Universal Answers November 17, 2023
Author: by Jeffrey K. Martinovic
Across
| Designer Giorgio | ARMANI |
| “Get lost!” | SCAT |
| Overnight outfit | PJS |
| Use for support | LEANON |
| ___ Bell (“Live Mas” chain) | TACO |
| Actor Stephen | REA |
| Driver’s license, e.g. | IDCARD |
| One saying “The sky is falling!” | ALARMIST |
| *Complainer’s quality | WHIIIIIIIIISS |
| Commits perjury | LIES |
| Clothing | GARB |
| Stir up | ROIL |
| Colonial insect | ANT |
| ___ Perignon | DOM |
| Improve, as an image | ENHANCE |
| “Canada” birds | GEESE |
| Reacts to, as a bad pun | GROANSAT |
| *Not modern | OLDFASHID |
| Toy sold with a foam basketball | NERFHOOP |
| ’90s cardio trend | TAEBO |
| Plainly saying | STATING |
| Darth Vader’s childhood nickname | ANI |
| Habit wearer | NUN |
| “___ Too Proud” (jukebox musical) | AINT |
| Worker-protecting grp. | OSHA |
| “Assuming I’m correct …” | IFSO |
| *Certain high-intensity exercise session | CROSSFIIRKOUT |
| Get out of Dodge | SKIPTOWN |
| NFL team in S.F. | NINERS |
| Sundar Pichai, for Google | CEO |
| Name hidden in “thesaurus” | ESAU |
| “Righteous, dude!” … or, parsed differently, a hint to parts of the starred clues’ answers | IDIGIT |
| Addams cousin | ITT |
| Olympus Mons’ planet | MARS |
| TV commercial’s script, e.g. | ADCOPY |
Down
| Boxer known as “The Greatest” | ALI |
| Barolo or pinot noir | REDWINE |
| Foliage-clearing knife | MACHETE |
| “Little Birds” writer Nin | ANAIS |
| Onigiri seaweed | NORI |
| Purplish shade | INDIGO |
| ___Master (cardio brand) | STAIR |
| Degrees of excellence | CALIBERS |
| Smoothie berry | ACAI |
| “Crucify” singer Amos | TORI |
| Alcatraz and others | PRISONS |
| Toon who said, “I’ve loved you more than any woman’s ever loved a rabbit” | JESSICA |
| Plopped down | SAT |
| Name related to suspects’ rights | MIRANDA |
| “You ready?” reply | IAM |
| Trail behind | LAG |
| Allow | LET |
| Indian megacity | DELHI |
| Japanese drama | NOH |
| Its capital is Port-au-Prince | HAITI |
| Convertible’s roof, perhaps | SOFTTOP |
| Word after “age” or “wage” | GAP |
| Slip into | DON |
| It clouds military strategy | FOGOFWAR |
| U.S. intel org. | NSA |
| Pass that’s scanned | ETICKET |
| Went bananas | RANRIOT |
| On a hot streak, in slang | ENFUEGO |
| Greyhound offering | BUSTRIP |
| Musician Yoko | ONO |
| Fish found off the coast of Tahiti … or in the word “Tahiti” | AHI |
| Aslan’s land | NARNIA |
| Passage that may be congested | SINUS |
| Charged, in chemistry | IONIC |
| Acronym for trig, chem, etc. | STEM |
| Baseball great Sammy | SOSA |
| Sue Monk ___ (writer) | KIDD |
| The “S” of 53-Down: Abbr. | SCI |
| Hog’s place | STY |