Universal – Jan 8 2017 Crossword Solution
Clues |
Answers |
“Pale” beverage |
ALE |
1986 BMX film |
RAD |
A in Athens |
ALPHA |
Andy’s doll counterpart |
ANN |
Antelope with a stubby nose |
SAIGA |
Approximation (Abbr.) |
EST |
Aspen lift |
TBAR |
Bartletts and boscs |
PEARS |
Big commotion |
ADO |
Canal or lake |
ERIE |
Chocolate cookie brand |
OREO |
Chris Davis, for one |
ORIOLE |
Comstock load |
ORE |
Cool, to the older cats |
HEP |
Copy, in office-speak |
XEROX |
Dastardly Roman emperor |
NERO |
Discharge from the RAF |
DEMOB |
Drinking toast |
SKOAL |
Equally scarce |
ASRARE |
Established religious ceremony |
RITE |
Exhibited mercy toward |
SPARED |
Extinct avian |
MOA |
Females with warm coats |
EWES |
Gridiron unit |
YARD |
Handed-down tales |
LORE |
Hard-___ (stern) |
NOSED |
High, rocky hill |
TOR |
Inexact amount |
SOME |
It could be your shot in the arm |
ANTITOXIN |
It provides an inflated feeling of pride |
EGO |
Jazz type |
BOP |
Kind and concerned for others |
HUMANE |
Lady’s undergarment |
BRA |
Letters on a motor oil can |
SAE |
Letters that go around on the road |
PSI |
Like a shrinking violet |
TIMID |
Like a tale that’s hard to believe |
TALL |
Like creaks at midnight |
EERIE |
Low-lying wetland |
MARSH |
Clues |
Answers |
Male archer |
BOWMAN |
Male or female, e.g |
SEX |
Metcalf or Piper |
LAURIE |
Miner’s paydirt |
LODE |
Mortgage provider |
LENDER |
Narrow backstreets |
ALLEYS |
No-turning-back time |
DDAY |
Not likely to brag |
MODEST |
One finding it hard to pass the bar? |
SOT |
One with powers of foresight |
SEER |
One working a torch |
WELDER |
Packaging weight |
TARE |
Palindromic doctrine |
TENET |
Paperwork task |
FILE |
Pens that are a mess |
STIES |
Permission-granting word |
YES |
Pertaining to the feel of a fabric |
TEXTURAL |
Premiere |
DEBUT |
River of Missouri |
OSAGE |
Rum ___ Tugger (“Cats” character) |
TUM |
Score that someone needs to break |
TIE |
Shortening in some recipes? |
TSP |
Ski run of densely packed snow |
PISTE |
Small stringed instrument, informally |
UKE |
Smallest possible lead in a baseball game |
ONERUN |
Starts to crash, as the stock market |
TUMBLESDOWNWARD |
Starts to lag |
FALLSBEHIND |
Super-Shuffle link |
BOWL |
They follow theme songs, often |
ADS |
They may be on deck? |
TARS |
Thick soup-cream concoction |
POTAGE |
Things on many bucket lists |
WILDEXOTICTRIPS |
Thrilla in Manila figure |
ALI |
Tighten a text |
EDIT |
Trim a photograph |
CROP |
Was finally in the swing? |
SAT |
What ushers hand out, sometimes |
PLAYBILLS |
Word with “bug” or “cross” |
EYED |
Worked farmland, in a way |
HARROWED |