Universal Crossword October 1, 2024 Answers

1. What the postal service delivers 5. Was in pain 10. Cries of discovery 14. Unwanted skin spots 15. Scoundrel 16. What holds your pants up 17. Fathers 18. Gently taps a baseball 19. French fashion magazine 20. Follower of "Gator" or "Power" 21. Join (in) 23. Thanksgiving dessert 24. Stand ___ (baker's appliance) 26. Plop down 27. Crunchy Kit Kat layer 29. Natural hairstyle 30. Opposite of WSW 31. Flightless Australian birds 32. Apple's ___ 18 33. Some Korean TVs 34. Name hidden in "It's all right" 35. "___ your own business!" 37. Coke and Pepsi 39. Thick type of carpeting 42. Microsoft web browser 43. Paul, in Italian 44. Tall structure for storing grain 45. "I told you so!" 46. Pesters persistently 48. "And ... go!" 49. Sound of mock laughter 51. Baby cat 53. ___ Major (Big Dipper's constellation) 55. Board game simulating a real existence 56. Deep throws in basketball ... or what the answers to this puzzle's starred clues comprise? 61. Corridor 62. Friend 63. One-named Irish singer 64. Website for craftspeople 65. Pigpen 66. Recolored, as hair

1. Polite address for a woman 2. National park in Maine 3. *Digit often held up to indicate "one" 4. ___ Schwab tires 5. "Fantastic Four" actress Jessica 6. College student's burden 7. *Large canine with a sensitive nose 8. House liquidation event 9. Where a mouse often resides? 10. "Honest" prez 11. *Useful tip to guide you along 12. Partners in war 13. Turn, as a car 21. NBA players, say 22. Female sheep 25. Whittle away 28. Collect 35. Gel (with) 36. Result of brainstorming 37. Thinly distributed 38. Aaron who wrote "The Social Network" 40. ___ vera 41. Hospital patient's attire 46. Ever so slightly 47. Weeded out lumps in 50. Throws far away 52. Itty-bitty 54. Games downloaded on a tablet, e.g. 55. Pond flower with a pad 56. Fill-in-___-blank 57. Baseball cap, for one 58. Cereal grain 59. Bread for a pastrami sandwich 60. Feeling blue