Universal – Feb 27 2024 Clues and Answers
Clues | Answers |
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“… you get the gist”: Abbr | ETC |
“2 funny” | LOL |
“And make it snappy!” | ASAP |
“Another card, please” | HITME |
“Just the opposite,” nonverbally | WINK |
“Not in a million years!” | NEVER |
“Pass” | NAH |
“The Low ___ Theory” (A Tribe Called Quest album) | END |
“The Price Is Right” game | PLINKO |
“The ___ is up!” | JIG |
“You have my attention” | IMALLEARS |
“Zounds!” | EGAD |
*DEN and SEA, for two | AIRPORTCODES |
*Feline that enjoys the yard, say | OUTDOORCAT |
*Scarce | HARDTOCOMEBY |
Appear that way | SEEMTO |
Atlanta university | EMORY |
Atlas pages | MAPS |
Backyard cookout spot | PATIO |
Brazilian dance | SAMBA |
Buckingham ___ | PALACE |
Buddy | PAL |
Bump on a toad | WART |
Chew like a beaver | GNAW |
Confidentiality contract, for short | NDA |
Crafty press agent, or a hint to the word scrambled in each starred clue’s answer | SPINDOCTOR |
Crunchy BBQ side dish | SLAW |
Curtain holders | RODS |
Declares invalid | OVERRIDES |
Detroit NFL team | LIONS |
Early life forms? | EMBRYOS |
Early tourney round | PRELIM |
Emceeing partners | COHOSTS |
Genre for Common and Noname | RAP |
Get clean, with “up” | FRESHEN |
Give them a break! | KITKATS |
Give to the church | TITHE |
Clues | Answers |
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Having three dimensions | SPATIAL |
Hockey Hall of Famer Willie | OREE |
It might read “Happy Birthday!” | ICING |
Like Alan Turing and Alvin Ailey | GAY |
Like sharp pain | ACUTE |
LLC relative | INC |
Look gobsmacked | GAPE |
Mature, like fine wine | AGE |
More, in Spanish | MAS |
Mountain lion | PUMA |
Mushroom part that may be stuffed | CAP |
Of the highest level, informally | GODTIER |
Particularly large plants | MEGAFLORA |
Past the deadline | LATE |
Pesticide in a 1972 EPA ban | DDT |
Poet Angelou | MAYA |
Pueblo brick | ADOBE |
Sauce made with chocolate and chiles | MOLE |
Savings plan letters | IRA |
Secret stealer | SPY |
Skin treatment at a spa | PEEL |
Sleeveless top, for short | CAMI |
Soccer star Sullivan | ANDI |
Stallion or rooster | MALE |
Taproom selections | ALES |
Teen’s big dance | PROM |
The smallest amount | JUSTADROP |
Tightly packed | DENSE |
To the ___ degree | NTH |
Veiled promise? | IDO |
Voice actress Strong of “Rugrats” | TARA |
Vowelless cluck | TSK |
Whistler in the kitchen | KETTLE |
Word before “compass” or “duty” | MORAL |
Wrestling room stench | ODOR |
___ crackers (s’mores ingredients) | GRAHAM |
___ Islands (country in Oceania) | SOLOMON |