Universal Crossword October 17, 2024 Answers

1. Facebook button symbolized by a thumbs-up 5. Sunday service 9. Remove wool from 14. "I'm ___ to hear it!" 15. Corn or soybeans 16. What a container ship carries 17. Small town, informally 18. *Whiffs three times in baseball 20. Common HBO rating 21. Ireland, poetically 22. Anatomical pouch 23. *Notation for a short pause in sheet music 27. Chinese steamed bun 28. 23-time Grand Slam singles winner Williams 33. *Sentence ender that means "period" 38. Birds that symbolize peace 39. ___ palm (tree that produces purple berries) 40. Gaze 43. Singer Amos 44. Static ___ 46. *Begins 48. Strategic maneuver 50. Pigeon's sound 51. *What Brits call torches 58. Links grp. 61. Short-term worker 62. Paper quantity 63. Consecutive ... and a hint to what can follow the first parts and precede the second parts of the starred clues' answers 67. Seltzer opener? 68. Roberts of "Ocean's Eleven" 69. Border 70. Stadium level 71. Hurled 72. Bridle strap 73. Enter's opposite

1. Initialism typically followed by a "+" 2. Candy heart message 3. Cosmic fate 4. Poet ___ Allan Poe 5. Hosts, briefly 6. Museum pieces 7. More achy 8. Skyscraper topper 9. Like some soaps and candles 10. Owns 11. Greek god with gold-tipped arrows 12. Water, in Spanish 13. Campus military org. 19. Smooch 24. "Conan" airer until 2021 25. Gobbles up 26. ___ beer 29. Goes bad 30. Dressing ingredient whose last letter stands for "oil" 31. Foam toy brand 32. "In your dreams!" 33. True statement 34. Bruins' sch. 35. Secular 36. Dryer fuzz 37. Afg. neighbor 41. Like calorie-dense desserts 42. Biol. branch 45. Present attachment 47. Colorful pond fish 49. Jazz singer Laine 52. Fossilized tree resin 53. Digging tool 54. Shred, as cheese 55. Corkscrew's shape 56. "Star Trek" actor George 57. Brainy 58. Classic kid's sandwiches, for short 59. Ancient region conquered by Caesar 60. Human rights org. 64. Family 65. Movie FX 66. "I'm Just ___" ("Barbie" song)