Here are the answers to Universal Crossword puzzles Monday October 12, 2020.
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Casper, in classic comics – FRIENDLYGHOST
*Fine white porcelain – BONECHINA
*It’s beyond criticism – SACREDCOW
*Succotash legume – LIMABEAN
2000 presidential contender – NADER
Accumulate – COLLECT
Acquiesce – ACCEDE
Affectionate attention, briefly – TLC
Athlete at Baltimore’s Camden Yards – ORIOLE
Badgers repeatedly – NAGS
Biblical songs – PSALMS
Big swallow – SWIG
Book of maps – ATLAS
Carryall – TOTE
Cheer whose last letter has an accent – OLE
City center, and a hint to what can follow the ends of the starred answers – DOWNTOWN
Commendation – PRAISE
Corn on the ___ – COB
Countenance – MIEN
Denials – NOS
Deplete of energy – DRAIN
Discontinued – CEASED
Disorganized pile – HEAP
Egyptian queen played by Liz Taylor – CLEO
Emmy-winning Falco – EDIE
Enjoyed a boring lecture? – SLEPT
Flat tire’s need – AIR
Furious fit – RAGE
Furtive looks – PEEKS
Giant achievements, for short? – TDS
Giant who hit 511 home runs – MELOTT
Goes back in – REENTERS
Gumbo pods – OKRA
Intricate network – WEB
Joke around – KID
Kebab stick – SKEWER
Lab container with a lip – BEAKER
Language of Vientiane – LAO
Like a snake’s skin – SCALY
Like farmer MacDonald – OLD
Luau instruments, familiarly – UKES
Memorial bio – OBIT
Mountain crests – RIDGES
Multilevel Asian temple – PAGODA
Narrows gradually – TAPERS
Nearly boil – SIMMER
North Pole workers – ELVES
Noted sleigh rider – SANTA
Number of Canadian provinces – TEN
Number of players per team on a football field – ELEVEN
Nursery furniture – CRIB
Offering for the needy – ALMS
One ___ customer – PER
Oval-leaved tree – ELM
Perimeter measurement – LENGTH
Play a part, or play part – ACT
Playmate for Rover, perhaps – FIDO
Prefix for “cycle” or “pod” – TRI
Products from ruthless salespeople, stereotypically – USEDCARS
Saxophonist Rollins – SONNY
Settles in for a show – SITS
Six-pack muscles – ABS
Sixteenth prez – ABE
Snaky sushi fish – EEL
Soap pad brand – BRILLO
Speedy – RAPID
Sudden – ABRUPT
Tablet that provides relief – ASPIRIN
Take a stab at – TRY
Tea set components – CUPS
Test for an M.A. wannabe – GRE
Texas city on the Rio Grande – LAREDO
Tribute poem – ODE
Unruly crowd – MOB
UPS circuit: Abbr – RTE
Velvety growths – MOSSES
Word heard within “name” – NEE
___ standstill – ATA
