Universal Answers November 21, 2023
Author: by Rebecca Goldstein
Across
Long jump | LEAP |
Zany | MADCAP |
Hypotheticals | IFS |
Arizona county known as the Winter Salad Bowl Capital | YUMA |
Women’s World Cup chant | OLEOLE |
Nada | NIL |
Edge edge? | FRONTBUMPER |
“Ur right” | TRU |
Highest part of the Statue of Liberty | TORCH |
Dog that may undergo DNA testing | MUTT |
Visionary? | SEER |
Sighed sound | AAH |
Expedition expedition? | ROADTRIP |
Sleeveless summer shirt | TANKTOP |
Pieces by Ocean Vuong or Maya Angelou | POEMS |
Moisturizer additive | ALOE |
Corned beef ___ | HASH |
The “)” in 🙂 | SMILE |
Vinyl records, for short | LPS |
Escape escape? | JOYRIDE |
Loosey-goosey | LAX |
Accept eagerly | LAPUP |
Trig function | SINE |
2022 Best Director Campion | JANE |
Hollowed, as an apple | CORED |
“Maybe, maybe not” | DEPENDS |
Fiesta fiesta? | TAILGATE |
“When you ___ it that way …” | PUT |
Leatherworker’s tools | AWLS |
Thaw | MELT |
Bombards with email | SPAMS |
“The Simpsons” bartender | MOE |
Explorer explorer? | CARMECHANIC |
“___ favor” | POR |
“You’re right!” | AGREED |
Flavor of a bottle-shaped gummy | COLA |
___ Toy Barn (fictional store that has Pixar’s address) | ALS |
Features of male turkeys | BEARDS |
Clove hitch or butterfly loop | KNOT |
Down
Ride-hailing app with a pink logo | LYFT |
Irish currency | EURO |
Latin love | AMOR |
Silver dollar in a stack, say | PANCAKE |
Horde | MOB |
Grad | ALUM |
Take exception | DEMUR |
Admit guilt in | COPTO |
Handle at the pub | ALETAP |
For each | PER |
Coppa Italia champions in 2023 | INTERMILAN |
Gay “hot spot” in New York | FIREISLAND |
Consume noodles noisily | SLURP |
“Well, ___ escalated quickly” | THAT |
Education acronym that encompasses chemistry | STEM |
Twinkie alternative | HOHO |
Two tablets, maybe | DOSE |
Like most WNBA players | TALL |
Soft sweater strands | ALPACAWOOL |
“I haven’t seen it yet!” | NOSPOILERS |
Foots the bill | PAYS |
___ Lanka | SRI |
Like rear legs | HIND |
They used to date | EXES |
GIF alternative | JPEG |
Not superficial | DEEP |
Web addresses | URLS |
Equipment for flying solo? | JETPACK |
Make a dent in, maybe | DAMAGE |
Shove | PUSH |
Sarah Paulson’s Florida hometown | TAMPA |
___-cotta | TERRA |
Bull on a glue bottle | ELMER |
Ticked (off) | TEED |
Author unknown: Abbr. | ANON |
Name found in “Demi Lovato” | MILO |
“Shoo!” | SCAT |
Taxi | CAB |
They can be upcycled into a disco ball | CDS |