Here are the answers to Universal Crossword puzzles Thursday May 20 2021.
“Dang it!” – OHCRUD
“In this way” – LIKESO
“Too many cooks spoil the broth,” e.g – ADAGE
“What’s up, ___?” (Bugs Bunny) – DOC
2D version of a children’s game? – FLATJACKS
Accessibility law, briefly – ADA
Affectionate – FOND
Alter, theoretically for the better – EDIT
Arab leader – EMIR
Aye’s opposite – NAY
Barbers’ gathering? – TRESSCONFERENCE
Basis of some COVID vaccines – RNA
Beatnik’s beat source – BONGO
Best possible grade – APLUS
Black-___-white cookies – AND
Booty that pirates store near their booties? – BELTLOOT
Breakfast on a South Florida island? – KEYGRITS
Butter portion – PAT
Consume literature – READ
Countries that fight with each other? – ALLIES
Crime boss – CAPO
Cupboard stack – PLATES
Deck for telling the future – TAROT
Diet-friendly, on a food label – LOFAT
Diplomat such as Linda Thomas-Greenfield, briefly – UNREP
DIY move rental – UHAUL
Endure – STAND
Exist – ARE
Game with settlers – CATAN
Garlicky shrimp dish – SCAMPI
German philosopher Immanuel – KANT
Give funding to – ENDOW
Golden Fleece ship – ARGO
Golfer’s benchmark – PAR
Greek goddess of victory – NIKE
How freelancers typically work – ONSPEC
How some people visit the vet? – CATINHAND
Informal shirt – TEE
Knock loudly – RAP
Lacking substance – THIN
Large venue – ARENA
Like a single singer – SOLO
Like the city Limerick – IRISH
Line-forming insect – ANT
Magma, after it erupts – LAVA
Mascara target – LASH
Mischief-maker – RASCAL
MRI alternative – CTSCAN
Next year’s senior – JUNIOR
Nickname for Theodore – TED
Not stay away – RETURN
Old-fashioned screen? – PAPER
Ones or elevens, in blackjack – ACES
Owns – HAS
Oxen restraint – YOKE
Pastry that may be filled with berries – TART
Put away – STOW
Quantity – AMOUNT
Receptive – OPEN
Sense of self – EGO
Shiny fabric – SATEEN
Stage signals – CUES
Steamy spots – SAUNAS
Strike … or a batter’s success – HIT
Striped Disney fish – NEMO
Sword with a French name – EPEE
Theater awards – TONYS
Ultimate function – ENDUSE
Underhanded – SLY
Underprivileged – NEEDY
Univ. near Albany – RPI
Untainted by – FREEOF
Untamed – FERAL
Unused, as a bedroom – SPARE
What you can do when you don’t know – GUESS
WNBA arbiters – REFS
Woolly Andean animal – ALPACA
___ scallopini – VEAL
