Here are the answers to Universal Crossword puzzles Monday November 9, 2020.
“That’s a hoot!” – HAH
“Wonder Woman” star Carter – LYNDA
“___ to Joy” – ODE
’50s Ford flop – EDSEL
Aberdeen boy – LAD
Action word – VERB
Actress Campbell – NEVE
Approved – OKD
Ballerina’s bend – PLIE
Barely – JUST
Bartender’s rocks – ICE
Battery terminal – ANODE
Be off base – ERR
Brazilian soccer legend – PELE
Brooding music genre – EMO
Business loss – REDINK
Certain sib – SIS
Childhood nickname of 14-Across – ANI
City near Venice – PADUA
Covered in cloth, say – SHROUDED
Crunches work them – ABS
Dangerous place in the Bible – LIONSDEN
Darth voiced by James Earl Jones – VADER
Director Spike or Ang – LEE
Docket item – CASE
Dot on a die – PIP
Dutch cheese – GOUDA
Extend credit – LEND
Fourth planet from the sun – MARS
French poodle’s bowlful? – EAU
Goose Island brew – IPA
Green dip, for short – GUAC
Half a jet-setting duo? – SHORTE
Individual – PERSON
It may be framed – ART
Japanese beef variety – KOBE
Kathy of “Fried Green Tomatoes” – BATES
Learn by ___ – ROTE
Like some committees – ADHOC
Meaty taste found in seaweed – UMAMI
Messy pile – HEAP
Must-haves – NEEDS
One making cuts on the job – BUDGETANALYST
One making cuts on the job – FOOTBALLCOACH
One making cuts on the job – VIDEOEDITOR
One making cuts on the job – BLACKJACKDEALER
One making cuts on the job – HAIRDRESSER
Oscar with a Golden Globe – ISAAC
Palestinian political party – FATAH
Places to wear colorful belts – DOJOS
Possible major for an aspiring therapist, informally – PSYCH
Roadside service – TOW
Rock climber’s challenges – CRAGS
Ruckuses – ADOS
Seize suddenly – NAB
Senora Peron – EVA
Singer Tori – AMOS
Situated – PLACED
Sleep problem – APNEA
Some MP3 players – IPODS
Stefani of No Doubt – GWEN
Stimpy’s pal – REN
Stubborn beast – ASS
Subtlety – NUANCE
Super cool – RAD
Thanksgiving ___ – DAY
Tortellini, for one – PASTA
Vigor’s partner – VIM
Vote into office – ELECT
Waste watchers’ org – EPA
Website addresses – URLS
Zeal – ARDOR
___ Mahal – TAJ
___ price (home seller’s number) – ASKING
A long time ___ in a galaxy far, far away …’ (‘Star Wars’ intro) – AGO
‘Erin go ___!’ – BRAGH
‘Keen!’ – NEATO
‘That’s ___ from me’ (refusal) – ANO
‘Trees’ in underwater forests – KELPS
‘What?,’ in Oaxaca – QUE
Against the law – ILLEGAL
Alternative to Venmo – CASH
Appropriate initials of ‘stuff we all get’ – SWAG
Arthropod that can roll into a ball – PILLBUG
Back muscle, for short – LAT
Banana leftover – PEEL
Best Actress nominee for ‘Juno’ – ELLENPAGE
Big ___, nickname of baseball’s David Ortiz – PAPI
Brainstorms – IDEAS
Busy person just before an election – POLLTAKER
Carne ___ (grilled beef dish) – ASADA
Comes down a mountain, in a way – RAPPELS
Cosmetician Lauder – ESTEE
Country whose name becomes another country if you change the last letter to a Q – IRAN
Cry to a toreador – OLE
Defining period – ERA
Dots on a transit map – STOPS
Edible mushroom with a honeycomb cap – MOREL
Elective eye surgery – LASIK
Farm animal that kicks – MULE
Financial aid for college that doesn’t need to be repaid – PELLGRANT
Fix, as a shoe – RESOLE
Flips out – GOESAPE
For whom a product designer designs – USER
Gets a whiff of – SMELLS
Go by, as time – ELAPSE
Grand ___ National Park – TETON
Having tines – PRONGED
Hay unit – BALE
Home of Cardiff and Swansea – WALES
Insects that love wool – MOTHS
It’s said to have the thickest fur of any mammal – OTTER
Like some beer at a bar – ONTAP
Lures for magazine readers – PULLQUOTES
Melted chocolate, e.g – GOO
Minneapolis’s twin city – STPAUL
Mixed-breed dog that’s part spaniel – COCKAPOO
Musk who founded SpaceX – ELON
Necessity for a teacher – PUPIL
Number said just before ‘Liftoff!’ – ONE
Olympic Dream Team inits – USA
Op-ed piece, e.g – ESSAY
Person with a basket or cart – SHOPPER
Place in a mausoleum – ENTOMB
Pledge drive giveaway – TOTE
Raiser of the dead? – PALLBEARER
Related to big business – CORPORATE
Right to cross someone else’s land – EASEMENT
Rod, reel, tackle box, etc., for a fisher – GEAR
Rummage (around) – ROOT
Sample a soda, say – SIP
Singer Lana Del ___ – REY
Start of a newspaper article, in journalese – LEDE
Thing with pads and claws – PAW
Tiny bit – IOTA
Trending hashtag beginning in 2017 – METOO
Tribulation – WOE
Tried to get elected – RAN
Unlucky – HAPLESS
Unstable chemical compound – ENOL
Wanders – ROAMS
What lieutenants do to captains – SALUTE
When repeated, comforting words – THERE
Word before mall or poker – STRIP
Yanks’ foes – REBS
Young Scottish lady – LASS
___ snail’s pace – ATA
___ Tokarczuk, 2018 Literature Nobelist – OLGA
