Universal Answers November 13, 2023
Author: by Jasmeet Arora
Across
| Word before “salt” or “weed” | SEA |
| Down in the dumps | SAD |
| Anticipates | AWAITS |
| ___ up (energize) | AMP |
| Prefix meaning “all” | OMNI |
| Style of communication | VERBAL |
| Dad | POP |
| *Critical decision point | DOORDIETIME |
| Train track component | RAIL |
| Durable wood | TEAK |
| Close, like a jacket | ZIP |
| *Person prepping for the end | DOOMSDAYER |
| Grain in milkshakes or Scotch | MALT |
| Gives a +1, online | UPVOTES |
| Blood bank classification | TYPE |
| “Busy” bug | BEE |
| Bridal lehenga color | RED |
| American ___ (Massachusetts’ state tree) | ELM |
| *Work that is often underpaid, undervalued and performed by women | DOMESTICLABOR |
| “30 Rock” creator Tina | FEY |
| Soup with rice noodles | PHO |
| Phone no. | TEL |
| Rip | TEAR |
| Stuck, idiomatically | INABIND |
| Travel document | VISA |
| *Club’s main attraction, perhaps | DANCEFLOOR |
| Medium power?: Abbr. | ESP |
| Prefix meaning “one” | MONO |
| Leave in awe | STUN |
| *Space-efficient divider between rooms … or a hint to the word at the edges of the starred clues’ answers | SLIDINGDOOR |
| “___ a small world” | ITS |
| Pressed sandwich | PANINI |
| ___ mater | ALMA |
| Snooze | NAP |
| You may make them after messing up | AMENDS |
| Golf prop | TEE |
| University stat | GPA |
Down
| Maple syrup source | SAP |
| Genre inspired by punk | EMO |
| Feel favorably about | APPROVEOF |
| Burns slowly | SMOLDERS |
| Year, in 10-Down | ANO |
| Like a chai latte with espresso | DIRTY |
| Big bird enclosure | AVIARY |
| Seven days | WEEK |
| Paintings and sculptures | ART |
| Spanish island known for nightlife | IBIZA |
| South Indian language | TAMIL |
| Took a 67-Across | SLEPT |
| Writer of celebratory poems | ODIST |
| Bug repellent | DEET |
| “Te ___” (Spanish for “I love you”) | AMO |
| English voice-over for an anime, for example | DUB |
| Newspaper piece with perspective | OPED |
| For ___ price | ASET |
| “I Want You Back” Spice Girl | MELB |
| Green legume | PEA |
| Salsa or hummus | DIP |
| Gesturing | MOTIONING |
| Like a movie about moviemaking | META |
| Needle hole | EYE |
| Fashionable | CHIC |
| Homesick, perhaps | LONESOME |
| Nevada tourist spot | RENO |
| Cross-country romance, for example: Abbr. | LDR |
| Greek god of beauty | ADONIS |
| Resonated | RANG |
| SAG-___ | AFTRA |
| ___-ray | BLU |
| Italian scooter brand | VESPA |
| Religion with the Five Pillars | ISLAM |
| Backbone | SPINE |
| Silently acknowledge | NODAT |
| ___-body connection | MIND |
| Clatter | DIN |
| Futbol chant | OLE |
| Faucet | TAP |
| Facial site | SPA |