Universal Crossword May 29, 2025 Answers

1. Disturb 6. Public square 11. ___ pal 14. Accra's country 15. Made more bearable 16. Two halves 17. *Was optimistic (In this answer, see letters 4-9) 19. Golden object in "Jack and the Beanstalk" 20. Suddenly bright stars 21. On the Caribbean, say 23. Instance 24. *Wryly humorous (... letters 2-4) 27. Miscalculations 29. Crime for a pyromaniac 30. Org. whose flag has 12 stars 31. Cereal grains 33. "Presto!" 36. Physique, slangily 37. *Fruit with a narrow top (... letters 3-5) 40. Pop 41. Compete in an aquatic meet 43. Action 44. Thing sent in a birthday text 46. Accounts 48. "I can ___" ("Tell me about it") 50. *Downgraded planet (... letters 4-6) 53. Take a turn, in chess 54. Entered swiftly 55. Cost 57. "Affirmative," in Cologne 58. Have a whack at something, or an instruction for entering each starred clue's answer? 64. For 65. Opposites of odds 66. Princess's accessory 67. ___ Mateo 68. Witherspoon of "You're Cordially Invited" 69. Terminated

1. "Blech!" 2. Vietnam's national dish 3. Tree gunk 4. Catch in a trap 5. Bowlful with ground beef and green chiles, perhaps 6. Antifur grp. 7. Infused with alcohol 8. Volcanic powder 9. Sleeping character? 10. Wednesday on television? 11. Takes someone out 12. Darling 13. Allowed by law 18. Higher than 22. Gait slower than a canter 23. Bank alternative 25. Like a movie that's not for kids 26. ___ Major (Big Dipper's constellation) 27. DIY website 28. Most tender 30. Channel where you can find "Big Bang Theory" reruns 32. Scottish assent 34. Truth or ___ 35. Put two and two together, say 38. Adam's apple location? 39. Find a new home 42. O. Henry's "The Gift of the ___" 45. Collapses, as a tunnel 47. Hang around 49. Discharge 50. Daggers and a cauldron, e.g., in "Macbeth" 51. First lady Bush 52. Unlocks 56. It's over run! 59. "Now ___ seen it all!" 60. Neckline shape 61. Possessed 62. Unrefined mineral 63. Small amount