Here are the answers to Universal Crossword puzzles Tuesday October 27, 2020.
“Fingers crossed” – HOPESO
“Schitt’s Creek” Emmy winner Catherine – OHARA
“___ can I help?” – HOW
“___! Humbug!” – BAH
Beginning – ONSET
Bits of hair – WISPS
Block houses? – IGLOOS
Breadwinner – EARNER
Brouhaha – ADO
Buzz from a mill? – RUMOR
Cal Poly city, briefly – SLO
Celebratory poems – ODES
Certain simians – APES
Cocktails with lime juice – MOJITOS
Complained – MOANED
Department that works closely with marketing – SALES
Dined – ATE
Dinner invitation? – DIGIN
Employment opportunity at a ski resort? – SNOWJOB
Employment opportunity in a flower garden? – BEDPOST
Employment opportunity in a piano bar? – GRANDOPENING
Employment opportunity on a fishing boat? – POLEPOSITION
Extremely insightful – DEEP
Formed a thought – IDEATED
Former vice president Spiro – AGNEW
Get cozy – NESTLE
Individual – ONE
Ingredient in 5-Down – RUM
It may return your cursor to the start of a line – HOMEKEY
It’s rarely taken at night – NAP
Kick out – BOOT
Lead-in to “school” – PRE
Letter before iota – THETA
Little lie – FIB
Lot’s wife’s book – GENESIS
Low-visibility auto accessory – FOGLAMP
Luke’s mentor – YODA
Making a blip – ONRADAR
Mars has two of them – MOONS
Marsh plant – SEDGE
Mix drinks – BARTEND
Novice, slangily – NOOB
Numbers game – LOTTO
Of the Holy See – PAPAL
Osiris’ wife – ISIS
Place for a bubble bath – TUB
Place for a mud bath – SPA
Place to ski – SLOPE
Poker pot part – ANTE
Pulled the plug on – ENDED
Put on a pedestal – ADULATE
Puts up, like a picture – HANGS
Satisfied, as a need – MET
Sauce brand – RAGU
Seating sections – ROWS
Seattle summer hrs – PDT
Short time, for short – SEC
Small particle – ATOM
So out it’s in – RETRO
Stand up – RISE
Surgeon’s tool – LANCET
Talk about what to buy? – ADSPEAK
The magic word? – PRESTO
Those, in Tijuana – ESOS
Tony who sang “I Left My Heart in San Francisco” – BENNETT
Triumphant cries – AHAS
TV actress Susan – DEY
Uses a pogo stick – HOPS
Vampire’s attack – BITE
Very well – SUPREMELY
Vigor – PEP
Wise Hindu – SWAMI
Word after “Mother” or “Canada” – GOOSE
Word on all U.S. coins since 1938 – GOD
Words on a dirty car – WASHME
Worry about, informally – SWEAT
