Universal Crossword September 30, 2025 Answers

1. Zesty flavor 5. Shoveled fuel 9. Beer ingredient 13. Cookie with creme 14. Chicago hub 15. Scrape, to a toddler 16. Mini-___ (store at a gas station) 17. Marilyn Monroe's given name 18. Letter before gamma 19. Embarrassing outtakes 21. One who sacked Rome in 455 A.D. 23. Mentioned 24. Nevada city 25. Bow's counterpart 27. Quick pitch 31. Triumphant cry attributed to Archimedes 32. French friend 33. ___ tai 34. Something a saxophonist often replaces 35. Uncap a bottle, perhaps 37. Sink your teeth into 38. Certain Keats poem 39. Fan sound 40. Time-honored sayings 42. Congressional meetings 44. One-on-one teacher 45. "And also ..." 46. MD's "Immediately!" 47. Broken bits of pottery 50. Fencers and boxers, e.g. 54. Jacob's third son 55. Sleep disorder 57. Hoarse voice 58. Fe on the periodic table 59. Group of nine 60. Beauty salon company 61. "___ even think about it!" 62. Start a card game 63. Production with acts

1. Grant's ___, Manhattan mausoleum 2. Shrinking Asian sea 3. Whodunit detective Wolfe 4. *Deteriorate (In this answer, note letters 5-2) 5. Guitarist's combination of notes 6. Rower's pair, perhaps 7. Upper limb 8. *Says no more (... letters 9-4) 9. Rub shoulders 10. Had bills to pay 11. Falafel holder 12. Clapping aquatic animal 14. *0.1% (... letters 10-6) 20. The "P" of PRNDL 22. Prefix with "meridian" or "diluvian" 24. Smashes into 25. Soft leather 26. Fig and fir 27. Expos 28. Spanish friend 29. Not now 30. Tells a whopper 31. Greek god of love 36. Emerges victorious 37. Umpire's cry, and a theme hint 39. Untamed 41. ___ citizenship 43. Dash on a track 46. Strong alloy 47. Went down a playground pole 48. Long sandwich 49. Shakespeare's river 50. Tolstoy protagonist Karenina 51. Giraffe descriptor 52. "Como ___ usted?" 53. Veterinary verb 56. Author of "The Raven"