Here are the answers to Universal Crossword puzzles Friday December 18, 2020.
“Business in the front” hairdo – MULLET
“Uhh …” – ERM
“You ___ busted!” – ARESO
“___ It Be Nice” (Beach Boys song) – WOULDNT
“___ showtime!” – ITS
180-degree maneuvers – UTURNS
24/7 med. centers – ERS
Abbr. in a proof – QED
Andean animal – LLAMA
Apple alternative to Word – PAGES
Apple debut of 2010 – IPAD
Australian birds – EMUS
Bake sale organizer, for short – PTA
Bay Area airport code – SFO
Buddy – PAL
Burglarize – ROB
Calculation for a botanist? – PLANTPRODUCT
Calculation for a modeling agent? – HANDSOMESUM
Calculation for a personal trainer? – ACTIVITYLOG
Calculation for an economist? – MARKETSQUARE
Capital of Vermont? – VEE
Chewy candy filling – NOUGAT
Chopping tool: Var – AXE
Classic fountain drink – SODA
Coldness in the air – NIP
Contributes (to) – ADDS
Dating long-distance, maybe – APART
Diagram in a fantasy novel, often – MAP
Exactly right – DEADON
Expert – PRO
Fedora feature – BRIM
Focus intensely (on) – FIXATE
Fourth qtr. followers – OTS
Genre related to goth – EMO
H.S. exam with a Science section – ACT
Hawaiian pizza meat – HAM
Hello, in Shanghai – NIHAO
Home of “SportsCenter AllNight” – ESPNRADIO
IDs on social media – TAGS
In the thick of – AMONG
Instant messaging pioneer – AOL
Kind of bond in a salt molecule – IONIC
Lead-in to “Canaveral” or “Cod” – CAPE
Letters before an alter ego – AKA
Lighting might help set it – MOOD
Like flowers that come in vases – PRECUT
Like many a brush – BRISTLY
Made king, say – CROWNED
Nebraska’s Herbie Husker and others – MASCOTS
Not coarse, as sand – FINE
Nucleic acid sugar – RIBOSE
One may hail from Wales – CELT
Otherworldly visitors, briefly – ETS
Phased-out SeaWorld attraction – SHAMU
Pieces of glass – PANES
Respected villager – ELDER
Rideshare company with a pink logo – LYFT
Sasha’s sister – MALIA
Sea swirls – EDDIES
Shape of a fisheye lens picture – ORB
Silent affirmative – NOD
Smuggler-stopping org – DEA
Some small batteries – AAAS
Sushi items with pink centers – TUNAROLLS
Sweatshirts, sweatpants and sweat suits – CLOTHES
That stag – HIM
The “E” of 30-Down – ERAT
To and ___ – FRO
Type – ILK
Uncommon group – RAREBREED
Valley of vineyards – NAPA
Wet noodle, say? – POOLFLOAT
Words of commitment – IDO
Young children – TYKES
___ Line (French fortification) – MAGINOT
___ Paulo – SAO
