Universal Crossword September 20, 2024 Answers

1. Sow or boar 4. "Kapow!" 7. Spare no effort, in slang 13. Crazy way to run 15. Dream Team jersey letters 16. Celebrity chef Gordon 17. Union mole 19. Italian fashion label 20. Italian farewell 21. Apiece 23. Sun. follower 24. Lending money illegally 28. Ginormous crevice 30. Parisian gal pal 31. However, in a text 32. Journalist Gershkovich 35. College hangouts for bros 39. What may spark a forest fire 43. Japanese electronics corporation 44. In ___ of (replacing) 45. "ASAP!" 46. ___ gras 48. Takes a break 51. A long one may get a coach fired 56. "The Simpsons" shopkeeper 57. Great Plains Native 58. Got up 61. Most ready to pick 64. National park in South Dakota ... or, parsed differently, a hint to the meanings and initials of 17-, 24-, 39- and 51-Across 67. "Told ya so!" 68. Before, in verse 69. Nike's swoosh, e.g. 70. Venus' doubles partner 71. Fashion monogram hidden in "ruby slippers" 72. Said "I do"

1. Buddy 2. Computer sold in pink 3. Mongolian desert 4. Tour group transport 5. Colorado ski mecca 6. Mesoamerican pyramid builders 7. ___ cracker (s'more ingredient) 8. Rower's need 9. "Let me think ..." 10. "Me too" 11. Talked for hours 12. Like a phone with almost no battery power 14. Aussie "bear" 18. Aussie bouncers? 22. Coins, collectively 25. "So, so true!" 26. Beginning of a family feud, say 27. Warriors coach Steve 28. Green "pet" 29. Refuses to share 31. Parental pampering initials 33. Most evil 34. Folk artist DiFranco 36. "___ No Mountain High Enough" 37. Certain boxing results, briefly 38. Patch a hole, perhaps 40. Old record player 41. Mickey or Minnie 42. "Certainly!" 47. "This is irresistible!" 49. ___ Grey tea 50. Scandinavian toast 51. Some birds ... or capers 52. Take a stance, say 53. "Incredible!" 54. "Spider-Man" star Maguire 55. Cabooses 59. Winter fort material 60. Narrowly defeat 62. Sheep that's a palindrome 63. Confessional offense 65. Director Guillermo ___ Toro 66. Turf