Universal Answers March 17, 2024
Author: by Evan Kalish
Across
| “Poor me” | ALAS |
| Fraud | SHAM |
| “What disappointing news!” | AWMAN |
| Lean | TILT |
| Yarn you can’t knit with | TALE |
| “Fingers crossed” | IHOPE |
| McDonald’s slogan | IMLOVINIT |
| Kind of lens for close-ups | MACRO |
| Meals delivered via curbside pickup, e.g. | TOGOORDERS |
| Word after “stretched” or “wore” | THIN |
| Inventor Whitney | ELI |
| Inbox zero | NOEMAILS |
| Sensitive ID | SSN |
| Chief prosecutors, for short | DAS |
| Installed, as a carpet | LAID |
| “Go ahead” signals | NODS |
| 1996 Demi Moore film based on a Carl Hiaasen novel | STRIPTEASE |
| Something working as it’s supposed to, contrary to intuition | AFEATURENOTABUG |
| “Time to leave!” | PARTYSOVER |
| Like a three-hour movie | LONG |
| Played with, as a dreidel | SPUN |
| The “S” of CST: Abbr. | STD |
| Letters before “Enterprise” or “Constitution” | USS |
| Super modern, in a retro way | SPACEAGE |
| Poet’s “frequently” | OFT |
| Savior | HERO |
| They keep workers up at night | LATESHIFTS |
| Filmmaker Kurosawa | AKIRA |
| Afro-Jamaican religion | RASTAFARI |
| Tablets or teaspoons, e.g. | DOSES |
| Minuscule amount | MITE |
| MBA program subject | ECON |
| “What a pain in the keister!” | YEESH |
| Serena ___ (tennis feat) | SLAM |
| Solidifies | SETS |
Down
| Working hard | ATIT |
| Car with sideways-facing seats | LIMO |
| Like some bathrooms | ALLGENDER |
| Seat that might have three legs | STOOL |
| Use a mixing spoon | STIR |
| ___-holding | HAND |
| Extraterrestrial | ALIEN |
| Routes shown on some transit maps | METROLINES |
| Axe-throwing skill | AIM |
| “I’d be foolish NOT to buy this!” | WHATADEAL |
| Chewy Japanese rice cake | MOCHI |
| Earth Day’s month | APRIL |
| Safety vest hues, e.g. | NEONS |
| Invalidate | VOID |
| Cargo ship’s stop | SEAPORT |
| Catcher’s glove | MITT |
| Two-finger sound | SNAP |
| Seat seen in “Sons of Anarchy”? | SOFA |
| Unsurprisingly | ASUSUAL |
| Intimidates to get one’s way | STRONGARMS |
| Increasingly optional parts of college applications | SATSCORES |
| Make noise at a red light, say | REV |
| Order leading to quick turnarounds? | ABOUTFACE |
| Phoenix hoops squad | SUNS |
| Some donated cells | EGGS |
| Category | TYPE |
| 2022 FIFA World Cup’s city | DOHA |
| Disreputable | SHADY |
| Black tea variety | PEKOE |
| Crop up | ARISE |
| Digital counterpart to brick-and-mortar sales | ETAIL |
| Flutes in military bands | FIFES |
| “Como ___ usted?” | ESTA |
| Thorn locale | STEM |
| Gait faster than a walk | TROT |
| “Deadly” septet | SINS |
| Fireplace remnant | ASH |