Universal Crossword September 1, 2022 Answers

1. Pick, with "for" 4. Discard, slangily 9. Alliance of nations 13. Ewe call 14. Became unpleasant, as relations 16. Handle with ___ 17. Miff 18. *Five-star lodging 20. New Year in Hanoi 22. Part of Ali Baba's password 23. *Himalayan seasoning 27. Fish hawk 30. Car that can't be followed? 31. Already set up 32. Cunning 33. Theme 35. College near Duke 36. Like gross income, and where either word in each starred clue's answer can go 39. ___ code (three-digit number) 42. Word after "political" or "party" 43. Psychic ability, briefly 46. Good wizard in "The Hobbit" 49. Dubai, e.g. 51. Bibliographic list ender 52. *Hot drink with a colorful name 53. Be in accord 55. Taste tentatively 56. *Auctions of homes' contents 61. Ethical hackers' grp. 63. Date question? 64. Strong urge 65. AAA rescue 66. Unites 67. Gush forth 68. The ___ and only

1. Kimono belt 2. ___ lunar eclipse 3. Highly impressed with 4. Internet connection letters 5. Due acknowledgment? 6. Formal wear, informally 7. Pie base 8. Not elsewhere 9. A group of vitamins 10. Like indirect thinking 11. Mine material 12. Toon still 15. Big name in vacuums 19. Hinged plate on a door 21. Ref's ring ruling 23. Machines with Windows, often 24. Not all 25. Starting from 26. Give a reprieve 28. Environmental prefix 29. Yearning 31. Words that intensify "rarely" 34. One of the Gershwins 36. Results of bankers' lending mistakes 37. Heavy book 38. India who sang "Voyage to India" 39. What one can do gracefully 40. Tattletale 41. Established by law 43. Erode bit by bit 44. Term for a relative that can also be a two-word phrase 45. Podded legume 47. "___ No Sunshine" (Bill Withers song) 48. Unlike slip-ons 50. O.R. staffers 52. Comprehend 54. Applications 56. "Yuck!" 57. Pronoun for Indira Gandhi 58. Lucy of "Chicago" 59. Go astray 60. Dip below the horizon 62. ___-inspiring