Here are the answers to Universal Crossword puzzles Monday October 19, 2020.
“Guilty” or “not guilty” – PLEA
“It Came ___ the Midnight Clear” – UPON
“Othello” villain – IAGO
“The ___ of life is living in agreement with nature” (Zeno) – GOAL
“Well said!” – AMEN
“___ has it …” – RUMOR
’00s skating champion Ohno – APOLO
’80s skating champion Katarina – WITT
… “driving east from Pakistan”? – APASSAGETOINDIA
… “driving northwest toward Reno”? – LEAVINGLASVEGAS
… “driving south from Canada”? – COMINGTOAMERICA
2020 candidate who proposed a universal basic income – YANG
Admit to a college – LETIN
Advocate of forced retirement, maybe – AGEIST
Antiquated – OLD
Baskin’s partner – ROBBINS
Chatting online – IMING
Chocolate unit in a recipe – OUNCE
Chopping tools – AXES
Christie who created Poirot – AGATHA
Column from a guest contributor, often – OPED
Competitor of Vogue – ELLE
Current craze – RAGE
Dole (out) – METE
Emcee’s device – MIC
Enthusiastic applause – OVATION
Exhorted – URGED
Famous last word – END
Feudal tenant – VASSAL
Final bios – OBITS
GasBuddy, for one – APP
Hawaii’s “Valley Isle” – MAUI
Hot ___ (disaster) – MESS
Hunter’s quarry – GAME
Imitated – APED
In base eight – OCTAL
Indicator of uncertainty when dating? – CIRCA
Introspective music genre – EMO
It borders Penn – DEL
Jessica who played Invisible Woman – ALBA
Long story – SAGA
Loud racket – NOISE
Mahomes’ try: Abbr – ATT
Make less wordy, say – EDIT
Many a college donor, briefly – ALUM
Mazda roadster – MIATA
Meh – SOSO
Movie title that could be interpreted as “driving northeast toward Cleveland”? – GOODBYECOLUMBUS
Mrs. Smith’s desserts – PIES
Narrow road – LANE
Nativity trio – MAGI
Neytiri, e.g., in “Avatar” – NAVI
Org. for Hawks and Pelicans – NBA
Personal narrative – MEMOIR
Polite address with an apostrophe – MAAM
Prompted – CUED
Sail supporter – MAST
Scheming group – CABAL
Sheep farm sounds – BAAS
Smart and stylish – NATTY
Source of 36-Across – EWE
Speechify – ORATE
Star whose name anagrams to “gave” – VEGA
Stickers? – PINS
Straightforward – EASY
Switch’s partner – BAIT
Teen sensation – IDOL
They’re at the bottoms of clocks – SIXES
Treaty – PACT
Unyielding – FIRM
Uranium, for a nuclear reactor – FUEL
Wanders – ROAMS
Word before “lighting” or “swing” – MOOD
You might follow one outside – PATH
Zeniths – ACMES
Zodiac ram – ARIES
___ Benedict – EGGS
___ pal – GAL
