Here are the answers to Universal Crossword puzzles Sunday November 1, 2020.
“RR” follower – XING
“Sleepless in Seattle” director Nora – EPHRON
“So long!” – BYE
“The Count of Monte ___” – CRISTO
“The Matrix” hero – NEO
“To a …” poem – ODE
*”The Old Man and the Sea,” for one (first 3 + last 3) – SHORTNOVEL
*Commerce involving cinnamon (first 2 + last 3) – SPICETRADE
*Hybrid pooch (first 2 letters + last 3) – LABRADOODLE
*Newspaper pages with many numbers (first 3 + last 2) – SPORTSSECTION
3, for a short golf hole – PAR
Anxious med. condition – OCD
Any Supremes song, in 2020 – OLDIE
Apple’s “ultimate mobile workstation” – IPADPRO
Aquafina competitor – DASANI
Archipelago speck – ISLE
Arcing throw – LOB
Around the date of – CIRCA
Author Hermann – HESSE
Award for “Parasite” – OSCAR
Banishes – EXILES
Best Foreign Language Film of 2005 – TSOTSI
Blessing-curse link – ORA
Bob Marley classic – ONELOVE
Bygone carrier – TWA
Comic Boosler – ELAYNE
DJ’s stack, once – CDS
Everyone – ALL
Exaggerate – OVERDO
Fictional chocolatier Wonka – WILLY
Folded Mexican food – TACO
French seasoning that’s a French article backward – SEL
Google Chrome program, for one – WEBAPP
Historical period – EPOCH
Inspiration – IDEA
Keys with 15 Grammys – ALICIA
Kimono sash – OBI
Lao-___ – TSE
Legendary city of gold – ELDORADO
Like gross fruit – ROTTEN
Man of La Mancha – SENOR
Middle of May? – LONGA
Mistake – ERROR
Mister Rogers? – ROY
One-named Spanish singer – CHARO
Penny – CENT
Picked up while holding still, say – HEARD
Piece of barbecue meat – RIB
Poker player’s declaration – IMIN
Principle – TENET
Privileged information, and a hint to all but the indicated letters of the starred answers – INSIDESCOOP
Ran out of power – DIED
Really attractive, in dated slang – DREAMY
Recolor – DYE
Rejected, like a bill – VETOED
Relays, as information – PASSESON
Road marker? – TREAD
Roe fish – SHAD
Second Greek letter – BETA
Sierra ___ (neighbor of Liberia) – LEONE
Singer Yoko – ONO
Sit on a perch – ROOST
Sounds like an owl – HOOTS
Sphere – ORB
Steamy spot at a spa – SAUNA
Sushi fish that’s never raw – EEL
Turkey ___ (November event) – TROT
TV room – DEN
U.S. health org – CDC
Very funny person – RIOT
Weird and scary – EERIE
What the animals boarded the ark in – TWOS
Yellowish shade of green – PEA
Your and my – OUR
___ Lilly pharmaceuticals – ELI
___-conceived – ILL
