Here are the answers to Universal Crossword puzzles Wednesday August 25 2021.
“A Hard Road to Glory” author Arthur – ASHE
“Phooey!” – CRUD
“Te ___” (Spanish for “I love you”) – AMO
A single time – ONCE
Abbr. at the end of a business name – INC
Abound – TEEM
Absorbed, as a cost – ATE
Acadia National Park’s state – MAINE
Acted just like – APED
Annapolis initials – USNA
Apply – USE
Astrological ram – ARIES
Available from a keg – ONTAP
Back talk – SASS
Bewildered – ATALOSS
Boat in “Jaws” – ORCA
Bogus – FALSE
Bottom line on a letter, say? – SERIF
Bottom-first kind of birth – BREECH
Brief outline – APERCU
Bronze medalist’s place – THIRD
Building with a bell and a pole – FIREHOUSE
Buzzing with activity – ASTIR
Carnival attraction – RIDE
Cliffside nest – AERIE
Comes down hard? – SLEETS
Computer list – MENU
Conductor’s stick – BATON
Convene – MEET
Cook, as clams – STEAM
Cut with a scalpel – INCISE
Dept. of Labor arm – OSHA
Diagram of options – DECISIONTREE
Fabric for a professor’s jacket – TWEED
Fashion magazine – ELLE
Fastener that may be loose – SCREW
Flower pollinators – BEES
Gave confidence to – ASSURED
Geological period – EPOCH
Get a smile out of – AMUSE
Girl who may say “nae” – LASS
Go up and down – BOB
Heart hit with the words “I cast my spell of love on you” – MAGICMAN
Houston university – RICE
It led to a 1773 Boston “party” – TEAACT
Item an Olympian hurls – DISCUS
Like the observation “Crosswords are similar to life …” – DEEP
Military wear, informally – CAMO
Natural resource management subj – ECOL
Navajo or Pueblo – TRIBE
Not divisible by two – ODD
Not much – ABIT
Opposite NNE – SSW
Ornate-but-temporary winter structure – ICECASTLE
Photographer Adams – ANSEL
Pointy pickle piece – SPEAR
Problem-solve – TROUBLESHOOT
Put one’s foot down? – TROD
Ram like a goat – BUTT
Rhyming nickname for a ’90s-’00s Britcom – ABFAB
Ridiculous, to a Brit – DAFT
Simple chord – TRIAD
Slots’ spot – CASINO
Souvenir shop garment – TEESHIRT
Suffix for “rocket” – EER
Top housing options? – LOFTS
Tournament favorite – FIRSTSEED
Towels off – DRIES
Translation of Caesar’s “vidi” – ISAW
Tribute from a poet – ODE
Try to prevent – DETER
West Coast gas brand – ARCO
Wish undone – REGRET
Word said with a sigh – ALAS
Yield the desired result – BEARFRUIT
___ Bo (exercise system) – TAE
