Here are the answers to Universal Crossword puzzles Tuesday August 17 2021.
“Back in the ___” (Beatles title) – USSR
*Assurances? – GUARANTTT
*Bicycle parts with grips? – HANDLEBRRR
*Disintegrate? (Bonus: Note what the ends of the starred clues’ answers spell) – DECOMPOOO
*Make uppercase? – CAPITALIII
A Gershwin brother – IRA
Academic stretch – SEMESTER
Actress Longoria – EVA
Alternative to Helvetica – ARIAL
Angry audience member’s sound – HISS
Antony or Anthony – MARC
Be the headliner (in) – STAR
Becomes inedible – ROTS
Big name in TVs – RCA
Bills featuring the Treasury Building – TENS
Biography beginning? – AUTO
Book blunder – ERRATUM
British boys’ school – ETON
Buddies – PALS
Burst of growth – SPURT
Christina of 1991’s “The Addams Family” – RICCI
Christmas meat – HAM
Classic name in video games – ATARI
Company concerned with overbooking – AIRLINE
Competent – ABLE
Creme de la creme – ELITE
Dazed states – STUPORS
Diva’s performance – ARIA
Fire from a job – CAN
Forbid – PROHIBIT
French word before and after “a” – TETE
Gun, as an engine – REVUP
Hacked (off) – LOPPED
Healing sign – SCAB
Home of the Vietnamese Women’s Museum – HANOI
Honey ___ bread – OAT
In the thick of – AMIDST
Injure – HARM
Insect that can hold its breath for 40 minutes, informally – ROACH
Irish, perhaps – CELTIC
It may end with a kiss – DATE
Jazz’s state – UTAH
Jelly holder – JAR
Like some grapes – SOUR
Man in England, for one? – ISLE
Memorization method – ROTE
Middle Eastern leader: Var – SHEIK
Military subgroup – UNIT
More than wants – NEEDS
Number of seas – SEVEN
Optometry school student, aptly – PUPIL
Part of a baby that must be supported – HEAD
Part of a poker pot – ANTE
Part of an astronomical shower – METEOR
Part of IPA – ALE
Part of USNA – NAVAL
PC key used with F4 – ALT
Peruse again – REREAD
Plunder – LOOT
Pop icon who dated A-Rod – JLO
Prior to, poetically – ERE
Seating level – TIER
Seldom seen – RARE
Slump – SAG
Smidgen – IOTA
Soothing substance – ALOE
Stick-on strip – LABEL
Strategy – PLAN
Tea with a masala variety – CHAI
Theatrical award – OBIE
They’re alive in “The Sound of Music” – HILLS
They’re handy for emotional moments – HANKIES
Traps – SNARES
Unpleasant responsibility – ONUS
Where wrestlers face off – ARENA
Word before “music” or “metal” – SHEET
___ Minor (much of Turkey) – ASIA
___-size-fits-all – ONE
