Universal Crossword Puzzle Answers February 09, 2024
Author: by Spencer Leach
Across
| “Everything ___ Changed” (Taylor Swift song) | HAS |
| University in Houston | RICE |
| “Goodness gracious!” | EGAD |
| Mont Blanc and the Matterhorn | ALPS |
| Org. that approves hard hats | OSHA |
| Investigate | PROBE |
| Seizure of power | COUPDETAT |
| Chip away at | ERODE |
| Nairobi’s land | KENYA |
| Asian food store | HMART |
| ___ instinct | GUT |
| Sia hit with the lyric “Baby, I don’t need dollar bills to have fun tonight” | CHEAPTHRILLS |
| Put a fresh coat on | REPAINT |
| Covered in grease | OILY |
| Too formal | PRIM |
| Female deer | DOE |
| Runs away | FLEES |
| Tonic’s partner | GIN |
| Common stir-fry green | BOKCHOY |
| French fashion monogram | YSL |
| Rim shot drum | SNARE |
| Band’s booking | GIG |
| “Relative” of Bigfoot | YETI |
| So bad that it’s good, in Gen Z slang | CAMP |
| Future syrup, perhaps | TREESAP |
| Sentry’s question | WHOGOESTHERE |
| “You’ve got mail” co. | AOL |
| Cognizant (of) | AWARE |
| “Fingers crossed!” | IHOPE |
| Word before “saw” or “smoker” | CHAIN |
| Natural sounds that the starts of 16-, 23-, 37- and 49-Across resemble | BIRDCALLS |
| Great praise | KUDOS |
| Words per minute, for one | RATE |
| “Read ’em and ___!” | WEEP |
| Country found inside Romania? | OMAN |
| Commotions | ADOS |
| ___ Jose | SAN |
Down
| Break into, digitally | HACK |
| Soothing succulent | ALOE |
| Created, as yarn from wool | SPUN |
| Fish eggs | ROE |
| Request for consent | ISTHATOK |
| Winner, casually | CHAMP |
| Go to, as a restaurant | EATAT |
| Screw up | ERR |
| Craft items that roll easily? | GOOGLYEYES |
| Pop star Paula | ABDUL |
| Specifics, slangily | DEETS |
| Surveillance device, for short | SPYCAM |
| Become stone | PETRIFY |
| Indian yogurt | DAHI |
| Greek letter used to represent density | RHO |
| Prefix with “skeleton” | ENDO |
| Not well | ILL |
| Dungeons & Dragons and Undertale: Abbr. | RPGS |
| Ireland, in old poems | ERIN |
| Drink that might come with a paper umbrella | PINACOLADA |
| Certain heart reading, for short | ECG |
| “Como ___ usted?” | ESTA |
| What someone might do on a banana peel | SLIP |
| Laments | BEMOANS |
| Until now | HITHERTO |
| Shrek, for one | OGRE |
| Cloth scrap | RAG |
| Bull-riding cheer | YEEHAW |
| Church bench | PEW |
| Carle who wrote “The Very Hungry Caterpillar” | ERIC |
| Off-the-wall | WACKO |
| Unexciting | HOHUM |
| Big name in hummus | SABRA |
| B-D-F or C-E-G, in music | TRIAD |
| Bullfight cheers | OLES |
| “Guilty” or “not guilty” | PLEA |
| “Monday Night Football” channel | ESPN |
| OH- or NH4+ | ION |
| ___ Moines | DES |