Here are the answers to Universal Crossword puzzles Saturday May 1 2021.
“A penny for your thoughts,” for one – IDIOM
“Et tu, ___?” – BRUTE
“I will be even with thee, ___ it not” (Cleopatra) – DOUBT
“Right away!” – ASAP
“Thank you, monsieur” – MERCI
“That sounds nice!” – IDLIKETO
“Umbrella” singer, to fans – RIRI
“You agree?,” in memes – AMIRITE
Afflictions – ILLS
Alley-___ – OOP
Anatomy chart components, or what 20-, 25- and 43-Across have? – INTERNALORGANS
Apple picker, perhaps? (… 5 to 10) – COMPUTERUSER
Awards for Alex Morgan and Venus Williams – ESPYS
Barked, cutesily – ARFED
Bread nutrients, informally – CARBS
Builders of Peru’s Sun Gate – INCAS
Cheese in red wax – EDAM
Convened – MET
Cosmetics brand – MAC
Dance move popularized by Cam Newton – DAB
Diva’s performance – OPERA
Diva’s performance – ARIA
DJs’ jobs – GIGS
English title for an Ovid series about romance (… 2 to 6) – THEARTOFLOVE
Face cards? – IDS
Fannie ___ – MAE
Flaky mineral – MICA
Former Julia Louis-Dreyfus political satire – VEEP
German cry – ACH
Government health coverage option (see letters 3 to 7 in this answer) – COBRAINSURANCE
Hasty – CURSORY
Have a taste of – TRY
He drives Bart and Lisa to school – OTTO
Large-scale – EPIC
Lauder of cosmetics – ESTEE
Little bit of matter – ATOM
Makes off with a valuable painting, say – ABSCONDS
Musical based on “8 1/2” – NINE
Nonstop – ONEND
Office note – MEMO
One living in a fantasy world – DREAMER
Palindromic time of day – NOON
Part of a musical – SONG
Peter of “Casablanca” – LORRE
Phone no – TEL
Prefix for “soft” or “solid” – SEMI
Query – ASK
Response to a truly bad joke – CRINGE
Romantic affair, in Rouen – AMOUR
Schuster’s partner – SIMON
Screw up – ERR
Sensitive spots – SORES
Singer/actress ___ J. Blige – MARY
Smidgen – TAD
Sole – LONE
Sorcerer – MAGE
Sound system – STEREO
Sounding stuffy – NASAL
Spot for a famous couples’ cruise? – ARK
Statues’ trunks – TORSOS
Sudden – ABRUPT
T, on a sorority house – TAU
Tablet on a nightstand, maybe – IPAD
Take the spotlight from – UPSTAGE
Took badly? – STOLE
Tree knot – GNARL
Weather woe whose title has a tilde – ELNINO
Winks or waves – SIGNALS
Word after “steam” or “pump” – IRON
Words from one who’s unwell – IMSICK
Work from a folder? – ORIGAMI
Wriggly fish – EEL
You may get down on one – KNEE
___ choy – BOK
