Universal Crossword Clues and Answers February 29, 2024
Author: by Matthew Stock
Across
Fast planes | JETS |
Coeur d’Alene’s state | IDAHO |
Tuna that may top a rainbow roll | AHI |
Wiped out | ATEIT |
Evil spirit | DEMON |
Turf | SOD |
I check! | CHESSPLAYER |
“Hoppin’ mad” feeling | IRE |
Set to assemble | KIT |
Things “split” when picking nits | HAIRS |
Pose in a bikram studio | ASANA |
Bike company | SCHWINN |
“Let’s go!” | CMON |
I fold! | ORIGAMIPAPER |
“… yada yada” | ETCETC |
Field trip transportation | BUS |
Second try | REDO |
“That feels goooooood” | AHH |
Sticky spread | JAM |
Assistance | AID |
Cook, like a tuna steak | SEAR |
Word before “fly” or “bunt” | SAC |
Know-how | SMARTS |
I call! | TELEMARKETER |
Building toy brand | KNEX |
Deep feeling of guilt | REMORSE |
Bonus feature | ADDON |
Opposite of forte, in a score | PIANO |
Third-person possessive | HIS |
Letter after sigma | TAU |
I raise! | SCISSORLIFT |
Sixteenths of lbs. | OZS |
Downright adorable sort | CUTIE |
Gossipy person | YENTA |
Animal kept around the house | PET |
Preliminary races | HEATS |
Light throw | TOSS |
Down
Cards that top tens | JACKS |
Protestant work ___ | ETHIC |
Orthodontist’s area of expertise | TEETH |
Palindromic family nickname | SIS |
Not going anywhere | IDLING |
Letter writer’s opener | DEAR |
Vegetarian food brand | AMYS |
Tool used to work a plot | HOE |
It’s my way to the highway! | ONRAMP |
Fruit native to southern China | ASIANPEAR |
“French” or “English” instrument | HORN |
“The very ___!” | IDEA |
Casual top | TSHIRT |
Pain’s fellow minion in “Hercules” | PANIC |
Act hawkish? | SOAR |
Great distress | WOE |
Self-identifier sometimes paired with “het” | CIS |
Taken ___ (shocked) | ABACK |
Texas homecoming flower, for short | MUM |
Tweak the wording of | EDIT |
Support bars | RODS |
3 o’clock, on a map | EAST |
Biblical pronoun | THEE |
Powder in an old chemistry classroom? | CHALKDUST |
38-Across container | JAR |
City in northwestern Nevada | RENO |
Instrument in a jazz combo | SAX |
Courtroom notetaker, informally | STENO |
Recollection | MEMORY |
Self-identifier sometimes paired with “ace” | ARO |
Stand-up person | MENSCH |
Uses the pink part of a pencil | ERASES |
Beast that may have two horns | RHINO |
Combs (through) | SIFTS |
“Como ___?” | ESTAS |
Perched on | ATOP |
State of confusion | DAZE |
Bread served with a falafel bowl | PITA |
“You sure about that?” | ISIT |
Signal | CUE |
Permit | LET |