Here are the answers to Universal Crossword puzzles Tuesday December 8, 2020.
“Fidelity, Bravery, Integrity” agcy – FBI
“Oh, really?” – THATSO
“Proud Mary” band, briefly – CCR
“Raggedy” doll – ANN
“___ Miserables” – LES
3/14 dessert, for some – PIE
48 teaspoons – CUP
Activity of high interest? – USURY
Agree without speaking – NOD
Ambassador’s subordinate (9 to 6) – CHARGEDAFFAIRES
Binary test options (8 to 5) – TRUEORFALSE
Bit of ink? – TAT
Body part with a canal – EAR
Bread-related verb that sounds like 28-Down’s plural – RISE
Celebratory cry – YAY
Cleveland’s lake – ERIE
Close to one’s heart – DEAR
Cross-stitch, perhaps – SEW
Crown for a princess – TIARA
Decided to discuss later – TABLED
Destined to fail – FUTILE
Double-checked – MADESURE
Early PC maker – IBM
Earth, in Spanish – TIERRA
Egyptian snake – ASP
Elementary school instruments – RECORDERS
Etsy shop contents – CRAFTS
Excess amounts – SURPLUSES
Far from calm – INAPANIC
First island mentioned in “Kokomo” – ARUBA
Food for horses – HAY
Forest moon of “Star Wars” – ENDOR
Frequent flyer’s rewards – AIRMILES
Get to a total – ADD
Go in circles? – SPIN
Hindu honorific – SRI
Kind of bread – RYE
Knee part: Abbr – ACL
Kondo on Netflix – MARIE
Less nice – UNKINDER
Like some traditional medicine – HERBAL
List-shortening abbr – ETC
Lucy of “Elementary” – LIU
Maker of Good Grips products – OXO
Manager’s concern – MORALE
More simple – EASIER
Muscles used while planking – ABS
Muscles used while rowing, for short – LATS
Muscular dog – DOBERMAN
Not many – FEW
Often-anticipated day of the wk – FRI
On the ___ (escaping) – LAM
One may list grades (12 to 9) – ENDOFTERMREPORT
One receiving texts at work? – TYPIST
Pastrami purveyor – DELI
Place in cyberspace – SITE
Q&A on Reddit – AMA
Remove using a crowbar – PRYOFF
Richards of “Starship Troopers” – DENISE
Ride-shares, in a way (see letters 9 to 7) – TAKESANUBER
River barrier – DAM
Scouring supply – CLEANSER
Second part of “Cats” – ACTII
Settings for a photographer – FSTOPS
Sneaky – SLY
Sometimes-fuzzy buzzer – BEE
Steal from – ROB
Time ___ again – AND
Tool thrown in some bars: Var – AXE
Tool useful for latke-making – GRATER
Unagi or anago, at sushi bars – EEL
Vietnamese holiday – TET
Visual sharpness – ACUITY
Watermelon discard – RIND
X-___ machine – RAY
___ Lipa (Grammy winner for “Electricity”) – DUA
