Universal Crossword September 6, 2025 Answers

1. Minnesota teacher-turned-politician Tim 5. Choose 8. Bollywood language 13. Frozen drink with a Peeps flavor 14. Ze, zir or zirs 17. Back muscles, briefly 18. Extremely online teen 19. Rattles off 21. Mattress size 22. Something a model strikes 23. Howled 25. Gramma 27. "Without a doubt!" 28. Game with the Gumdrop Mountains and Molasses Swamp 32. Triage ctrs. 33. Like sashimi or ceviche 34. Grow weary 36. Have faith in each step of a journey 42. Village People hit 43. Musician Paul or Claypool 44. Question 45. Dominates 49. Can alternative? 50. Conceited 51. Person who's easy to trick 53. "___ of Green Gables" 56. Misplace 59. Kitchen tool used on the potatoes in lefse 61. Shrinking tropical woodland area 64. ___ pads (hygiene product) 65. Fruity chip dip 66. Apple tablet 67. Sinister smile 68. Animal such as Swiper in "Dora the Explorer" 69. Pols such as 1-Across

1. Free ___ (what a determinist denies) 2. Smoothie superfood 3. "Hypothetically ..." 4. Spicy 5. Clip-___ (earring options) 6. Quick kiss 7. "Cornflake Girl" singer Amos 8. Darlin' 9. Freaking out 10. Canceled, as a mission 11. Union fees 12. Memo header 15. Coin you can't make change for 16. Majestic 20. Minute part of a min. 24. What might get thrown in a bar 26. Org. with its own alphabet 27. Until now 29. "Um, I'll pass" 30. Ruminate (on) 31. Surreal scene 35. Multiple-choice test alternative? 37. Hunt through garbage 38. "Toodles!" 39. Shar-___ (wrinkly dog) 40. "Let me know if you're coming" letters 41. Where to see the stars 46. Farm towers 47. 2025 Academy Award winner for Best Picture 48. Musician's asset 52. Shy 53. Limbs used to hug 54. Bread to dip in saag paneer, perhaps 55. Number that sounds like "no" in German 57. Sense of identity 58. Canadian gas brand 60. Frees (of) 62. "___ Emma, Forever Ago" (Bon Iver album) 63. Word after "income" or "sales"