Universal Clues and Answers March 04, 2024
Author: by Paul Coulter
Across
| Camper’s gooey treat | SMORE |
| Genesis creator | SEGA |
| Navarro who co-hosts “The View” | ANA |
| Legal drama that starred Susan Dey | LALAW |
| “Oppenheimer” director Christopher | NOLAN |
| Grassy surface | SOD |
| Banded stone | AGATE |
| Go with the flow | ADAPT |
| Number of five-letter months | TWO |
| It’s free at many cafes | WIFI |
| Couple’s clash | SPAT |
| Seasonal fast-food sandwich | MCRIB |
| Half-moon tide | NEAP |
| “It’s just me” | IMALONE |
| Used up | ALLGONE |
| Ricci of fashion | NINA |
| Period on the throne | REIGN |
| Angry display | RAGE |
| Single-named supermodel from Somalia | IMAN |
| Stick shift selection | GEAR |
| Churchill’s gesture | VSIGN |
| Romance novelist’s award | RITA |
| Creole vegetable | OKRA |
| Capri, e.g. | ISLE |
| Noted fable writer | AESOP |
| Romeo or Juliet | TEEN |
| The inside track | LANEONE |
| 1988 children’s novel about a precocious girl | MATILDA |
| Flexible, electrically | ACDC |
| It becomes another name when H, S or Y is added to its front | ELENA |
| Expensive meat spread | PATE |
| Praise highly | LAUD |
| Crew team’s leader, for short | COX |
| Coke competitor | PEPSI |
| Assess | GAUGE |
| Director’s cry | CUT |
| Oktoberfest mug | STEIN |
| Gnatlike insect | MIDGE |
| Plugs for products | ADS |
| Listening organs | EARS |
| Like autumn weather | CRISP |
Down
| Side dish made with mayonnaise | SLAW |
| Wise trio in the Bible | MAGI |
| Norway’s patron saint | OLAF |
| Evaluating a cheesy crust? | RATINGGRATIN |
| Fleecy farm female | EWE |
| Fizzy drink | SODA |
| Jiggly food that makes you very happy? | ELATINGGELATIN |
| Empty space | GAP |
| Shrinking superhero | ANTMAN |
| Houston MLB player | ASTRO |
| Like a lose-lose situation | NOWIN |
| Acrobat’s company | ADOBE |
| Fish prepared by a dozing chef? | NAPPERSSNAPPER |
| ___ Fernando Valley | SAN |
| Cream-filled pastry made by actress Danes? | CLAIREECLAIR |
| Long, long time | EON |
| Personal bearing | MIEN |
| Jason’s ship | ARGO |
| Onion relative | LEEK |
| Tall tale teller | LIAR |
| Feel crummy | AIL |
| Japanese soup base | MISO |
| Heaps and heaps | ATON |
| Back of the neck | NAPE |
| Competed | VIED |
| “Go on …” | AND |
| Go by | ELAPSE |
| Highest card, often | ACE |
| Muslim pilgrim’s destination | MECCA |
| One way to read | ALOUD |
| Smartphone messages | TEXTS |
| “No returns” | ASIS |
| A3 automaker | AUDI |
| Fleecy footwear | UGGS |
| Word before “breath” or “dive” | DEEP |
| In-flight guess, briefly | ETA |
| Acadia automaker | GMC |