Here are the answers to Universal Crossword puzzles Tuesday October 20, 2020.
“Have mercy,” for one – PLEA
“How exciting!” – OOH
“Wait a ___!” – SEC
Achy – SORE
Annoy at work – DISTURB
Appear suddenly, with “up” – POP
Apr. addressee – IRS
Autumn tool – RAKE
Beef cattle breed – ANGUS
Bottom of a table leg – FOOT
Buckeyes’ sch – OSU
Comfy part of a shoe – INNERSOLE
Comment to the audience – ASIDE
Cornfield cries – CAWS
Cry ___ spilled milk – OVER
D.C. setting – USA
D.C. setting, in the winter – EST
Detroit labor org – UAW
Drove on a farm? – HERD
Elliot of the Mamas and the Papas – CASS
Enormous birds of myth – ROCS
Evil Tolkien creatures – ORCS
Fundamentals – ABCS
Game with a jackpot – LOTTO
Golden Horde member – MONGOL
Gross – ICKY
Guide to heaven? (… letter 4) – STARCHART
High shot from Naomi Osaka – LOB
Honking birds – GEESE
House, in Colombia – CASA
Indy entrant – RACER
Insect such as a mud dauber – WASP
Insignificant – PUNY
Intensify, slangily – AMPUP
It may help you sleep at night (notice the letter above letter 5) – CLEARCONSCIENCE
It’s south of Eur – AFR
Killer whale – ORCA
La ___ Tar Pits – BREA
Like a ram or tom – MALE
Longhorn rival – AGGIE
Lower Manhattan neighborhood – SOHO
Major section of a world atlas – ASIA
Make a 60 a passing score, say … and what each indicated letter is, in relation to a hidden 3-letter word just below it? – GRADEONTHECURVE
Maryland athlete, for short – TERP
Natural magnet – LODESTONE
Navy officer below a capt – CDR
Nouveau ___ – RICHE
Oui’s opposite – NON
Part of DJ – DISC
Parties with ice cream, perhaps – SOCIALS
Perfect or imperfect – TENSE
Permanent pics – TATS
Perrins’ partner in sauce – LEA
Person with renter’s insurance – TENANT
Photovoltaic device (… letter 5) – SOLARCELL
Prize – AWARD
Rejects – SPURNS
Seize – TAKE
Ski lodge vessel – MUG
Sleek: Prefix – AERO
Some diplomats – CONSULS
Some primates – APES
Start of a series – PARTI
Step on the gas – GUNIT
Straighten, as a ringlet – UNCURL
Stretch of history – ERA
Stud alternative (… letter 3) – EARCLIP
Swimwear material – LYCRA
They play in every Super Bowl broadcast – ADS
TiVo ancestor – VCR
TV exec’s plan – SKED
Where some commuters unwind (… letter 3) – BARCARS
Without words – TACITLY
Wood for a model plane – BALSA
Word before “lion” or “otter” – SEA
___ Strauss & Co – LEVI
