Universal Crossword October 1, 2025 Answers

1. Vocal improvisation in jazz 5. Photo ___ (PR events) 8. Connected electrically 13. Give up, as territory 14. Angelic ring 16. Digital greeting 17. 18-year-___ (many new voters) 18. Stefani of No Doubt 19. Just getting into 20. Australian's "Way to go, friend!" 23. Part of a Santa costume 24. Workplace sub 25. Parts of six-packs 28. Without, in French 30. Like an aspiring attorney's coursework 32. Run a tab 35. 5G service provider 38. Fake 40. Born, in an alumna's life update 41. One of a four on a diamond 42. Pie chart 47. HS student's exam 48. Good to go 49. Vientiane is its capital 51. "The Rise of Skywalker" heroine 52. Splashy bash 55. Bank offerings 58. Software feature that reduces typing time ... and a hint to the ends of 20-, 35- and 42-Across 61. Cast a spell on 64. "Beetle Bailey" dog whose name is a palindrome 65. Cafeteria need 66. Spooky 67. Word in a disappearing act 68. Marginal advantage 69. Marine predators 70. One who counts from one to ten in a ring 71. Colored

1. Barge for garbage 2. Famous person, informally 3. Discombobulate 4. Magnetic flux density units 5. "I don't want that at all!" 6. Minor chess piece 7. Frozen precipitation 8. Started playing for pay 9. Drink similar to a Slurpee 10. "WWE ___" (TV program) 11. Time of note 12. Outlawed pesticide: Abbr. 15. Treater's words 21. Dully colored 22. Clock toggle 25. Name after aka 26. Lightweight wood 27. Like most desserts 29. Something to belt out 31. Flow back to sea 32. Award in the form of a statuette 33. Even as 34. Ahead of the deadline 36. Spanish for "to be" 37. Blue-green 39. People who introduce speakers: Abbr. 43. Peas and beans 44. Coup d'___ 45. Deceitfully dispose of 46. Basketball target 50. Like some cocktail glass rims 53. 360-degree maneuver in an air show 54. One who is cast 56. Passionate about physics, perhaps 57. Place for a play 58. Met solo 59. Great Plains native 60. Looked at with interest 61. Biz boss 62. That girl 63. Part of a circumference