Universal Crossword Answers October 11, 2023
Author: by Rachel Simon
Across
| Record-breaking Taylor Swift tour | ERAS |
| Bread producers? | ATMS |
| Wasn’t serious | JOKED |
| Kunis of “Family Guy” | MILA |
| “That was close!” | WHEW |
| Give one’s take | OPINE |
| Widely admired person | ICON |
| Senate staffer | AIDE |
| Bravo’s “___ Deck” | BELOW |
| Gary Larson comic with cows (In this answer, note letters 4-8) | THEFARSIDE |
| Prone to prying | NOSY |
| Get ___ of (discard) | RID |
| Person in People, for short | CELEB |
| Former NBA star Odom | LAMAR |
| Vegetable-based cooking staple (… letters 5-7) | CANOLAOIL |
| “Sign me up!” | IMIN |
| Miss, in a barn dance | GAL |
| Sparrow or Hook | PIRATE |
| ___-Manuel Miranda | LIN |
| + or – particle | ION |
| Ticketmaster charge | FEE |
| Org. at JFK or LAX | TSA |
| Journey to the summit | ASCENT |
| TikTok offering, for short | VID |
| Do some kitchen prep | CHOP |
| Steve Carell had his waxed in “The 40-Year-Old Virgin” (… letters 5-8) | CHESTHAIR |
| Some COVID-19 protections | MASKS |
| Slender openings | SLITS |
| “You’ve Got Mail” co. | AOL |
| Stunned state | DAZE |
| Certain facial indentation (… letters 2-6) | CHINDIMPLE |
| In tow | ALONG |
| Physics particle | ATOM |
| University west of Duke | ELON |
| React to a painfully bad pun | WINCE |
| “Me neither,” formally | NORI |
| Email out | SEND |
| In one’s birthday suit | NAKED |
| “Curses!” | DRAT |
| Graffiti signatures | TAGS |
Down
| Give off | EMIT |
| Like the 1% | RICH |
| Lotion additive | ALOE |
| Nonlocal nickname for Golden Gate Park’s city | SANFRAN |
| Oscar or Tony | AWARD |
| Not that | THIS |
| Type of insurance | MEDICAL |
| Greta Thunberg’s country | SWEDEN |
| Word after “nose” or “bank” | JOB |
| Where free drinks are served | OPENBAR |
| Traffic unit? | KILO |
| Mireille of “The Killing” | ENOS |
| Like just-moisturized skin | DEWY |
| Thin MacBook option | AIR |
| Skipped the wedding | ELOPED |
| “Night” author Wiesel | ELIE |
| Pale purple flower | LILAC |
| Some buggy users | AMISH |
| Cut into tiny pieces | MINCE |
| Tuna container | CAN |
| Vows | OATHS |
| “There, there” | ITSOK |
| Bounds’ partners | LEAPS |
| “American ___” (1930 painting) | GOTHIC |
| Part of IHOP: Abbr. | INTL |
| Many a Christmas tree | FIR |
| Gist | ESSENCE |
| One dropping by | VISITOR |
| Most serene | CALMEST |
| Within reach | ATHAND |
| Miss Piggy’s pronoun | MOI |
| Let on or let in | ADMIT |
| Daybreak | DAWN |
| Shawkat of “Search Party” | ALIA |
| Fall asleep, with “out” | ZONK |
| Filmmaker Ephron | NORA |
| “Don’t go,” for example | PLEA |
| Like some sleeves | LONG |
| Finales | ENDS |
| HS diploma alternative | GED |