Universal – Oct 11 2024 Clues and Solutions
Clues Answers
“About the author” blurb BIO
“Are too!” retort AMNOT
“Calm down!” COUNTTOTEN
“Cross,” “word” or “crossword,” say NOUN
“Frozen” queen ELSA
“It’s ___ a minute!” BEEN
“Sailor Moon” cartoon genre ANIME
“The First ___” (Christmas song) NOEL
“___ it a shame?” ISNT
“___ you serious?” ARE
(Stop shearing me!) BAA
Add to the team HIRE
Athlete’s negotiator AGENT
Aware of ONTO
Banjo parts STRINGS
Big night for seniors PROM
Boat larger than a kayak CANOE
Bone-tired BEAT
Butter used in biryani GHEE
Car at a charging station TESLA
Celeb’s tell-all, e.g MEMOIR
Close securely SHUT
Cold symptom (… first letter + the last 3 letters) RUNNYNOSE
Coming up next ONTAP
Corn core COB
Court fine PENALTY
Deck with a Chariot card TAROT
Drawing upon USING
Driver’s license feature PHOTO
Dropped in the mail SENT
Edible piece of finger jewelry RINGPOP
Feel the same way AGREE
Feelings after CrossFit ACHES
Fourth-down kicks PUNTS
Frog’s kid-lit friend TOAD
Game with Skip cards UNO
Give a free pass to COMP
Hibachi residue ASH
Homer’s dad ABE
Clues Answers
It has a bigger brain than a mouse RAT
It’s pressed to mute a mic (In this answer, note the first 2 letters + the last 4) COUGHBUTTON
Korean soup root GINSENG
Like limes and kumquats TART
Liquid drizzled on a wok OIL
Ma ___ (table tennis great) LIN
Major oil cartel: Abbr OPEC
Mama’s mama GRAN
Metal in pewter TIN
Mine yield ORE
Online diary BLOG
Onrush SURGE
Oral vaccine pioneer SABIN
Oval or pentagon SHAPE
Ping-___ PONG
Place for cattle to roam (… first letter + the last 5 letters) OPENRANGE
Poolside shoe THONG
Rainforest primate APE
Rapunzel’s pride HAIR
Roughly ORSO
Shallot’s cousin ONION
Social standing STATUS
Sound from a calf MOO
Sound of anguish MOAN
Stock holder? PEN
Supply-and-demand subj ECON
Test episode PILOT
Their smell scares mice CATS
Thick rug style SHAG
Tippy-top ACME
Tostada alternative TACO
Tribal carvings often made with red cedar TOTEMPOLES
Up to it ABLE
Wedding on the run ELOPING
Where anyone can build a sandcastle (… first letter + the last 4 letters) PUBLICBEACH
Works done with toy bricks LEGOART
World’s No. 1 in GDP USA
___ Moines DES
___-de-sac CUL