Universal – Mar 3 2017 Crossword Solution
Clues |
Answers |
“___ in vanilla” (grade-school lesson) |
VAS |
’80s self-help program |
EST |
Accused one’s need |
ALIBI |
Acquire |
GET |
Added liquor to fruit punch, e.g |
LACED |
Any large reference book |
TOME |
Arcing, lofty tennis shots |
LOBS |
Backspace through |
ERASE |
Brat’s talk |
SASS |
Bring chuckles to |
AMUSE |
Certain util |
TEL |
Clunky and ungraceful |
GAWKY |
Colony of northern New Mexico |
TAOS |
Common fruit |
APPLE |
Consumed |
ATE |
Dirtied from garden work, e.g |
SOILED |
Donations to those in need |
ALMS |
Earn |
DESERVE |
Expected to arrive |
DUE |
Figure in a dressing room? |
PRICE |
Frantic way to run |
AMOK |
Free of five o’clock stubble |
SHAVEN |
Fruit blemish |
BRUISE |
Fury or anger |
IRE |
Gets rid of unwanted plants |
WEEDS |
Goes up against |
OPPOSES |
Goof up |
ERR |
Gun of Israel |
UZI |
High point of a wintry landscape |
ALP |
Hindu title of respect |
BABOO |
Howard who narrated “Arrested Development” |
RON |
It can provide a nice buzz |
KAZOO |
It’s heavier than a mist |
FOG |
Lamb mamas |
EWES |
Lands that have never been cultivated |
VIRGINSOILS |
Letters from your parents? |
RNA |
Make peace with |
APPEASE |
Mangy dogs |
CURS |
Mushroom “seed” |
SPORE |
Clues |
Answers |
Negative linking word |
NOR |
One way to cook meat |
PANBROILING |
Paddle relative |
OAR |
Paquin and Nicole Smith |
ANNAS |
Part of Neil Peart’s gear |
SNARE |
Personal data, briefly |
BIO |
Place where business is growing |
FARMS |
Plants |
SOWS |
Preceding in time |
PRIOR |
Reason to beef? |
STEER |
Relative of a karate belt |
OBI |
Repair rips, in a way |
SEW |
Rockin’ Winter |
EDGAR |
Run out, as a subscription |
LAPSE |
Rural lodging for the night |
INN |
Sacred |
HOLY |
Severely overweight |
OBESE |
Shed skin flakes |
SCURF |
Small jazz group |
TRIO |
Some degrees |
BAS |
Some seafood selections |
PRAWNS |
Sudden variation in voltage |
SPIKE |
Tall quadruped |
GIRAFFE |
They can hold their wine |
CASKS |
They don’t mind being on a slippery slope |
SKIERS |
They prevent prison escapes |
BARS |
They stay green all winter |
PINES |
Things found around auto repair shops |
OILCANS |
Trees that many people like? |
POPLARS |
Tried to outrace the police |
SPED |
Turkish currency |
LIRA |
Type of lily |
CALLA |
Useless and impractical |
OTIOSE |
Variety show VIP |
EMCEE |
Villain’s melodramatic “curses” |
FOILEDAGAIN |
Vintage |
RETRO |
Wet blankets, figuratively |
SPOILSPORTS |
Where to find a designer’s name |
LABEL |
Works and then some |
TOILS |