Here are the answers to Universal Crossword puzzles Friday July 30 2021.
“Can I?” – PLEASE
“Like herding cats” and “sick as a dog” – IDIOMS
“Swell!” – NEATO
“That’s relaxing!” – AHH
“___ Banks” (Netflix show set in North Carolina) – OUTER
Actress Patti – LUPONE
Ancient Egyptian queen, familiarly – CLEO
Annoy – RILE
Anti-consumerist ideology – FREEGANISM
Brazilian bossa nova hub, informally – RIO
Card that beats a deuce – TREY
Certain computer problem – SYSTEMERROR
Chinese “way” – TAO
Chopper part – ROTOR
Cognac brand – HENNESSY
Common sleep disorder – APNEA
Congressional approval – YEA
Currency for 19 countries – EURO
Curt – TERSE
Deliver a speech – ORATE
Directive in a sauce recipe – STIR
Easy wins – ROMPS
Evoke – ELICIT
Falco of “Nurse Jackie” – EDIE
Forest green, for one – HUE
Fortune-teller – SEER
Graduation cap feature – TASSEL
Hammer-wielding Avenger – THOR
Harvard’s rival – YALE
Headbutt, or an animal that headbutts – RAM
Humorist Bombeck – ERMA
Impose, as a fine – LEVY
Initials on a deli menu – BLT
Island of ___ Toys (place visited by Rudolph) – MISFIT
It’s represented by bars – CELLSERVICE
Kleenex purchase – TISSUEBOX
Knee injury site: Abbr – ACL
Like a disciplinarian – STERN
Like dough after baking, one hopes – RISEN
Like some diet desserts – NOFAT
List of players – ROSTER
Mine carts’ contents – ORES
Misplace – LOSE
Noble gas in arc lamps – XENON
Not often – RARELY
One might say “Is this thing on?” into it – MIC
People who made proclamations – HERALDS
Pie containers – TINS
Poker pile – POT
Prefix with “athlete” – TRI
Pulled part of a church instrument – ORGANSTOP
Rap’s ___ Nas X – LIL
Relative of ice cream, for short – FROYO
Religious faction – SECT
Remark to the audience – ASIDE
Scarfed down – ATE
Shannon of Thirty Seconds to Mars – LETO
Site of a famous opera house – SYDNEY
Sock’s end – TOE
Spanish mister – SENOR
State with a potato museum – IDAHO
Stuff in a certain muffin – BRAN
Take out a policy for – INSURE
Taken in pill form, say – ORAL
Taste or touch – SENSE
Teacher’s pen color, often – RED
To be, in French – ETRE
Toni Morrison’s birth state – OHIO
Touches on the shoulder – TAPS
Trips to the liquor store, say – BEERRUNS
Vamooses – SCRAMS
Vehicles with many lights – PARTYBUSES
Web exchange – IMS
Wed – MARRY
What a tire swing may swing from – LIMB
Wobble – TEETER
___ Antonio – SAN
___ Talk – TED
