Here are the answers to Universal Crossword puzzles Thursday January 21, 2021.
“Big Brother” network – CBS
“Nice job!” – VERYGOOD
5, for 125 – CUBEROOT
Actress Messing of “Will & Grace” – DEBRA
Adobe abode, perhaps – CASA
Air spray targets – ODORS
Alan of “Bridge of Spies” – ALDA
Amt. based on 100 – PCT
Band with a museum in Stockholm – ABBA
Bar bill – TAB
Barry with the hit song “Mandy” – MANILOW
Bits of butter – PATS
Brainy – SMART
Chowder chunk – CLAM
Composer Bartok – BELA
Computer in “2001: A Space Odyssey” – HAL
Current craze – RAGE
Curve – ARC
Declined – SLID
Deserter’s acronym – AWOL
Device downloads – APPS
Election participant – VOTER
Embodiment of perfection – IDEAL
Entered a poker game – ANTED
Fed. food and farming agency – USDA
Flat-topped hills of the Southwest – MESAS
Fragrant purple shrub – LILAC
Gas station name – CITGO
Gobs and gobs – ALOT
Greatest Hits song, often – OLDIE
Greek author of the “Republic” – PLATO
Guards keeping watch – SENTINELS
Half a kissing couple? – LIP
Hardy’s Miss Durbeyfield – TESS
Harvard Univ. neighbor – MIT
Hollywood’s “Norma ___” – RAE
Hotel room essential – BED
However – ALTHOUGH
In an unfriendly manner – ICILY
International agreement – ACCORD
Iraqi port – BASRA
Joins forces – UNITES
Kind of acid used as an antiseptic – BORIC
Marriage partners – SPOUSES
Martial art with throws – JUDO
Note from the boss – MEMO
Numbskull – ASS
Pet owner, for one – CARETAKER
Possibilities – PROSPECTS
Put forth, as effort – EXERT
Risks money at the track – BETS
Sagacity – WISDOM
Sault ___ Marie, Michigan – STE
School commencement? – ESS
See 38-Across – OTT
Seine substance – EAU
Social elites on the go – JETSET
Speak vaguely – MINCEWORDS
Speechless performer – MIME
Sporty ’90s Toyota – PASEO
Stereotypical mathlete – NERD
Sushi-eating implements – CHOPSTICKS
Tablet for surfers – IPAD
Tai ___ – CHI
Take into the family, as a shelter dog – ADOPT
Texas home of Baylor University – WACO
Texted image with an attitude – EMOJI
They connect to off-ramps – EXITLANES
Title boxer of a 2001 biopic – ALI
Troubles – WOES
Twitter symbol – HASHTAG
Twosome – DUO
Unskilled – INEPT
Wharton who wrote “Ethan Frome” – EDITH
With 20-Across, first National Leaguer to hit 500 home runs – MEL
Yahtzee, e.g – DICEGAME
___ California (Mexican state) – BAJA
___ jiffy – INA
