Here are the answers to Universal Crossword puzzles Tuesday December 29, 2020.
“Nevertheless …” – YET
“Said ___ ever!” – NOONE
“___ Miz” – LES
“___ of the Body Snatchers” – INVASION
*Apt cocktail for a biker bar? – SIDECAR
*Bridge maneuvers (note each starred answer’s first word, plus four letters below it) – ENDPLAYS
*Family-friendly restaurant offering – KIDSMEAL
Actress Witherspoon – REESE
Back in the day – AGO
Baton-passing race – RELAY
Be dishonest – LIE
Bills, when signed by the president – LAWS
Blazing – FIERY
Bravo host Andy – COHEN
Butter type in moisturizers – SHEA
Captain of the Pequod – AHAB
Colorful talkers? – MACAWS
Cookie with a Golden variety – OREO
Corn throwaway – COB
Country west of Togo – GHANA
Design detail, briefly – SPEC
Dig deep (into) – DELVE
Disney mermaid – ARIEL
Drone’s mission, briefly – RECON
Econ. stat hidden in “signpost” – GNP
Eggplant ___ (popular Italian dish, for short) – PARM
Endured – STOOD
Enemies – FOES
Fashionable Donna – KARAN
Fried squid rings, e.g – CALAMARI
Futbol cheer – OLE
Get along well (with) – CLICK
Go out, like the tide – EBB
Gondola steerer – OAR
Gone up – RISEN
Got a new canine, say? – TEETHED
Hammer sound – BANG
Hits wrong, in golf – SHANKS
Holed up – HID
Holiday ___ – INN
Illuminated from beneath – UPLIT
Its shoulders can support many tons – ROAD
L.A.’s ___ Air – BEL
Lentil dish in Mumbai – DAL
Like chewy pretzels – SOFT
Org. closed on Yom Kippur – JCC
Part of a Western costume – COWBOYBOOT
Person who takes covers – BEDHOG
Pieces of commentary – REMARKS
Printed handout – PAMPHLET
Public relations concern – IMAGE
Rare gender for a calico cat – MALE
Relinquishes – CEDES
Right away – ATONCE
Sailors’ salutations – AHOYS
Saudi Arabia’s capital – RIYADH
See 29-Across – THE
See 29-Across – TABLE
Some write limericks – POETS
Songwriter DioGuardi – KARA
Sources of some nut butter – CASHEWS
Southeast Asian tongue – LAO
Stereotypical trivia whizzes – NERDS
Subject of “Walk the Line” – JOHNNYCASH
Subject of a paparazzo’s pic – CELEB
Sweater material – CASHMERE
Symbol – EMBLEM
They might cause a brain freeze – ICEES
They’re on the agenda – ITEMS
Titter on Twitter – LOL
Unit of land – ACRE
Unwanted looks – LEERS
Vaults for valuables – SAFES
Winter conveyance – SLED
With 35- and 40-Across, like this puzzle’s shady payments? – UNDER
Writer of praiseful verses – ODIST
