Here are the answers to Universal Crossword puzzles Tuesday August 31 2021.
“Hey you!” – PSST
“The Americans” star Russell – KERI
“Think different” and “Just Do It” – SLOGANS
“Upright” instrument – BASS
’90s Poet Laureate Dove – RITA
1975 Wimbledon winner Arthur – ASHE
A party to – INON
Acid Tests drug – LSD
Apple product – CIDER
Apt exams to take in dental school? – ORALS
Baby bird? – STORK
Bad premonitions … or a hint to 2-, 4- and 8-Down – SINKINGFEELINGS
Big rig – SEMI
Biosphere component – ECOSYSTEM
Burnt ___ (barbecue morsels) – ENDS
Camels’ watering holes – OASES
Camping gear co-op – REI
Cheer on – ROOTFOR
Congresswoman Tlaib – RASHIDA
Cosmo, e.g – MAG
Cured sausage – SALAMI
Danger – THREAT
Deer with a rack – STAG
Earlier – PRIOR
Enemy of an enemy, maybe – FRIEND
Fails during a crucial moment – CHOKES
Fashion line? – HEM
Flail – THRASH
Font designed in 1982 – ARIAL
Get better – HEAL
Golfer’s alternative to a wood – IRON
Greeting from Lionel Richie or Adele? – HELLO
Grilling spot? – HOTSEAT
Gumshoe’s undertaking – CASE
Holey material – MESH
Irritate – RILE
Kinky item in a yard – HOSE
Like a sorry sight – SAD
Like much of New Mexico’s climate – ARID
Like the Rough Riders’ war (… 6 to 10) – SPANISHAMERICAN
Lyricist Gershwin – IRA
Male turkey or cat – TOM
Matures – AGES
Movie’s sound portion – AUDIO
Navigation device, briefly – GPS
Not this – THAT
One of a mule’s parents – ASS
Peg for a golf ball – TEE
Pi Day follower – IDES
Pig fat – LARD
Play with fire – TEMPTFATE
Possesses – HAS
Prefix for “union” – DIS
Prepare for a selfie, perhaps – PREEN
Punched out at lunch, maybe (… 10 to 13) – KNOCKEDOFFEARLY
Quarreling – ATIT
Ref. to which “adorkable” was introduced in 2020 – OED
Reliable – TRUSTY
Scattered everywhere (In this clue’s answer, notice letters 3 to 6) – ALLOVERTHEPLACE
Scottish cap – TAM
Silverstein who wrote “The Giving Tree” – SHEL
Site for experimentation, briefly – LAB
Spans sometimes named for presidents – ERAS
Start to drip, as ice cream – MELT
Substandard – POOR
Surfaced – AROSE
Taj Mahal’s city – AGRA
They scurry … or scroll – MICE
Used an abacus – ADDED
Very mean – NASTY
X X X – TENS
Zero, in soccer – NIL
___ Emhoff, fashionable Second Family member – ELLA
___ gin fizz – SLOE
___ Heel State (North Carolina) – TAR
___ lane – HOV
