Universal Crossword Answers April 06, 2023
Author: by Susan Gelfand
Across
| Utter nonsense | TRIPE |
| Colombo, ___ Lanka | SRI |
| Phone downloads | APPS |
| Support staff | AIDES |
| Words of confidence | ICAN |
| In ___ of | LIEU |
| Porsche 911s, for example | SPORTSCARS |
| Decked out | CLAD |
| Documentary maker Burns | KEN |
| Bronte’s Jane | EYRE |
| Laughs loudly | ROARS |
| Spacious bag | TOTE |
| Orchard pest | FRUITFLY |
| S’poses | RECKONS |
| Rank above cpl. | SGT |
| Egg-producing gland | OVARY |
| Ibsen’s “___ Gabler” | HEDDA |
| Cow sound | MOO |
| Lawyers’ groups, or a hint to the word that can follow the starts and precede the ends of 16-, 25-, 47- and 60-Across | BARASSOCIATIONS |
| Half and half | ONE |
| Commotions | TODOS |
| Media mogul Winfrey | OPRAH |
| Portable bed | COT |
| Card game with melds | CANASTA |
| Where to see saws | TOOLROOM |
| French fries or coleslaw, e.g. | SIDE |
| Wide assortment | ARRAY |
| Tidy | NEAT |
| Corp. money manager | CFO |
| Tractor trailers | RIGS |
| Keyboardist’s seat | PIANOSTOOL |
| Cleaner on a dish, in two ways | SOAP |
| Broadway award | TONY |
| Actress Sink of “Stranger Things” | SADIE |
| Quaint hotels | INNS |
| Picnic colonist | ANT |
| Skaters’ jumps | AXELS |
Down
| Job at hand | TASK |
| Ready to harvest | RIPE |
| “Whatever” | IDONTCARE |
| For each | PER |
| Superlative suffix | EST |
| Neck wrap | SCARF |
| Less common | RARER |
| Useful connections | INS |
| “Little Women” author | ALCOTT |
| Seasoned rice dish | PILAF |
| Oyster’s offering | PEARL |
| Full of bubbles | SUDSY |
| Like some slippery roads | ICY |
| Spotted | SEEN |
| Tubular pasta | RIGATONI |
| Gumbo vegetable | OKRA |
| 1995 film that introduced Buzz Lightyear | TOYSTORY |
| Fed. food inspector | USDA |
| Lead-in to “call” | ROBO |
| “Dear ___ Hansen” | EVAN |
| Like racehorses’ hooves | SHOD |
| Green starter? | ECO |
| ___ jockey | DISC |
| Where E is . | MORSECODE |
| Watchable by | ONAT |
| Workplace safety grp. | OSHA |
| San Diego Padres slugger Juan | SOTO |
| Apple tablet | IPAD |
| Necklace fasteners | CLASPS |
| On the subject of | ASTO |
| Anklebones | TARSI |
| Celestial hunter | ORION |
| Instrument with pipes | ORGAN |
| Bermuda or brown vegetable | ONION |
| Intended | MEANT |
| Whichever | ANY |
| Aluminum wrap | FOIL |
| Soccer stadium shouts | OLES |
| School grp. for adults | PTA |
| Agcy. that issues nine-digit IDs | SSA |
| Purchase price add-on | TAX |