Universal Crossword October 10, 2025 Answers

1. Give it a shot 4. Wasn't honest 8. Delay 11. Common furniture material 13. Word in a portmanteau with "guess" 15. Ancient 17. Irish equivalent of the name "James" 18. Concertgoers' references 21. Poetic tribute 22. Zero 23. 2014 Sia hit whose title is a light fixture 30. Female zebra 31. Clean suds off 32. Excite, informally 34. Addition result 35. Person who prefers platonic relationships, for short 36. Animals similar to hares 38. Trattoria handout 40. Very uncertain 45. British length units 47. Like breezy rooms 48. Big to-do 51. Highest suit in bridge 53. Economic metaphor introduced by Adam Smith ... or what can be seen four times in this puzzle? 57. Scientific paper reviewer 58. ___ network (machine learning model) 59. Was ahead 62. Like distilled water 63. Declining due to age 64. Paramore genre 65. Chooses 66. Two-___ (duplicitous) 67. Was into

1. Low poker pair 2. Princess Leia was one for Carrie Fisher 3. "Star Wars" character who is 26 inches tall 4. Show 5. *"This ___ Me Trying" (Taylor Swift song) 6. *Martians, e.g., for short 7. *Run out of battery 8. Undefeated boxer Ali 9. Upper chamber of the heart 10. Fuels up 12. *Expo presentations 14. *Everest, e.g.: Abbr. 16. *Less polite 19. Drive-___ 20. Arise (from) 23. Do some last-minute studying 24. *Fury 25. *Opposite of "oui" 26. Emotional ___ (mental work) 27. Suffuse 28. Sweeping narratives of heroic deeds 29. *Unproductive behavioral pattern 33. *Letters before an addendum 37. Achieves 39. "Safe!" people 41. *Battery size for some wall clocks 42. *Did nothing 43. Test taken by a college sr. 44. Exasperated cries 46. Windy City trains 48. Animal whose full name comes from the Greek for "river horse" 49. Outdo 50. Undisguised 51. *Ad's goal 52. *Begged 54. Bone to pick 55. Moon-related name 56. Bay Area representative Swalwell 60. Bird that lays green eggs (but is not a source of ham!) 61. Rottweiler, e.g.