Universal – Jan 26, 2024, Clues and Answers
Clues | Answers |
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“Heavens to ___!” | BETSY |
“I don’t care what they do” | LETEM |
“Me day” destination | SPA |
“Move ___!” (“Keep going!”) | ALONG |
“Mudbound” director Dee ___ | REES |
“Not certain yet,” briefly | TBD |
“Ta-ta!” | SEEYA |
“The Mikado,” e.g. (… first 2 letters + the last 2) | LIGHTOPERA |
“Water Lilies” painter Claude | MONET |
Actress Menzel of “Wicked” | IDINA |
Against: Prefix | CONTRA |
Alluded to | GOTAT |
Anklebones | TARSI |
Append | ADD |
Audibly | ALOUD |
Author Potter of kiddie lit | BEATRIX |
Berkeley school, briefly | CAL |
Business abbr | INC |
Cares for | LIKES |
Certain shoe bottom (… first 3 letters + the last 2) | RUBBERSOLE |
Choice on “Let’s Make a Deal” | DOORONE |
Cleveland’s Great Lake | ERIE |
Close to | NEAR |
Comes after | ENSUES |
Consumer protection org | BBB |
Disco ___ (“Simpsons” character) | STU |
Doesn’t exist | ISNT |
Drops the ball | ERRS |
Exercise, as power | WIELD |
Far in the past | ANCIENT |
Feels crummy | AILS |
File extension for simple documents | TXT |
Filming locale | SET |
Finish | END |
Frees from fastenings | UNBINDS |
Gathers DNA, perhaps | SWABS |
Gerontologist’s subject | OLDAGE |
Grammy winner Morissette | ALANIS |
Clues | Answers |
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Hydrochloric ___ | ACID |
Ice remover | SCRAPER |
Idolize | REVERE |
Insurance company with a green mascot | GEICO |
Investigates (In this answer, note the first 2 letters + the last 3) | POKESAROUND |
Iraqi port city | BASRA |
It may be groan-worthy | PUN |
Lawyers’ grp | ABA |
Line of seats | ROW |
Location | SITE |
Meander | ROVE |
Most stained, as from a leaky pen | INKIEST |
Most to the point | TERSEST |
Nintendo console | WII |
No less than | ATLEAST |
Once named | NEE |
One who’s left a country | EMIGRE |
Opening at the dentist’s office? | MOUTH |
Overdue debts | ARREARS |
Peter of “Everybody Loves Raymond” | BOYLE |
Radio journalist Shapiro | ARI |
Seat, as a jury | IMPANEL |
Shares a meal … or what 17-, 25-, 36- or 50-Across does? | BREAKSBREAD |
Small ammo | BBS |
Soft mineral | TALC |
Sonicare competitor | ORALB |
Surname that’s an auditory organ backward | RAE |
Tags on X | ATS |
Tennis barrier | NET |
Terrible review | PAN |
They have big bills | TOUCANS |
Time for a midterm | TESTDAY |
Took legal action | SUED |
Turndowns | NOES |
Web feed initials | RSS |
Where to enjoy rolls while rolling? (… first 3 letters + the last 2) | DININGCAR |
Word before “surfing” or “trip” | EGO |
___ Bay Rays | TAMPA |