Universal Crossword Answers May 1 2023 is published below. The puzzle title is Kidding Around. Today’s puzzle is created By Lance Enfinger and Jeff Chen and edited by David Steinberg. The puzzle crossword puzzle dimensions are 15 by 15.
Across
- 1.a Cover for a Lab … or a lab technicianCOAT
- 5.a SpeedyRAPID
- 10.a Tolkien villainsORCS
- 14.a She sings “The Next Right Thing” in “Frozen II”ANNA
- 15.a “The Jetsons” sonELROY
- 16.a Expression that Santa discouragesPOUT
- 17.a “Put away your toys”?PICKUPLINE
- 19.a Big brass instrumentTUBA
- 20.a Nerves of ___STEEL
- 21.a “___ glad to see you!”AMI
- 22.a Indian instrumentSITAR
- 23.a Gluttony, e.g.SIN
- 24.a “Don’t refuse to eat it until you’ve tried a bite”?NOCOMMENT
- 26.a Take a quick snoozeCATNAP
- 29.a Cancels, as a checkVOIDS
- 30.a GI entertainersUSO
- 31.a Q and A?LETTERS
- 35.a “Garbage goes *in* the trash can”?THROWAWAYREMARK
- 41.a Like Rachel’s hairstyle on “Friends”LAYERED
- 42.a Dubai’s home, for shortUAE
- 43.a Soft candyFUDGE
- 45.a Fish-eating hawkOSPREY
- 48.a “If you keep sucking your thumb, you’ll gross out your friends”?FINGERTIP
- 52.a “___ you OK?”ARE
- 53.a Skate park barsRAILS
- 54.a Savings option: Abbr.IRA
- 55.a Like the Battle of MidwayNAVAL
- 58.a “How sweet it ___ be loved by you”ISTO
- 59.a “Ask permission before grabbing something”?TAKINGNOTE
- 61.a Taiwanese laptop brandACER
- 62.a Sports stadiumARENA
- 63.a Refer toCITE
- 64.a Looking promisingROSY
- 65.a Space ___ (flaky person)CADET
- 66.a Important stretchesERAS
Down
- 1.d Items tossed at a graduationCAPS
- 2.d “I’m handling this!”ONIT
- 3.d Relative who’s up a tree?ANCESTOR
- 4.d Adopt, as a strayTAKEIN
- 5.d One curl or pressREP
- 6.d Edgar ___ PoeALLAN
- 7.d Top-notchPRIMO
- 8.d Type of bond in chemistryIONIC
- 9.d Change the color ofDYE
- 10.d “The doctrine, or belief, that everything is beautiful, including what is ugly,” per Ambrose BierceOPTIMISM
- 11.d Defeated big-timeROUTED
- 12.d Prized cigarsCUBANS
- 13.d ___ menu (Windows feature)START
- 18.d Forearm boneULNA
- 22.d Camping treatSMORE
- 25.d Go too far withOVERDO
- 26.d SnipCUT
- 27.d Trainer of PikachuASH
- 28.d Game participantPLAYER
- 32.d Baaing mamaEWE
- 33.d Paving gunkTAR
- 34.d Sheridan of “X-Men” filmsTYE
- 36.d Stars and StripesOLDGLORY
- 37.d They may be garnished but not eatenWAGES
- 38.d Parting words in ParisAUREVOIR
- 39.d “Insecure” actress IssaRAE
- 40.d Esc or TKEY
- 43.d Train wreckFIASCO
- 44.d Brings togetherUNITES
- 46.d Performed karaokeSANG
- 47.d Move like a proud ponyPRANCE
- 48.d ___ TuckFRIAR
- 49.d Headwear for a princessTIARA
- 50.d MiffedIRKED
- 51.d “Common Sense” author, 1776PAINE
- 56.d Flour used in naanATTA
- 57.d Directors Spike and AngLEES
- 59.d Middle of a simple game?TAC
- 60.d D.C. athleteNAT