Here are the answers to Universal Crossword puzzles Wednesday January 6, 2021.
“Except if …” – UNLESS
“___ ’em!” (order to a dog) – SIC
“___ (My Country, ‘Tis of Thee)” – AMERICA
“___ Q” (1968 CCR hit) – SUZIE
*Hotel honoring the first Latina EGOT winner? – RITZMORENO
*Inventory problem for an office supply store? – ZEROBICS
*Motorized candy dispenser? – PEZSHOOTER
Acronym for tingle-inducing videos (MARS anagram) – ASMR
African antelope – GNU
All-encompassing, or a description for each starred answer’s letter change? – FROMATOZ
Any minute now – SOON
Behind schedule – LATE
Bulbs in some signs, briefly – LEDS
Crumble away – ERODE
D.C. figure – SEN
Didn’t bother? – LEFTBE
Disguised, as a message – ENCODED
Dove sound – COO
Early video game release – BETA
Edge – RIM
Elephant or giraffe – ANIMAL
Emphatic assent, in Seville – SISI
Exercised one’s right at the ballot box – VOTED
Expresses disappointment – SIGHS
Friend-friend connection? – OFA
Game originally named Criss-Crosswords – SCRABBLE
Garment resembling a tube top – BANDEAU
General of Chinese-American cuisine – TSO
Hair ball? – BUN
Have to – MUST
Healing plants – ALOES
Highly social whale – ORCA
Hollywood products – FILMS
How guards walk – STIFFLY
ISP with a butterfly logo – MSN
It can be hushed – VOICE
Kindergarten essentials – ABCS
Lady of Spain – SENORA
Lend a helping hand – ASSIST
Let go, as an opportunity – PASSUP
Log-on name – USERID
Main course – ENTREE
Not just speedwalk – RUN
NYC summer hrs – EDT
Ohio birthplace of Gloria Steinem – TOLEDO
Olympic gymnastics champion Biles – SIMONE
One who left port … and calls left “port” – SAILOR
Oodles – GOBS
Ousts from office – UNSEATS
Overhead – ABOVE
Person whom the National Prison Project advocates for – INMATE
Plaza Hotel girl – ELOISE
Poetic globes – ORBS
Popular LGBTQ+ dating app – GRINDR
Popular ride-booking app – UBER
Powerful policymaker – CZAR
Protons’ places – NUCLEI
Puzzle with many lines – MAZE
Rides a bike – PEDALS
Rocketed – ZOOMED
Salad dressing ingredient – VINEGAR
Sign for much of August – LEO
Simple shelter – LEANTO
So far – YET
Start of a new ___ – ERA
Stone on a crown – GEM
Targets of many pilates exercises – ABS
Techie’s suggestion, often – REBOOT
Temporary beds – COTS
Threshold – DOORSTEP
Tiny bit – IOTA
Trade blows – SPAR
Woeful cry – ALAS
Zilch – NIL
___ Island (NYC borough) – STATEN
___ Moines – DES
