Universal – Aug 29 2021 Crossword Solution
Universal – Aug 29 2021
| Clues | Answers |
|---|---|
| “Calvin and Hobbes” girl | SUSIE |
| “Casablanca” heroine | ILSA |
| “Maybe later” | NOTNOW |
| Action movie feat | STUNT |
| Alley-___ | OOP |
| Assert | AVER |
| Benefit of a college degree? | BABOON |
| Big name in chocolates | LINDT |
| Birth control option: Abbr | IUD |
| Chances | ODDS |
| City northeast of Abu Dhabi | DUBAI |
| Dish with Polynesian roots | POI |
| Easy part of a jigsaw, often | EDGE |
| Endowment for a retired soldier? | VAGRANT |
| Glasses annoyance | SPOT |
| Grocery in a Spanish-speaking neighborhood | BODEGA |
| Has a bite | EATS |
| Heavyweight boxing great | ALI |
| Hollywood makeover, say? | LAREDO |
| Implore | URGE |
| Indian beverage | CHAI |
| It may be iced | TEA |
| Karate blow | CHOP |
| Kimono sash | OBI |
| Like a yearbook | ANNUAL |
| Lincoln nickname | HONESTABE |
| Living spaces | ABODES |
| Loudspeaker system that’s leased out? | PARENTAL |
| Minus entry in a ledger | DEBIT |
| New York Harbor’s ___ Island | ELLIS |
| Nickname hidden in “avid reader” | DRE |
| Noon? | AMENDING |
| Nothing ___ (no more) | ELSE |
| Number that looks like an l | ONE |
| Number you just read | TEN |
| Online conversation | CHAT |
| PBS funder | NEA |
| Pentagon org | DOD |
| Philosopher Jean-Paul | SARTRE |
| Clues | Answers |
|---|---|
| Professor’s specialty | AREA |
| Promotion for a diplomacy group? | UNPLUG |
| Pub pick | ALE |
| Puncture opening | HOLE |
| Quickly cleaned, as a bowl | RINSEDOUT |
| Really big hit? | HOMER |
| Relieve (of) | RID |
| Roofing gunk | TAR |
| Seemingly boundless | VAST |
| Sense of self | EGO |
| Sneaky plan for skipping gym class? | PERUSE |
| Solo for Jessye Norman or Paul Robeson | OPERAARIA |
| Sounding like lovebirds | COOING |
| Southwestern pack animal | BURRO |
| Spoken exams | ORALS |
| Sponge cake ingredients | EGGS |
| Spurred | GOOSED |
| Sugar bowl marchers | ANTS |
| Sweetie | DEAR |
| Taiwanese beverage | BOBA |
| Take away in a spaceship | ABDUCT |
| Take the ___ (accept blame) | RAP |
| Taught through repetition | DRILLEDIN |
| The Joker’s archenemy | BATMAN |
| Tickle pink | ELATE |
| Turns on the dance floor | TWISTS |
| Unaccompanied at prom | STAG |
| Ward off | AVERT |
| Watch online | STREAM |
| Way of walking | GAIT |
| Wee bit | SMIDGE |
| Where a hen lives | COOP |
| Where to find Eugene | OREGON |
| Wine and dine | REGALE |
| Wing it on stage | ADLIB |
| Wireless standard letters | LTE |
| Word after “Live” or “sleep” | AID |
| Yemeni’s neighbor | OMANI |
| Zippy quality | ELAN |