Universal – Dec 18 2022
Universal – Dec 18 2022
| Clues | Answers |
|---|---|
| “Gee whiz, that’s cool!” | NEATO |
| “Rats!” | DARN |
| “Two thumbs up” critic Roger | EBERT |
| “Without delay!” | STAT |
| “You’ve bested me” | ISURRENDER |
| “___ the Knife” | MACK |
| (Such a tragedy!) | SOB |
| Activate, as an alarm’s wire | TRIP |
| Apartment building managers, informally | SUPERS |
| Apt letters missing from “chem_cal b_ _d” | ION |
| Bad boss? | RINGLEADER |
| Be transported by the wind | GLIDE |
| Bring to order? | SORT |
| Carne ___ (burrito filling) | ASADA |
| Cheese in spanakopita | FETA |
| College sr.’s hurdle | GRE |
| Create a ruckus | RAISECAIN |
| Demonstration of dominance | POWERMOVE |
| Didn’t eat | FASTED |
| Digital holiday greeting | ECARD |
| Dominates, as in “Fortnite” | PWNS |
| Elect (to) | OPT |
| End of Wikipedia’s URL | ORG |
| Exhilarate, as a crowd | AMPUP |
| Female sheep | EWE |
| Fill-in worker | TEMP |
| Floppy part of an elephant | EAR |
| Flutes paired with drums | FIFES |
| Fusses at a mirror | PREENS |
| Get drunk | TIEONEON |
| Glass home for a guppy | FISHTANK |
| Good buddy | PAL |
| He’s a riot | FUNNYMAN |
| High-tech, dystopian genre | CYBERPUNK |
| Hunk of fudge | SLAB |
| I as in Ithaca | IOTA |
| Illuminated | LIT |
| Clues | Answers |
|---|---|
| In the past | OVER |
| IRS form pro | CPA |
| Japanese noodle soup | RAMEN |
| Jocular cry after losing a Scrabble game | IDEMANDARECOUNT |
| Last full mo. of summer | AUG |
| Learned philosopher | SAGE |
| Like a whippersnapper | YOUNG |
| Long part of an explosive | FUSE |
| Magnitude | EXTENT |
| Male sheep | RAMS |
| MFA or DDS | DEGREE |
| Name found in comedies? | EDIE |
| Not be a bloc buster? | TOETHEPARTYLINE |
| o | CIRCLE |
| One of 390 billion in the Amazon rainforest | TREE |
| Otter’s cousin | MINK |
| Palindromic explosive | TNT |
| Pieces in a classic Cracker Barrel game | PEGS |
| Replace a teammate | SUBIN |
| Russian symbol of opulence | FABERGEEGG |
| Sacagawea dollar, e.g | COIN |
| Say 1 + 1 = 3, say | ERR |
| Shapes of stories | ARCS |
| Single drop in a sad emoji | TEAR |
| Slithery swimmers | EELS |
| Stereotypical bookworm | NERD |
| Tabby about town, say | ALLEYCAT |
| The “M” of MCAT: Abbr | MED |
| Tool for trimming a lawn | WEEDEATER |
| Wall St. debut | IPO |
| When to pull an all-nighter | CRUNCHTIME |
| Whitish sandwich spread, for short | MAYO |
| Wicked spell | HEX |
| Word after “virtual” or “VIP” | TOUR |
| ___ Juan, Puerto Rico | SAN |
| ___ Xtra (cherry drink) | PIBB |
| ___-Magnon | CRO |
