Universal Puzzle Clues and Answers January 04, 2024
Author: by Hanh Huynh
Across
| Its muscles are worked by heel raises | CALF |
| Department store chain | KOHLS |
| Device downloads | APPS |
| Actress Kurylenko | OLGA |
| Perfect | IDEAL |
| Root in some Terra chips | TARO |
| Dosage unit (In this answer, note letter 6 + 3 letters around it) | CUBICCENTIMETER |
| Downeaster train operator | AMTRAK |
| Dogfish Head brew, for short | IPA |
| New Year in Nha Trang | TET |
| Sir Mix-a-___ | LOT |
| Ankle injuries | SPRAINS |
| Water has a high one (… letter 9 + 3 letters around it) | SPECIFICHEAT |
| Scottish lake | LOCH |
| Nickname that drops -rence | FLO |
| Tire material | RUBBER |
| Tale featuring Achilles | ILIAD |
| A real lifesaver, briefly | EMT |
| Dig (into) | DELVE |
| Associate’s, for one | DEGREE |
| More, in Spain | MAS |
| Took to court | SUED |
| TV spots? (… letter 5 + 3 letters around it) | MEDIACENTERS |
| Certain rotation on a Ping-Pong ball | TOPSPIN |
| Flamenco cheer | OLE |
| Not feeling so hot | ILL |
| H, in Greece | ETA |
| Lay bare | EXPOSE |
| Biopsy and others (… letter 11 + 3 letters around it. Then note what the single indicated letters spell!) | DIAGNOSTICTESTS |
| Sneaker brand | AVIA |
| Counter in court | REBUT |
| Barely edible serving | SLOP |
| Microscope component | LENS |
| Tons | SCADS |
| Chi-___ (Windy City) | TOWN |
Down
| ___-Cola | COCA |
| Grad | ALUM |
| Start of a Pride initialism | LGBT |
| Just | FAIR |
| Start of a football game | KICKOFF |
| Poetic shoutout | ODE |
| Female fowl | HEN |
| Around 10 p.m., say | LATISH |
| Shoe Cinderella lost | SLIPPER |
| Gobbled up | ATE |
| Broadway’s Lupone | PATTI |
| Primp | PREEN |
| Rearranges in Excel | SORTS |
| Nonstandard nickname for L.A.’s state | CALI |
| Pillage | MARAUD |
| Bathroom flooring, often | TILE |
| If everything goes right | ATBEST |
| Arrived home feetfirst, perhaps | SLID |
| ___ vault (athletic event) | POLE |
| Vape shop purchase | ECIG |
| Captivates | CHARMS |
| Character in “Girl, Interrupted”? | COMMA |
| Sad | BLUE |
| At any time | EVER |
| Cincinnati team | REDS |
| Intensify | DEEPEN |
| Mexican food often eaten with a tilted head | TACO |
| Out group? | EDITORS |
| Chooses | SELECTS |
| “Stop rushin’ me!” | INASEC |
| “I’m ready for another customer!” | NEXT |
| Spotify alternative | TIDAL |
| Extra-virgin ___ oil | OLIVE |
| Not fancy | PLAIN |
| Annoying person | PEST |
| Nobel Peace Center’s world capital | OSLO |
| Put away | STOW |
| Channel parodied in “Dodgeball” | ESPN |
| Auto fuel | GAS |
| Up in the air, on a schedule: Abbr. | TBA |
| Birth control option, for short | IUD |