Universal Crossword September 19, 2021 Answers

1. Pains' partner 6. Loafer or Mary Jane 10. Astrological border 14. Attack involving encirclement 15. The talk of the ___ 16. Start of a fairy tale 17. Linger (In this clue's answer, note the first 3 letters + the last 1) 19. Without delay, to a doctor 20. Flower necklaces 21. Like old bread 22. Person who follows the money? (... first 3 letters + the last 3) 27. What can follow "Dan" or "San" 28. Air freshener target 29. Precise 30. It's easy to find in a haystack 32. Pod "occupant" 35. Parcel (out) 36. Instant Pot's emission 37. One may be closed during business hours 38. Positive poem 39. Sales pitch 40. Swiftness 41. Of the same sort 42. Main arteries 43. FanStory.com competition (... first 3 letters + the last 2) 48. Leases 49. Polo shirt company 50. Kitty contribution 51. Vulnerably positioned ... or like the words that bookend 17-, 22- and 43-Across, in two ways? 57. Adolescent 58. Small songbird 59. NBC morning show 60. ___ immunity 61. Other than that 62. Split to unite?

1. Wood used for bats 2. Operation Acoustic Kitty org. 3. 4-Down layer on a farm 4. See 3-Down 5. Waterproof coat? 6. Unflappable 7. Word after "full" or "halfway" 8. Possess 9. Finish 10. Share a marquee 11. Remove, as from an Instagram post 12. Dieter's device 13. Saint by the Pearly Gates 18. Nevada gambling hub 21. It falls in flakes 22. Sent to a telephone number 23. Furious 24. Certainly not mean 25. Concerned with ethics 26. His first home was Eden 27. Note at the office 30. Injury from a bee 31. Golfer's peg 32. Bedbugs and others 33. Continuously aggravate 34. They're on tap at a pub 36. Whirl 37. "I double ___ you!" 39. Schusses, say 40. Exciting romantic outing 41. Audit a class, e.g. 42. Soon, in verse 43. Fury 44. Zellweger of "Chicago" 45. Prefix for "connected" 46. Credits in a bibliography 47. Atmosphere protector 51. Part of IOU 52. Web address 53. Texter's guffaw 54. Last words said while unwed 55. Item in an atlas 56. A top seed often gets one