Universal - Sep 21 2023

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"Ah, makes sense now" ISEE
"Beowulf," for one EPIC
"E.T. ___ home" PHONE
"I'll say!" AMEN
"In Flanders Fields" conflict, briefly WWI
"None for me" ILLPASS
"Yellowjackets" channel, for short SHO
"___ the change" KEEP
Actor McKellen IAN
Appear to be SEEM
Banksy work MURAL
Black ___ spider WIDOW
Boasts BRAGS
Bowen of "SNL" YANG
Broadway's Salonga LEA
Cease's partner DESIST
Dressed for a night out, say GLAM
Essential acid type AMINO
Extra NFL periods OTS
Flabbergasted INAWE
Followed as a consequence ENSUED
Former WNBA star Rebecca LOBO
Honolulu's home OAHU
Houston baseball team ASTROS
HS class that covers cell structure APBIO
In addition ALSO
Incur, as charges RUNUP
It may precede "by hand" in a recipe MIX
It's closer to the middle of a plane than its neighbor, surprisingly AISLESEAT
Just plain silly INANE
Kind of bulb LED
King Kong, for one APE
Life hack, perhaps PIECEOFADVICE
Meat sandwich chain ARBYS
More cold and unfriendly ICIER
More than sometimes OFTEN
Muscles that planks work ABS
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Nada ZIP
New dad's carryall DIAPERBAG
Nonliteral phrase ... or, in another sense, a hint to 19-, 30- or 38-Across FIGUREOFSPEECH
Not many FEW
Not quite a city TOWN
Oliver Twist, for one WAIF
On the ___ (undecided) FENCE
One of Iceland's "hidden people," in folklore ELF
Part of 36-Across DIODE
Particularly sage insight NUGGETOFWISDOM
Peculiar ODD
Pelican or toucan BIRD
Person caught in a white lie? ELI
Photo ___ OPS
Plead BEG
Prepare to make a kid's handprint craft, say TRACE
Preside over RULE
Promises VOWS
Punch sound POW
Red vegetables BEETS
Reveal a secret BLAB
Rhyming antonym of "hire" FIRE
Savanna animal with a mane ZEBRA
Say "Boo!" to, perhaps SCARE
See 59-Across SUN
Singer Lambert ADAM
Singular accuracy in an otherwise dubious story KERNELOFTRUTH
Snowy ___ OWL
Spiced rice dish PILAF
Tornado warning sound SIREN
Unpleasant scents ODORS
Use, as resources EXPEND
Weep SOB
With 62-Across, tarot card said to "radiate" happiness THE
Word before "agent" or "hit" SLEEPER
Word before "pudding" or "basket" BREAD
World Cup chant OLE