Universal – Oct 19, 2023, Crossword Anwers
Universal – Oct 19 2023
| Clues | Answers |
|---|---|
| “Battle of the ___” (2017 sports film) | SEXES |
| “Calvin and Hobbes,” e.g | COMIC |
| “Hit the road, Jack!” | SCRAM |
| “I want to brawl!” | LETMEATEM |
| “Money doesn’t ___ on trees!” | GROW |
| “SharkFest” channel, informally | NATGEO |
| *Crumble | DETER |
| *How rotisserie chicken is roasted | ONA |
| *No social butterfly | REC |
| *Soaked, as tea | STE |
| *Spicy food in a corn husk | HOTT |
| 59, for Tracy Chapman | AGE |
| Abbr. aptly on the left side of this grid | DEM |
| Abbr. aptly on the right side of this grid | REP |
| Alan of “Wanderlust” | ALDA |
| Astronomer whose name is found backward in “safe harbor” | BRAHE |
| Autumn tool | RAKE |
| Bands’ boosters | AMPS |
| Big head | EGO |
| Break political ranks … and a hint to solving this puzzle’s five starred clues | CROSSTHEAISLE |
| Calf’s milk source | TEAT |
| Call to mind | EVOKE |
| Camp shelter | TENT |
| Chinese “way” | TAO |
| City near Fort Worth | DALLAS |
| Clean, as a spill | MOPUP |
| Coin in Croatia | EURO |
| Colorful carp | KOI |
| Cook, as banh te | STEAM |
| Creative notion | IDEA |
| Cryptid in cold weather | YETI |
| Discussion group | PANEL |
| Egg dishes | OMELETS |
| Eggs in dishes | OVA |
| Even once | EVER |
| Exploit | USE |
| Fist-bump, say | GREET |
| Friend, in Cannes | AMIE |
| Funny Bombeck | ERMA |
| Clues | Answers |
|---|---|
| Get out of bed | ARISE |
| Give a speech | ORATE |
| Gives the boot to | AXES |
| Gloom and ___ | DOOM |
| Hierarchy level | TIER |
| Infuse (with) | IMBUE |
| Knocks the socks off | AWES |
| L.A. Clippers’ org | NBA |
| Letter after zeta | ETA |
| Like colts and boars | MALE |
| Lions : cubs :: foxes : ___ | KITS |
| Mastercard rival, for short | AMEX |
| Moves like a frog | HOPS |
| Neptune and Varuna | SEAGODS |
| On the schedule | SLATED |
| One who’s a big deal, briefly | VIP |
| Orange environmentalist of kid lit | LORAX |
| Organ between the lungs | HEART |
| Palindromic belief | TENET |
| Part of a peach or lychee | PIT |
| Pitter-pattering precipitation | RAIN |
| REALLY dislike | HATE |
| See 58-Down | POP |
| Site with film trivia | IMDB |
| Something an unsuccessful exterminator might shout? | RATS |
| Soothing balm | ALOE |
| Stick to your own side, in politics | TOETHEPARTYLINE |
| The “M” of GM | MOTORS |
| They hold flaky desserts | PIEDISHES |
| Train passenger | RIDER |
| TV coach Lasso | TED |
| Use a stencil | TRACE |
| With 59-Down, frozen treat | ICE |
| Words on Alice’s cake | EATME |
| ___ mode (fuel-saving car feature) | ECO |
| ___ XING (street sign) | PED |
| ___-driven programming | DATA |
| ___Pen | EPI |