Universal - May 2 2024

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Clues Answers
"All right, here's the deal ..." OKSO
"Fortune favors the bold," e.g ADAGE
"La Boheme" solos ARIAS
"Ocean's Eleven" star Clooney GEORGE
"Omg u r hilarious!" LMAO
"TiK ToK" singer KESHA
"Toy Story" dino REX
"Who lives in a pineapple under the ___? ... SpongeBob SquarePants!" SEA
"___ Lisa" MONA
*Athlete who might slice the ball TENNISPLAYER
*Enthusiast of some electric guitar-driven music ROCKFAN
*One who may give diving lessons SWIMCOACH
*Owner of many paintings, say ARTCOLLECTOR
Actor's part ROLE
Ambulance initials EMS
Baltimore bird ORIOLE
Banishment EXILE
Bears' lairs DENS
Beat poet Cassady NEAL
Candy bar with caramel TWIX
Cash register key NOSALE
Cosmetics mogul Lauder ESTEE
Dainty table decorations DOILIES
Director DuVernay AVA
Equips for combat ARMORS
Fairy-tale menace OGRE
Farmyard mamas EWES
Feature of many a John Coltrane tune SAXSOLO
Feb. follower MAR
Frisbee shape DISC
Gambler's cry COMETOPAPA
Give a speech ORATE
Gossip, slangily TEA
Greek H ETA
Happening AFOOT
In the style of ALA
It's dry in the desert CLIMATE
Clues Answers
Kitchen countertop stone GRANITE
Language suffix ESE
Like buckwheat, ironically GLUTENFREE
Motion picture? GIF
Move, in Realtor lingo RELO
Nine, for a cat LIVES
Old cloth RAG
One of 15 in this puzzle ROW
Part of a squid's defense mechanism INKSAC
Pot WEED
Property claim LIEN
Quippy remark EPIGRAM
Rainbow shape ARC
Recipe amts TSPS
Regarding ASTO
Require NEED
Roof overhang EAVE
Sch. near Harvard MIT
See 20-Across LEE
See 51-Across STROKES
Service charge FEE
Serving platter TRAY
Shoestring LACE
Sibling's daughter NIECE
Slight advantage EDGE
Steered clear of AVOIDED
Sweetheart, in French CHERIE
Thankful OBLIGED
Took to court SUED
Trendy CHIC
Watches intently PEERSAT
What you might pencil in? BROW
With 28-Down, "Life of Pi" director ANG
With 60-Across, contrasting approaches, in a saying ...and a hint to the starred clues' answers DIFFERENT
___ it up (raise the volume) CRANK
___ Lingus AER
___ off (send, as an email) FIRE