Here are the answers to Universal Crossword puzzles Wednesday July 7 2021.
“Food’s ready!” – EATUP
“Old MacDonald” vowels – EIEIO
“Pass” – NAH
“Who’da thunk?!” – GEE
“___ fishing” – GONE
*”Best case scenario …” – IFIMLUCKY
*Like topics you shouldn’t talk about – OFFLIMITS
*Personal growth – SELFIMPROVEMENT
*You may apply one to a selfie – INSTAGRAMFILTER
Atlanta university – EMORY
Ave. crossers in NYC – STS
Baldwin of “30 Rock” – ALEC
Be An ___ Hero (grassroots campaign for creators) – ARTS
Bit of ink – TAT
Bon ___ (Justin Vernon’s band) – IVER
Cattle call? – MOO
Changed – ALTERED
Chow – GRUB
College URL ender – EDU
Consultant’s charge – FEE
Contents of lodes – ORES
Cookies sometimes deconstructed – OREOS
Croc, but not gator – SHOE
Data, briefly – INFO
Debate group – TEAM
Fancy ‘do – COIF
Fed a line to – CUED
Feeling after a bad call – IRE
Fjord or sound – INLET
Font flourish – SERIF
Food-on-a-stick events – FAIRS
Fun run length, informally – ONEK
Goad – BAIT
Habitat for some otters – SEA
Historical chapter – ERA
Horrid – ATROCIOUS
Horrid – VILE
In need of straightening – ASKEW
Incubation locations – UTERI
Indian breakfast cake – IDLI
K-pop group that has spoken at the U.N. twice – BTS
Lever pusher in a lab – RAT
Losing roll at a casino – CRAP
Male sheep – RAM
Mom-and-pop grps.? – PTAS
New versions of TV shows – REBOOTS
Not get a single laugh, say – BOMB
Not touching base, informally? – AWOL
Novel forms for novels, and a clue to the word scrambled within each starred answer – FILMADAPTATIONS
Nutritional letters – RDA
Perspective, figuratively – LENS
Photographer Goldin – NAN
Potato product brand named for two states – OREIDA
Pump product – GAS
Queries – ASKS
Rep who led a Twitter tutorial for House Dems – AOC
Rummikub or Risk – GAME
Shakespearean snake – ASP
Skillet’s spot – STOVE
Song like “Take Me or Leave Me” – DUET
Spice up, as wine – MULL
Storyline shape – ARC
Swiss peak – ALP
Text while watching TV, say – MULTITASK
The “B” of BCE – BEFORE
The third – III
Trivia spots – PUBS
Type of cake or pan – BUNDT
Unfixable – KAPUT
Unfortunate smells – ODORS
Unknown, on a schedule: Abbr – TBA
What a vegetarian avoids – MEAT
Where most of Turkey is – ASIA
Woolly Peruvian animal – LLAMA
Word after “ring” or “hold” – TRUE
Word on a red sign – STOP
___ Bay (Oakland’s area) – EAST
___ wash (baker’s mixture) – EGG
