Here are the answers to Universal Crossword puzzles Saturday March 13, 2021.
“Burn After Reading” co-director – ETHANCOEN
“Just to clarify … ” – IMEAN
“Kids ___ days …” – THESE
“No ifs, ___ or buts!” – ANDS
“No Scrubs” girl group – TLC
Adjective for a shoppe – OLDE
Artist’s inspiration – MUSE
Bases’ opposites, in chemistry – ACIDS
Bathroom, to Londoners – LOO
Birds that are too heavy to fly – EMUS
Bit of eye cream – DAB
Brawl – MELEE
Buildup on some old Tonka trucks – RUST
Carves in glass – ETCHES
Celebrity with a huge following – IDOL
Certain batteries – AAS
Chain of Japanese restaurants in Ottawa’s country? – MISOCANADA
Classic cow name – BOSSY
Cleaner in a bucket – MOP
Clumsy sorts – OAFS
Construction site hoist – CRANE
Corn castoffs – COBS
Day-___ paint – GLO
Defib pro – EMT
Doesn’t get an F – PASSES
Feel rotten – AIL
Flow slowly – OOZE
Fortune’s partner – FAME
Garfield’s dog pal – ODIE
Go ballistic – SNAP
Graffiti signatures – TAGS
In former days – ONCE
Informal turndown – NAH
Island nation near Tunisia – MALTA
Kia subcompact – RIO
Laryngitis doc – ENT
Latin genre featuring congas – SALSAMUSIC
Lazy person – IDLER
Like a dirty fireplace – ASHY
Like some Andean artifacts – INCAN
Lip balm stat, perhaps – SPF
Livens (up) – PEPS
Longing for B.B. King’s performances? – MISSINGTHEBLUES
Luau garland – LEI
May honorees, informally – MAMAS
Mongolian tent – YURT
Most populous Nordic country – SWEDEN
Mournful cry – WAIL
No. on a college transcript – GPA
North Pole assistant – ELF
Note before la – SOL
One may behave childishly – ADULT
One-eyed Norse god – ODIN
Opens, as a hood – POPS
Orbiters with tails – COMETS
Parentheses’ shapes – ARCS
Pasta with slanted ends – PENNE
Peeved – SORE
Perched upon – ATOP
Place to order a croissant – CAFE
Plant that soothes burns – ALOE
Rick who sang “Never Gonna Give You Up” – ASTLEY
Skin woe treated by Retin-A – ACNE
Skirt that covers the knees – MIDI
Solo for Lisette Oropesa – ARIA
Speedy bird – ROADRUNNER
Squidward’s neighbor – SPONGEBOB
Stereotypical techie – NERD
Strong suit – FORTE
They surround the roots of teeth – GUMS
Tightfisted surgery aide? – MISERNURSE
Tirades – RANTS
Toddler’s break – NAP
Vigor – OOMPH
VSCO uploads, slangily – PICS
Word that can precede or follow “dish” – SOAP
Workplace antics? – MISCHIEFOFSTAFF
World’s largest rain forest – AMAZON
