Universal Answers July 02, 2024
Author: by Shannon Rapp and Jess Shulman
Across
| Dip | SAG |
| Played a role | ACTED |
| Word before “Four” or “Five” | FAB |
| Competent | ABLE |
| Excel | SHINE |
| Here today, ___ tomorrow | GONE |
| Noticed | SEEN |
| Electronic game with the slogan “Watch, Remember, Repeat!” | SIMON |
| Making others wait, maybe | LATE |
| Unblinking look | STARE |
| Cartoonish reaction to a mouse | EEK |
| Dealmaking department | SALES |
| Produce a series about besties in New York? | MAKEFRIENDS |
| Body wash, for one | GEL |
| Photo description letters on social media | ALT |
| Wrap with sleeves | ROBE |
| Made a big jump | LEAPT |
| Unwrap | OPEN |
| “Now I understand!” | AHA |
| Acquire the rights to a series about island castaways? | GETLOST |
| Canada’s longtime women’s hockey rival | USA |
| Specialty | NICHE |
| Move between a bump and a spike | SET |
| Like pickles and pretzels | SALTY |
| Arcade coins | TOKENS |
| Guitarist Santana | CARLOS |
| Certain legal document | BRIEF |
| Gave, as a party | HOSTED |
| Corner store | BODEGA |
| Splash ___ (front row at some shows) | ZONE |
| Orthodontic connectors | WIRES |
| Rosemary, for one | HERB |
| Amazed | AWED |
| Come up | ARISE |
| Fusses | ADOS |
| Counterpart of thx | PLS |
| Third-last country, alphabetically | YEMEN |
| Place to wear a 28-Across | SPA |
Down
| Lip | SASS |
| Help in a heist, maybe | ABET |
| Glimmer | GLEAM |
| Animal that brays | ASS |
| Word in many executive titles | CHIEF |
| Countdown device | TIMER |
| Long, skinny mushroom | ENOKI |
| Study | DEN |
| Young horses | FOALS |
| Pay to play poker | ANTE |
| Drones, perhaps | BEES |
| Infuriate | ENRAGE |
| “My pleasure” | GLADTO |
| Squeeze (out) | EKE |
| Longtime sketch show, familiarly | SNL |
| “The Great” actress Fanning | ELLE |
| Has a meal | EATS |
| Rave partner? | RANT |
| Oberlin College’s state | OHIO |
| Fund a series about a forensic anthropologist? | BACKBONES |
| Enemies in Halo games, briefly | ETS |
| Pub choice | ALE |
| Word before “pie” or “hole” | POT |
| Cancel a series about a marijuana-growing suburban mom? | PULLWEEDS |
| This, in Oaxaca | ESTO |
| Negative votes | NAYS |
| Fabled wish granter | GENIE |
| “Great” and “Terrible” rulers | TSARS |
| Kept together, like sheep | HERDED |
| Franklin known as the “Queen of Soul” | ARETHA |
| Self-balancing scooter brand | SEGWAY |
| Selected | CHOSEN |
| Renaissance ___ (place for medieval cosplay) | FAIRE |
| Not those | THESE |
| Cereal vessel | BOWL |
| Let go of | DROP |
| Hit with a laser tag gun | ZAP |
| Canyon edge | RIM |
| “Be Prepared” org. | BSA |