Universal - Dec 25 2022

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Clues Answers
"... one giant ___ for mankind" LEAP
"I'm on the edge of my ___!" SEAT
"Superbad" actor Michael CERA
"That seems illogical" ITDOESNTADDUP
"This is a clear-cut choice" ITSNOTEVENCLOSE
"This is too good to be true, right?" WHATSTHECATCH
'50s prez IKE
Academic hurdle EXAM
Academic hurdles TESTS
Allow inside ADMIT
Approximately 71% of the Earth's surface OCEAN
Baklava dough, as some spell it FILO
Body's largest ball-and-socket joint HIP
Born and ___ BRED
Businesswoman Lauder ESTEE
Cardiff's country WALES
Cause a noticeable change MOVETHENEEDLE
County in England and New Jersey ESSEX
Cozy and inviting HOMEY
Cube root of eight TWO
Customary USUAL
Dad jokes, often PUNS
Dungeons & Dragons baddie ORC
East ___ (neighbor of Indonesia) TIMOR
Excellent, informally DOPE
Fasten, as buttons DOUP
Force out of office OUST
Goes first, in chess OPENS
Gooey vegetable OKRA
Grp. Croatia joined in 2013 THEEU
Hiatus PAUSE
It's composed of 33 vertebrae SPINE
Just perfect IDEAL
Lead-in to "Fit" or "Sports," in video game titles WII
Clues Answers
Listen to this! AUDIOCLIP
Menopausal hormone therapy component ESTROGEN
Mufasa's son SIMBA
Name that anagrams to "Reno" ERNO
Navy vessel letters USS
Nickname that drops "ana" TATI
Not just shots in the dark EDUCATEDGUESSES
Oak nut ACORN
PC core CPU
Pet shelter org ASPCA
Piece of furniture with a frame BED
Post-workout cooldown options? ICEBATHS
Prefix for "center" EPI
Prefix meaning "many" MULTI
President who established OSHA in the '70s NIXON
Range through northern Italy ALPS
Reluctant LOATH
Repayment promise IOU
Roughly 2.54 centimeters INCH
Settled into a booth, say SAT
Soccer champion Morgan ALEX
Spicy HOT
Start of a politician's promise IFELECTED
Step on a banana peel, maybe SLIP
The ones over here THESE
Try it! CASE
Vend SELL
Vital sign PULSE
Wee EENSY
Word after "common" or "sixth" SENSE
Zodiac lion LEO
___ action lawsuit CLASS
___ Arbor, Michigan ANN
___ Empire (Mansa Musa's African domain) MALI