Universal Crossword September 24, 2024 Answers

1. Let the cat out of the bag, say 5. Pretzel topper 9. Burn slightly 14. Award won 10 times by FX's "The Bear" 15. Apt name for a black-and-white dog 16. Regions 17. Sci-fi zapper 19. Request to send something via phone line 20. Bit of unfinished business 21. People, in Spanish 22. ___-Magnon 23. W-9 org. 24. Baseball great Gehrig 26. Use voice-to-text technology 28. ___ up (accelerates) 29. Hawaiian platter type 30. Nickname that drops "An" 31. Singer Burl 32. "Anything is possible!" 35. Lavish party 36. Little devil 37. Highlander 38. Captivated 39. Remote military camp 41. Pop singer Rita 42. Really enjoyed 43. Dreyer's partner in ice cream 44. Cries like a donkey 46. Totally awesome people 51. Stilettos, e.g. 52. Certain communal transit program 53. Japanese lunch box 54. Raw metals 55. Creole vegetable 56. "Weather Alive" singer Beth 57. Tosses in 58. "Wild Wild ___" (1999 Will Smith movie)

1. ___ pepper 2. "hahaha 2 hilarious!" 4. Farewells 5. Like someone who ponders eliminating alcohol consumption 6. Playground retort 7. Be in charge 8. ___ kha gai (Thai coconut chicken soup) 9. Locked boxes for valuables 10. Neighbor of Iraq 11. Uncommonly impressive 12. Screen message after losing at Galaga, say 13. Opposite of WNW 18. Meal plan? 21. Salad dressing that sounds mythical 23. "Just being helpful" 25. Naval letters 26. Bed cover 27. Modify 28. Metal fastener 29. One with a fur baby 32. Low-alcohol brew 33. Arrogant 34. Classes that are hard to fail 35. To and ___ 40. Topped out 42. Big name in vacuums 45. Type of saxophone 46. Dove, e.g. 47. Streamed thing 48. Rice wine 49. Blunders 50. "Have a ___" 51. "The Wire" airer 52. Part of a flapper costume, perhaps