Universal – Nov 12 2022
| Clues | Answers |
|---|---|
| “I’m walking away!” | NODEAL |
| “Now I know my ___” (preschool lyric) | ABCS |
| “So cool!” | NEAT |
| “___ now, I’m busy” | NOT |
| “___ the President’s Men” | ALL |
| Applies gently | DABS |
| Argentine first lady who inspired a musical | EVITAPERON |
| Aspiring J.D.’s exam | LSAT |
| Attach with a click | SNAPON |
| Baby, Ginger, Posh, Scary and Sporty | SPICEGIRLS |
| Brainy | SMART |
| Brief snooze | CATNAP |
| Cargo areas | BAYS |
| Catchy music, slangily | EARCANDY |
| Certain sacrifice in baseball | BUNT |
| Colonel or corporal | RANK |
| Combine | MELD |
| Compensation for sitting? | DOGTREAT |
| Congresswoman Omar | ILHAN |
| Cookie invented in Chelsea, NYC | OREO |
| Counterpart of width | LENGTH |
| CT or MRI | SCAN |
| Cylinder of wood | LOG |
| Direct messages? | REALTALK |
| Dismissive send-off that’s from the movie “Friday” | BYEFELICIA |
| Drench | SOAK |
| Evil spirit | DEMON |
| Feeling that may inspire a teen’s poetry | ANGST |
| Fiddle (with) | TINKER |
| Firework sound | BANG |
| Friendly advice? | SHARINGISCARING |
| Get-together, informally | SESH |
| Got an A+ on | ACED |
| Her bed was too soft for Goldilocks | MAMABEAR |
| Icky bread growth | MOLD |
| ID given to many a U.S. newborn | SSN |
| Insightful | WISE |
| Clues | Answers |
|---|---|
| It’s often closed on Friday night | BARTAB |
| It’s often set on Sunday night | ALARM |
| It’s pounded in court | GAVEL |
| Justice Sotomayor | SONIA |
| Like a sports car’s design | SLEEK |
| Like a worn-out tire | BALD |
| Lines in a circle | RADII |
| Microsoft Word’s features a W | ICON |
| Move stealthily | SNEAK |
| Name found in “for Pete’s sake” | TESSA |
| New record? | CLEANSLATE |
| One might tear up during a sappy ad | SOFTIE |
| One of 1,093 for Thomas Edison | PATENT |
| One of 200 in the Indy 500 | LAP |
| Opera solo | ARIA |
| Pedicure target | TOE |
| Philadelphia’s Liberty ___ | BELL |
| Police alert, in brief | APB |
| Prefix with “gender” | CIS |
| Requirements | NEEDS |
| Rush to score before the final buzzer, say | RACEAGAINSTTIME |
| Satchel | BAG |
| See 14-Across | ALTO |
| Silent performer | MIME |
| Slippery fish | EEL |
| StarKist fish | TUNA |
| Stinging insects | WASPS |
| Teeny bit | IOTA |
| Thorny plant | BRIAR |
| Totally full | SATED |
| Twice-monthly tide type | NEAP |
| Whirlpool | EDDY |
| Wire fence features | BARBS |
| With 59-Across, city near Stanford | PALO |
| Zero | NIL |
| ___ Baba | ALI |
| ___ monster (type of lizard) | GILA |