Universal Crossword May 3, 2022 Answers

1. Toot your own horn 5. Waffle brand 9. Sound of a perfect basketball shot 14. Put to sleep, perhaps 15. Queen consort of Jordan 16. Japanese bread crumbs 17. *"You kids hush now!" 19. Muppet with a rubber duckie 20. Gambler's wager 21. Genome molecule 22. Game of checkers? 23. Back talk 25. Ingredient in fries, informally 27. "Dropped" drug 30. *Flying saucer's purpose 34. Artist Yoko 35. Christmas lights might hang from one 36. "Mad Men" hat 37. Gear teeth 39. Psychic power, briefly 41. Knighted fellows 42. Impede 45. Part of B.A. 48. Army bed 49. *When college students may hit the beach 51. Triage ctrs. 52. En pointe, in ballet 53. "Judge" of taste 55. It floats up the flue 57. He/him/___ 59. Big name in cubism? 63. Alumnae, e.g. 64. *Complete 180 (Note: The title hints at what can follow both words of each starred clue's answer) 66. Declares 67. Diagram type with circles 68. Cut loose 69. Unlike this clue, which is far too wordy and could have simply been just "curt" 70. CEO, CFO, COO or CTO 71. "I've ___ better"

1. Jul. 4 cookouts 2. Defeat soundly 3. Big song at the Met 4. Some speak fluent Klingon 5. Finish 6. *"Talked your way out of that!" 7. Oscar night dress 8. Lavishly decorated 9. Titular org. in a 2015 Bond film 10. "Extreme Sour" candies 11. What only you can hear 12. Goes down a snowy hill, say 13. Tools to break up soil 18. Taunt 24. The aptly named business Face It, for one 26. DOJ division 27. Bodies of water that sound secure 28. Be nosy 29. One who makes a boxer look smart? 31. Labor activist Chavez 32. Editor's catch 33. Isn't just a fad 38. Bad eggs or rotten eggs 40. *"To continue in English, ___" 43. Like a strong feeling 44. "The GOAT" hides it 46. "The Joy Luck Club" author Amy 47. Hybrid activewear garment 50. "Act nice!" 54. Polishes 55. Sultan of ___ (Babe Ruth nickname) 56. "You're in my way!" 58. Goat with curved horns 60. Naked 61. Slushy treat 62. Avid 65. Tar Heels' sch.