Universal Crossword May 8, 2024 Answers

1. Pale purple shade 6. Pub projectile 10. Drink whose logo has two lizards 14. Smiling Face with Heart-Eyes or Loudly Crying Face 15. Frankenstein's assistant 16. Opera solo 17. Implied 18. "Star Trek" role for George Takei 19. Final 20. *Country trio with the 2002 hit "These Days" 23. "Abbott Elementary" airer 26. Performing pair 27. Felt hat 28. Anyone born in the 1950s 30. ___ monster (desert lizard) 32. Go bad 33. *Vendors at a weekly market 36. "Taylor Swift: The ___ Tour" (2023 film) 37. Hawaii's Mauna ___ 38. Leave out 42. *Colorful reef dwellers 47. Sweet potato 50. Clickable desktop image 51. Simple shelter 52. Kind of short play 54. Plead 55. Debtor's letters 56. "Relax!" ... or a advice to a solver who can't figure out what's hidden in each starred clue's answer 60. ___ Mountains (Eurasian range) 61. Lab container 62. "Don't slouch!" 66. U.S. immigration policy for "Dreamers" 67. "Anything ___?" 68. Delete 69. Squeezes (out) 70. Avocado pit, e.g. 71. Competitive personality

1. Marathon segment 2. Texter's "I think ..." 3. Parking place 4. Open a little 5. Strong fortress 6. '70s music genre 7. Water, in Barcelona 8. Tootsie ___ 9. Chocolate confection named for a prized underground mushroom 10. Cobb or Caesar 11. One on a soapbox, maybe 12. Cafe 13. Patronizes, as a 12-Down 21. Hang ten, say 22. Shakespearean king 23. Well-qualified 24. Unrefined sort 25. ___-Cola 29. Ship's sail holder 30. What an athlete might pull 31. Apple on a desk? 34. Iams competitor 35. Couch 39. Bite-size 40. Comparison words 41. You, way back when? 43. Like calorie-dense desserts 44. Four, for Ariana Grande's vocal range 45. Actor Guinness 46. The 3,955-piece "Home Alone" McCallisters' house, e.g. 47. "Sup man!" 48. Parka relative 49. Major pest 53. Map book 54. Bundled, as hay 57. Repulsive 58. Soothe 59. Like a poodle's coat 63. Kind of dance for Savion Glover 64. Employ 65. Little green veggie