Universal - Oct 19 2023

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Clues Answers
"Battle of the ___" (2017 sports film) SEXES
"Calvin and Hobbes," e.g COMIC
"Hit the road, Jack!" SCRAM
"I want to brawl!" LETMEATEM
"Money doesn't ___ on trees!" GROW
"SharkFest" channel, informally NATGEO
*Crumble DETER
*How rotisserie chicken is roasted ONA
*No social butterfly REC
*Soaked, as tea STE
*Spicy food in a corn husk HOTT
59, for Tracy Chapman AGE
Abbr. aptly on the left side of this grid DEM
Abbr. aptly on the right side of this grid REP
Alan of "Wanderlust" ALDA
Astronomer whose name is found backward in "safe harbor" BRAHE
Autumn tool RAKE
Bands' boosters AMPS
Big head EGO
Break political ranks ... and a hint to solving this puzzle's five starred clues CROSSTHEAISLE
Calf's milk source TEAT
Call to mind EVOKE
Camp shelter TENT
Chinese "way" TAO
City near Fort Worth DALLAS
Clean, as a spill MOPUP
Coin in Croatia EURO
Colorful carp KOI
Cook, as banh te STEAM
Creative notion IDEA
Cryptid in cold weather YETI
Discussion group PANEL
Egg dishes OMELETS
Eggs in dishes OVA
Even once EVER
Exploit USE
Fist-bump, say GREET
Friend, in Cannes AMIE
Funny Bombeck ERMA
Clues Answers
Get out of bed ARISE
Give a speech ORATE
Gives the boot to AXES
Gloom and ___ DOOM
Hierarchy level TIER
Infuse (with) IMBUE
Knocks the socks off AWES
L.A. Clippers' org NBA
Letter after zeta ETA
Like colts and boars MALE
Lions : cubs :: foxes : ___ KITS
Mastercard rival, for short AMEX
Moves like a frog HOPS
Neptune and Varuna SEAGODS
On the schedule SLATED
One who's a big deal, briefly VIP
Orange environmentalist of kid lit LORAX
Organ between the lungs HEART
Palindromic belief TENET
Part of a peach or lychee PIT
Pitter-pattering precipitation RAIN
REALLY dislike HATE
See 58-Down POP
Site with film trivia IMDB
Something an unsuccessful exterminator might shout? RATS
Soothing balm ALOE
Stick to your own side, in politics TOETHEPARTYLINE
The "M" of GM MOTORS
They hold flaky desserts PIEDISHES
Train passenger RIDER
TV coach Lasso TED
Use a stencil TRACE
With 59-Down, frozen treat ICE
Words on Alice's cake EATME
___ mode (fuel-saving car feature) ECO
___ XING (street sign) PED
___-driven programming DATA
___Pen EPI