Universal – May 4 2020 – Puzzle Answers
Published in Universal Crossword.
| Clues | Answers |
| “On the Basis of ___” | SEX |
| “Quiet!” | SHUSH |
| “___ had it up to here!” | IVE |
| ’50s presidential nickname | IKE |
| 1988 Democratic also-ran | DUKAKIS |
| A female deer | DOE |
| About 687 days, on Mars | YEAR |
| Actor Baldwin | ALEC |
| Assemble-it-yourself furniture store | IKEA |
| Bagel topper | LOX |
| Banded gemstone | AGATE |
| Bigwigs | HONCHOS |
| Bother continually | EATAT |
| Broad neckwear items | ASCOTS |
| Cab | TAXI |
| Calligrapher’s tool | PEN |
| Cars with stick shifts | MANUALS |
| Coll. near Beverly Hills | UCLA |
| Collectible statuette | FIGURINE |
| Crowd-rallying cry, or a hint to a 40-Down letter in 19-, 27- and 41-Across | ICANTHEARYOU |
| Cry of mock innocence | MOI |
| Current problem? | SHORTCIRCUIT |
| Defamation in a paper | LIBEL |
| Deg. from Wharton | MBA |
| Detectives | SLEUTHS |
| Dressing room evaluation | FIT |
| E-flat equivalent | DSHARP |
| Flaky metamorphic rock | SCHIST |
| Following | AFTER |
| Form 1099 org | IRS |
| Halifax, Nova ___ | SCOTIA |
| Highfalutin sort | SNOB |
| Impatient personality | TYPEA |
| Information | DATA |
| Intel collectors | SPIES |
| Intends to say | MEANS |
| Jury member, it’s said | PEER |
| Letters before an alias | AKA |
| Like a bubble bath | SUDSY |
| Like a noble gas | INERT |
| Lose traction | SLIP |
| Lustrous quality | SHEEN |
| Military offensive | ATTACK |
| New York MLB mascot | MRMET |
| Northeast Corridor Amtrak option | ACELA |
| Not leisurely | FAST |
| Notable time | ERA |
| Ooze | SEEP |
| Opposite of “all” | NONE |
| Owlery sounds | HOOTS |
| Pastry that looks like a paw | BEARCLAW |
| Pie ___ mode | ALA |
| Pregame reading | RULES |
| Priest : Bible :: imam : ___ | KORAN |
| Produces a sketch | DRAWS |
| Purpose of corporate bonding exercises | TEAMBUILDING |
| Rabbit relative | HARE |
| Rum’s partner in a classic drink | COKE |
| See 50-Across | SILENT |
| Sleep concern | APNEA |
| Snack within “spinach omelet” | NACHO |
| Stump, formerly | TREE |
| Surreptitiously email | BCC |
| Synthetic fiber | ORLON |
| Tropical drink | MAITAI |
| Tsp. or tbsp | AMT |
| Tunes holder introduced in 2001 | IPOD |
| Unwanted email | SPAM |
| Volleyball barriers | NETS |
| Waters down | THINS |
| Word in a simile with “ABC” or “pie” | EASY |
| Yoked animals | OXEN |
| Youth baseball organization | LITTLELEAGUE |
| Zoo facility for birds | AVIARY |