Universal Crossword November 2, 2025 Answers

1. Kind of rug 5. Scattered, as seeds 9. Whopper's smaller relative 12. Wood splitter, perhaps 15. Tomato plant, e.g. 16. "Check your phone later" 17. Certain toothed whale 18. Lackey 19. The Fever, for one 21. Satellite ___ 23. It may have runners 24. The Devil 27. Stick (out) 29. Snares 32. Ever so slightly 33. "Mm-mmm!" 35. Actress Vardalos 36. "Stay safe, please!" 39. Cheer at a flamenco performance 40. Bad blood 41. Tennis court dividers 42. Straighten 44. Mathematician Lovelace whose first name is a palindrome 45. Animal that may become a rescue pet 46. Stretched tight 48. City featured in local ads? 50. Mensch 53. Barrels toward 57. Bad times 58. "Everything's fine" 60. "Fine" 61. Dramatic sagas 62. Like some home repairs, briefly 63. Classic slow cooker meal 64. Start to drip, as ice cream

1. Pair worn on a lift 2. "Go no farther!" 3. The dinosaur in Pixar's "The Good Dinosaur" 4. Athlete's drink 5. Course covering contraception, for short 6. Birth mo. for many Libras 7. Response to a ludicrous suggestion 8. Midday 9. Performer who lights up the stage? 10. Ancient Quechua speaker 11. Smile radiantly 13. Pop duo ___ and Sara 14. Places to grab a pint 15. Ballot marker 20. "OTOH ..." 22. ___ Oluo, author of "Be a Revolution: How Everyday People Are Fighting Oppression and Changing the World" 24. Polynesian nation whose largest island is Savai'i 25. In the slightest 26. "Over to you!" 28. Mint in the movie "Juno" 30. Michelangelo sculpture in St. Peter's Basilica 31. Full of attitude 33. Slip into 34. "Don't be ___!" ("Step right up!") 37. Part of the family? 38. As a twosome 43. Like Jupiter 45. Unproductive period 47. Sunbathes 49. "Time flies like an ___; fruit flies like a banana" 50. Lump of dirt 51. Trickster in Norse mythology 52. Speaks lovingly 54. Achy 55. Persnickety 56. Assay or essay, perhaps 59. "Great" primate