Here are the answers to Universal Crossword puzzles Saturday November 7, 2020.
“… ish” – SORTA
“And so …” – ERGO
“Cool story, ___” – BRO
“Dear ___ Hansen” – EVAN
“Get out of here!” – SHOO
“Jojo Rabbit” director Waititi – TAIKA
“My bad!” – OOPS
“No ___ is an island” – MAN
“The King of Queens” actress Remini – LEAH
’60s icon Hoffman – ABBIE
*”Healthy” breakfast pastry – BRANMUFFIN
*Arab country whose name translates to “two seas” – BAHRAIN
*Poultry dish cooked in a covered pan – BRAISEDCHICKEN
*She scored the winning goal in the 1999 Women’s World Cup – BRANDICHASTAIN
Actress Tyler – LIV
AOL alternative – MSN
At the ready – ONCALL
Brass instruments – HORNS
Center of activity – HUB
Chief export of 37-Across – OIL
Civil rights org – ACLU
College figure with a list – DEAN
Common skirt shape – CIRCLE
Connection at an airport terminal? – WIFI
Cry of understanding – AHA
Did laps, say – SWAM
Emailed – SENT
Flower that symbolizes love – ROSE
Forearm bone – ULNA
Fox’s asset – SLYNESS
Fun run, for one – RACE
Fundraising party – GALA
Greater than – OVER
Greek T – TAU
Group of quail – BEVY
Homework helper – TUTOR
Involves – ENTAILS
Jessica of “The Sinner” – BIEL
Kind of port for a thumb drive – USB
Native American fare with a frybread “shell” – NAVAJOTACO
Neither’s partner – NOR
Nerd – DWEEB
Nondairy milk variety – OAT
Nothing but – ONLY
Penny-pincher – CHEAPSKATE
Period of note – ERA
Pickle holder – JAR
Pilots’ announcements, in brief – ETAS
Possess – HAVE
Protrude – JUT
Puts on, as muscle mass – GAINS
Recovery program, briefly – REHAB
Respite during studying, or a hint to the word split across each starred answer – BRAINBREAK
Roach control brand – RAID
Rolling in it – RICH
Salad with hard-boiled eggs – COBB
Shadowy org – CIA
Similar (to) – AKIN
Some excursions in Africa – SAFARIS
Some Little League parents – COACHES
Spanish for “Enough!” – NOMAS
Stack like matryoshka dolls – NEST
Steamed Chinese bun – BAO
Swindles – CONS
Tennis champ Osaka – NAOMI
The Hope Diamond, e.g – JEWEL
Thin fastener – BRAD
Unoccupied – VACANT
Upbraids, with “at” – RAILS
Upper-left PC key – ESC
Wealthy group of flyers – JETSET
Zero-shaped – OVAL
___ and ends – ODDS
___ Joon-ho (“Parasite” Oscar winner) – BONG
___ Mahal – TAJ
___ Owingeh (pueblo whose name’s first word sounds like an approval) – OHKAY
