Universal Crossword September 5, 2023 Answers

1. Kickoff 6. Big birds 10. Cross your fingers 14. Universal blood donor 15. "___ worry!" 16. Paris 2024 sword 17. Turn over 18. *Entrepreneur's early need 20. Marital refusal 22. Was dishonest 23. *Announcement at the Daytona 500 29. Roth and SEP plans 33. Copper/zinc alloy 34. Abbr. after a phone number 35. *The whole shebang 37. Less polished 39. Zoe of "Guardians of the Galaxy" 40. Fire-breathing mythical creature 42. Roast host 43. *Put on dance music, perhaps 44. What you might receive upon landing in Hawaii 45. Sioux City native 47. Girl, in Scotland 48. *Cook something without premade ingredients 52. Nobelist Wiesel 53. "... yada yada" 58. Go back to here for the beginning of each starred clue's answer 63. Pageant crown 64. Chuck 65. Buckwheat noodle 66. Peeled, as cucumbers 67. Coop mothers 68. Bygone Russian autocrat 69. They're always underfoot

1. Daze 2. Teh, for example 3. Copied 4. Descartes who said, "I think, therefore I am" 5. Before tomorrow 6. Letters after brown. or rice. 7. Unruly head of hair 8. Mother's brothers 9. Leaves a lasting mark 10. Alpine girl of fiction 11. Make a decision 12. Green morsel 13. Fish such as unagi 19. Wooden pin 21. Red-breasted songbird 24. ___ Minor (Little Bear) 25. Cheer syllable 26. Period after a major change 27. Puts forth, as effort 28. They may end up in a shelter 29. Word after "in and of" 30. Nomad 31. Union grp. since 1955 32. Entree accompaniment 36. No, in Scotland 37. Abbr. on a headstone 38. Human rights lawyer Clooney 40. Casual conversation 41. From this point forward 43. JFK's ___ Flight Center 45. Most frosty 46. Cookie-based cereal 49. Series of courses? 50. Kind of camera, for short 51. Beginning of an encrypted address 54. "Arrivederci!" 55. Count's equivalent 56. The General Sherman sequoia, e.g. 57. Dishonorable men 58. "Quiet down!" 59. Spanish for "what" 60. Large coffee vessel 61. Org. for the Hawks and Raptors 62. Musical aptitude