Universal - May 18 2023

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Clues Answers
"A likely story!" IBET
"I Want It That Way" band ... or 19-, 25- and 44-Across, in relation to their indicated letters? BACKSTREETBOYS
"In Cold Blood" author Truman CAPOTE
"Scrubs" and "Ted Lasso" producer (... letters 7-4) BILLLAWRENCE
"___ Maria" AVE
52-Down, for example ISLE
76ers great nicknamed "the Answer" (... letters 7-4) ALLENIVERSON
Accept unquestioningly BELIEVE
Anguish WOE
Arcing tennis shots LOBS
Be amazing, in slang SLAY
Beast of burden ASS
Before, to a bard ERE
Campaign funding grps PACS
Cardi B or Nicki Minaj RAPSTAR
Crow sounds CAWS
Discordant, as music ATONAL
Doorframe part JAMB
Elemental unit ATOM
Eve's second son ABEL
Fair hiring inits EEO
First name of two Spice Girls MEL
Fish eggs ROE
Flow like honey OOZE
Food label fig RDA
Fragrant Asian fruit LYCHEE
Glowing gas NEON
Go on and on RANT
Go on and on YAP
Greek X CHI
Hairdo COIF
Heavy criticism FLAK
High-end hotel chain HYATT
In a creepy way EERILY
In a fitting way APTLY
Indonesian tourist spot BALI
It's about 93 million miles away SUN
Land measure ACRE
Late-night legend O'Brien CONAN
Clues Answers
Leisurely walks STROLLS
Like zombies UNDEAD
Longtime Quaker Oats spokesman (In this answer, note letters 13-11) WILFORDBRIMLEY
Luau instrument, briefly UKE
Magazine with a "Person of the Year" TIME
Meander ROVE
Navy member SAILOR
Nightlife spot CLUB
Norse trickster LOKI
Not costing a dime FREE
Off-road ride, briefly ATV
One of two in the middle of "middle" DEE
Outdoor seating area PATIO
Overly TOO
Oz dog TOTO
Pedicure target TOE
Pioneering computing co IBM
Preelection faceoff DEBATE
Real piece of work? JOB
Relaxing soak BATH
Rights org ACLU
Serena Williams and Chris Evert have each won it six times USOPEN
Soothing succulent ALOE
Sound that a mother cat hears MEW
Spread about SCATTER
Stuff to wear ATTIRE
Swank CLASSY
Taiwanese tea BOBA
Talk back to SASS
Tea brand TAZO
Third-longest African river, or a country it flows through NIGER
Track-and-field event MEET
Trade SWAP
Turkmenistan neighbor IRAN
Under's opposite OVER
Vegan milk option SOY
Verb often confused with "lay" LIE
Winged mammal BAT
___ Grand (hotel with 6,852 rooms) MGM