess snack cakes 52. Present unfairly 55. "___ Maria" 56. Rage 57. Texter's "Bye!" 58. "A mouse!"