Universal - Oct 23 2025

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Clues Answers
"Call ___ hunch ..." ITA
"Finally!" ATLAST
"Freudian" mistake SLIP
"Or ___!" ELSE
180 degrees from SSW NNE
A deadly sin, or an animal SLOTH
A, in France UNE
A, in Spain UNA
AI trying to blend in with society? ONTHEDLBOT
Apartment documents LEASES
Audit agcy IRS
Big red button, often KILLSWITCH
Bone near the funny bone ULNA
Book ID ISBN
Bottled spirit GENIE
Branch of 1-Down SHIA
Bravo host Cohen ANDY
Burn balm ALOE
Cable car TRAM
Call offering you a free vacation, probably SCAM
Channel popular among '80s teens MTV
Chicago pub? TRIB
Comic book artist Kubert ADAM
Confine SHUTIN
Corolla or Corvette AUTO
Curving outward CONVEX
Disney frame CEL
Dollops DABS
Dreyer's, on the East Coast EDYS
Droops SAGS
Easter service MASS
Easter symbol LILY
Egg (on) URGE
Eyelid concerns STYES
Faith in which Mecca is the holiest city ISLAM
Gains muscle, perhaps ... or a hint to this puzzle's theme PUTSONTHEPOUNDS
Gen ___ (typical 21-Across viewer) XER
Gnat or rat PEST
Grain in Cheerios OAT
Clues Answers
Gross ICKY
Happy cry YAY
Hit the beach? RUNAGROUND
Ho Chi Minh City, before 1976 SAIGON
Hot food with a cold-sounding name CHILI
It may be frozen or liquid ASSET
Java JOE
Lead-in to "Pen" EPI
Like fine wines AGED
Like Usain Bolt's last name APT
List shortener ETC
Mordor volcano MTDOOM
New York team that writes a check on "Bobby Bonilla Day" METS
Nickname that drops -orah DEB
Not at school ABSENT
Observance before Easter LENT
Prideful guy in "Pride and Prejudice" DARCY
Qatari capital DOHA
Robinhood option SELL
Roll of cash WAD
Save the day BEAHERO
Smaug and Sauron, say? BILBOHAZARDS
Smooth strides LOPES
Some dental work INLAYS
Something as old as time, sometimes TALE
Start of a children's story ONCE
Styles in which certain outdoorsy clothes are trimmed? LLBEANCUTS
Takes care of SEESTO
The "E" in ESL: Abbr ENG
The 12 men in "12 Angry Men" JURY
Totally finished, in slang DONEZO
Tour grp. for troops USO
Unenthusiastic reply MEH
Wanes EBBS
Went over the limit, say SPED
What homesick tulip farmers do? MISSTHEBULBS
Word before "Beach" or "Island" LONG
___ mortals MERE
___-nighter ALL