Here are the answers to Universal Crossword puzzles Friday August 6 2021.
“Checkmate,” essentially – IWIN
“Fancy” country singer – REBA
“I was solving a crossword when it happened,” e.g – ALIBI
“Ish” – SORTA
“Ish” – ORSO
“Mummified,” like a house – TPED
“Oh, shoot!” – DARN
“Queen Sugar” channel – OWN
“This round’s ___” – ONME
“Time to kick my shoes off!” – IMHOME
“Yeah, I’ll pass” – UMNO
“___ the Damn Season” (Taylor Swift song) – TIS
“___ the word!” – MUMS
A bad argument might have one – HOLE
Actor ___ Patrick Harris – NEIL
Angry – MAD
Big: Prefix – MEGA
Bird on a Canadian coin – LOON
Bottom-heavy fruit – PEAR
Cabbage type often used in kimchi – NAPA
Certain frozen foods with crusts – DIGIORNOPIZZAS
Claim you had no idea – PLEADIGNORANCE
Cleverness – WIT
Cover up, as a gift – WRAP
Cracker brand used for some casseroles – RITZ
Dark berry – ACAI
Desertlike – ARID
Desserts eaten on 3/14 – PIES
Devoured, literally or figuratively – ATEUP
Dough for a deal? – ANTE
Dragged (into) – ROPED
Entered gradually – EASEDIN
Environmental activist Brockovich – ERIN
Extra piece – SCRAP
First South American city to host the Olympics – RIO
Fit for a queen – REGAL
Fix, as laces – RETIE
Fresh – NEW
Frodo’s companion – SAM
Gendered fashion label? – MENS
German for “the” – DAS
Get overwhelmed, so to speak – DROWN
Good bills for a vending machine – ONES
Got onto the ballot – RAN
If not – ELSE
Indian garment worn with a choli – SARI
Intermountain West tribe – UTE
Laura of “Marriage Story” – DERN
Legendary – EPIC
Light spray – MIST
Like the coolest coffee? – ICED
Metaphorical opportunities – DOORS
Michigan, e.g., in Chicago: Abbr – AVE
Nerve – GALL
Notable New Orleans necklace – MARDIGRASBEADS
Nut found in turtles – PECAN
Parentheticals in a play – ASIDES
Perfectly clean – SPOTLESS
Person who never complains – STOIC
Place for a pint – PUB
Poky – SLOW
Pompous tyrant – TINGOD
Popular chat room platform, once – AOL
Prince’s “Purple ___” – RAIN
Question a college-bound senior might ask – WHERESHOULDIGO
Savior – HERO
Scholarship funders – DONORS
Shawkat of “Arrested Development” – ALIA
Smooth and charming – SUAVE
Start of many a French bistro name – CHEZ
Stew often topped with sour cream – CHILI
Swarmed – THRONGED
They make records – SCRIBES
Those, in Toledo – ESOS
Word after “back” … or before “elbows” – RUB
___ for the ride – ALONG
