Here are the answers to Universal Crossword puzzles Wednesday January 20, 2021.
“Gossip Girl” sign-off – XOXO
“Horrible” comics character – HAGAR
“Kafka on the Shore” novelist – MURAKAMI
“Quite right” – AGREED
“The very ___!” – IDEA
*Business flyer? – PRIVATEJ
*Certain tribal healers – MEDICINEM
*Collector’s goal – COMPLETES
*Emergency status – CODER
*Food that purists refuse to put ketchup on – CHICAGOD
*Juicy, as a biography – TELLA
*Prophecy subject, often – CHOSENO
1979 sci-fi horror classic – ALIEN
A portion (of) – SOME
Absolute treasure – GEM
Adds finishing touches to, as a cake – ICES
Adds to an email – CCS
Alley-___ – OOP
Ask too much of – OVERTAX
Baja vacation destination – CABO
Biker’s invitation – HOPON
Broadway’s “Dear ___ Hansen” – EVAN
Caviar container – TIN
City whose name is Tibetan for “land of the gods” – LHASA
Co-signers for minors – ADULTS
Compresses, as a file – ZIPS
Cook without oil, as kernels – AIRPOP
Crowning – ATOP
Dance like a flapper – SHIMMY
Dean co-star in “Rebel Without a Cause” – MINEO
Designer of Qatar’s Museum of Islamic Art – IMPEI
Ding on a phone, maybe – ALERT
Distracted Boyfriend, e.g – MEME
End of the NSA’s URL – DOTGOV
End point of a run? – HOME
Extremely amused, in millennial slang – DEAD
Going around and around – SWIRLY
Gush forth – SPEW
Having a lot of life experience, maybe – WISE
Hill helper – AIDE
Hit record? – SHINER
Jazzercise cousin – ZUMBA
Keeping a stiff upper lip – STOIC
Like many cathedrals – DOMED
Little egg – OVULE
Little Miss Muffet ate it – WHEY
Longtime bud – OLDPAL
Marisa of “Spider-Man: Homecoming” – TOMEI
Moonshine – HOOCH
Nasjonalgalleriet’s world capital – OSLO
Natural trumpeter – SWAN
Nebraska athletes, informally – HUSKERS
Nina Garcia’s fashion magazine – ELLE
Not candid – POSED
On a vast scale – COSMIC
Parroted – APED
Party times, briefly – BDAYS
Puts to work – USES
Ready for battle – ARMED
Self-satisfied – SMUG
Smash to pieces – TOTAL
Spur-of-the-moment – SNAP
Stay on the line – HOLD
Stubborn sort – MULE
Surname of pop’s Joe, Kevin, and Nick – JONAS
Type of tomato – ROMA
Urban blemishes – EYESORES
Very often – ALOT
Vidi, in Caesar’s boast – ISAW
Walk the earth – EXIST
Walkout defier – SCAB
Wards off – AVERTS
Where Athens and Lima are – OHIO
Word that means “offensive,” not “loud” – NOISOME
You can take it in outdoors – SCENERY
Zombie sound – MOAN
