Here are the answers to Universal Crossword puzzles Wednesday February 10, 2021.
‘Every Rose Has Its ___’ – THORN
‘I have a ___ to pick with you!’ – BONE
‘I yield!’ – UNCLE
‘Oops! . . . I ___ It Again’ – DID
‘The L Word’ network – SHO
‘Us’ director Jordan – PEELE
Ability to jump high, slangily – UPS
Accumulating charges, say – RUNNINGUPATAB
Activist Hearns – ELLE
Actress Seyfried – AMANDA
Aisha of ‘The Bold Type’ – DEE
Andrea Gibson works – POEMS
Arthur of ‘Maude’ – BEA
Baked pumpkin bit – SEED
Beyonce and Lady Gaga, e.g – ICONS
Book for a geography buff – ATLAS
Brain section – LOBE
Caboose – REAR
Chip in – ADD
Cindy Crawford feature – MOLE
City that’s home to Gyeongbokgung – SEOUL
Craven of horror – WES
Crosswords and sudoku, for two – BRAINGAMES
Domain – AREA
Don’t allow too close – KEEPATADISTANCE
Enjoy some gefilte fish – EAT
First completed part of a jigsaw puzzle, often – BORDER
Foam dart brand – NERF
Football play starter – SNAP
Forging a signature, e.g – FRAUD
French friends – AMIS
Grindr or Her – APP
Hanukkah offerings – GIFTS
Historic chapter – ERA
Honking birds in a ‘V’ formation – GEESE
Indonesian island – BALI
Key above a ~ – ESC
Latke making need – OIL
Lead-in to some bad news – IFEAR
Like EEE shoes – WIDE
Like six-pack abs – TONED
Like thighs after Leg Day – SORE
Lip balm ingredient – ALOE
Marco ___ (pool game) – POLO
Massages and seaweed wraps, for two – SPATREATMENTS
Modern sweetie – BAE
Mother Abbess in ‘The Sound of Music,’ for one – NUN
Movie featuring the truffle shuffle – THEGOONIES
One with a password – USER
One-credit class, maybe – LAB
Org. with the Walter Byers Scholarship – NCAA
Out of kilter – ASKEW
Plagiarized – STOLE
Rhyming buddy – GALPAL
Run ___ of – AFOUL
Shoe insert – FOOT
Shoes that may be carried by the end of the night – HEELS
Similar – ALIKE
Slightly – ABIT
Some realtors’ offerings – UNITS
Songwriter Lewis – LEONA
Spotify downloads – SONGS
Stately trees – ELMS
Strong thread – TWINE
Sub system – SONAR
The Container Store purchase – BIN
Theatergoer’s selection – SEAT
Thick slice – SLAB
Tirade – RANT
Took notice – HEEDED
Unoriginal person – POSER
Vampire hunter’s weapon – STAKE
Wanderer – NOMAD
Word before ring or swing – MOOD
___ 1 (speed of sound) – MACH
___ melt (deli offering) – TUNA
___ of war – TUG
___ wafers – NILLA
“Ignore that change,” in a proof – STET
“Jelly” or “sausage” follower – ROLL
“Ratatouille” rat – REMY
“Sure, I guess” – YEAHOKAY
“What’s the ___?” (“So what?”) – DIF
2000 film about a boy and his pooch – MYDOGSKIP
A single time – ONCE
Accept, as a special delivery – SIGNFOR
Assistance – AID
B&B units – RMS
Caulking implement – GUN
Combustible heap – PYRE
Completely unpredictable – RANDOM
Corn units – EARS
Cursive alternative – PRINT
D.C.’s National Zoo has 163 of them – ACRES
Diameter halves – RADII
Far from general knowledge – ARCANE
Fictional restaurateur played by Kate Winslet and Joan Crawford – MILDREDPIERCE
Flicks – MOVIES
Former Italian currency – LIRA
Fruits used for chewy cookies – FIGS
Game where someone is “it” – TAG
Garlicky mayonnaise – AIOLI
German for “one” – EINS
Girl/pooch duo in a 2002 film – LILOANDSTITCH
Give temporarily – LEND
Greek god of war – ARES
Hurricane center – EYE
Iron – PRESS
Is ambitious – ASPIRES
It may surround a lagoon – ATOLL
Jellied fish in a British dish – EEL
Kneecap – PATELLA
Knock sharply – RAP
Labor Day’s mo – SEP
Ladies of La Paz – SENORAS
Life’s work – CAREER
Like bench training? – PRELAW
Modern museum question – ISITART
NBA legend Ming – YAO
Obama immigration policy, briefly – DACA
One-named Greek keyboardist – YANNI
Parents of goslings – GEESE
Presume, informally – SPOSE
Regal sphere – ORB
Relation such as 20:21 – RATIO
Rock bands’ boxes – AMPS
Saints’ home, briefly – NOLA
See 59-Down – RACE
Sister with a rosary – NUN
Smack, as a skeeter – SWAT
Sped – TORE
Spot-on – PRECISE
Spruces up – TIDIES
Start of a self-help book title – LEARNTO
Starts a poker pot – ANTES
Stinky cheese feature – ODOR
Strawberry ice cream’s color – PINK
Tanning letters – SPF
Tightly united – CLOSEKNIT
Tilt – LEAN
To be, to Camus – ETRE
Trouble-free state – EASE
Use a wooden spoon – STIR
Watches, like a bar – TENDS
Wed secretly – ELOPE
Where brownies bake – OVEN
Window part – PANE
With 60-Down, RuPaul’s competition – DRAG
Word that means “flourishing,” with or without its second letter – BLOOMING
Wrapped Indian garment – SARI
Yogurt-and-cucumber dip – RAITA
___ chi – TAI
___ facto – IPSO
___ tube (waterslide ride) – INNER
