Universal – Dec 22 2018
Published in Universal Crossword. Tags: China, CITE, DOH, SIREN.
| Clues | Answers |
| “Fool me ___, shame …” | ONCE |
| “Groovy!” kin | FAB |
| “Medicine” used in tests | PLACEBO |
| “Your turn,” on CBs | OVER |
| 100 sen, in Cambodia | RIEL |
| 13-13, for example | TIE |
| Agatha Christie, for one | DAME |
| Always, to Shakespeare | EER |
| Ballot reader | VOTER |
| Become rancid | ROT |
| Blow off steam | VENT |
| Bonkers way to run | AMOK |
| Brad making movies | PITT |
| Butcher’s discards | OFFAL |
| Catlike carnivore | CIVET |
| Causes a bottleneck | IMPEDES |
| Charges for boarding | RENTS |
| Chide children | SCOLD |
| China’s continent | ASIA |
| Column type | IONIC |
| Cuisine | FOOD |
| Deplete | USEUP |
| Eggs, centuries ago | OVA |
| Empty talk | HOTAIR |
| Family-vs.-family war | FEUD |
| Field of expertise | AREA |
| Fifth, for one | AVE |
| Foolish dolt | SCHMO |
| Frequent | OFTEN |
| Galaxy near ours | ANDROMEDA |
| Gate fastener | HASP |
| Graham or Preminger | OTTO |
| Group of eight | OCTET |
| Hog havens | PENS |
| Homer Simpson says it | DOH |
| Lamb’s call | BAA |
| Like an old lady | ANILE |
| Like the devil | EVIL |
| Like the Matterhorn | ALPINE |
| Literary “before” | ERE |
| Make a pin prick | STAB |
| Moderate place for a nerd? | MIDDLEOFTHECODE |
| Nabisco cookies | OREOS |
| Nerd’s biggest regret? | THECODENOTTAKEN |
| Nerd’s fave Tom Hanks film? | CODETOPERDITION |
| Not straight | BENT |
| Ominous omen | FORETOKEN |
| Opera specialty | ARIA |
| Picnic pests | ANTS |
| Police car attachment | SIREN |
| Prefix with “bell” or “found” | DUMB |
| Professional copyist | SCRIBE |
| Pupil of Socrates | PLATO |
| Road hazards | SLICKS |
| Roller coaster part | LOOP |
| Scout’s construction | TENT |
| Seafood item | SCALLOP |
| Shoe bottom | SOLE |
| Some pizza orders | SMALLS |
| Spring mo | APR |
| Squeak-stopper | OIL |
| Super Bowl, e.g | EVENT |
| Superintendent | BOSS |
| Tallies | ADDS |
| Tennis player’s necessity | GRIP |
| Tibetan mystery | YETI |
| Ticket | CITE |
| Time to remember | ERA |
| Told fibs | LIED |
| Try to get more stock | REORDER |
| Two-colored | PIED |
| Typesetter’s type | PICA |
| Walking on eggshells | EDGY |
| Well-armed creatures | OCTOPI |
| Words with “depend” or “step” | ONIT |
| Yemeni port | ADEN |