Here are the answers to Universal Crossword puzzles Wednesday September 1 2021.
“Don’t let it happen!” – HEAVENFORBID
“No contest” or “not guilty” – PLEA
“___ thy father …” – HONOR
Abbr. in a citation – ETAL
Abbr. on a citation, perhaps – MPH
Alabama city in civil rights history – SELMA
Award talked about on “Mad Men” – CLIO
Big ego, or what encompasses 20-, 25- and 45-Across? – SWELLEDHEAD
Bit of cote chatter – COO
Bulgaria’s most populous city – SOFIA
Bunch of baby birds – BROOD
Burst inward – IMPLODE
Clue – HINT
Common words of commitment – IDO
Dallas NBA player, briefly – MAV
Debate position – PRO
Derby transaction – BET
Dr Pepper Museum’s Texas home – WACO
Employer’s posting – HELPWANTEDAD
Equine 23-Across – MARE
Etching agents – ACIDS
Feeling relaxed – ATEASE
Fibber McGee’s broadcast medium, once – RADIO
Freed, like peas – SHELLED
Friend – PAL
Full of holiday spirit – JOLLY
Gave the once-over – EYED
Geological span – EON
Get into gear? – CLOTHE
Grey Goose liquors – VODKAS
Grouch – CRAB
Guess: Abbr – EST
Hang on to first place – HOLDTHELEAD
Hemingway’s “In ___ Time” – OUR
Homophone for “sense” – CENTS
In need of a recharge – DEAD
Informed – TOLD
Like a certain tale or order – TALL
Lubricating medium – OIL
Most cautious – WARIEST
Neither this ___ that – NOR
Neophyte gamer – NOOB
Netflix’s “The Kominsky ___” – METHOD
Not as ruddy – PALER
Noticeable navel – OUTIE
Occasional bit of work – ODDJOB
Off drugs – CLEAN
Old movie channel – TCM
Once again? – TWICE
One has a day in May – MOM
Pass, as a bill – ENACT
Person who never arrives – NOSHOW
Polynesian image – TIKI
Popular tablet – IPAD
Queen Anne’s ___ (white plant) – LACE
Red carpet figure – STAR
Reduce drastically – SLASH
Roulette necessity – WHEEL
Serve that gets you a quick point – ACE
Similar – AKIN
Sounds of well-tuned engines – HUMS
Steak city of Nebraska – OMAHA
Subsidies and such – AID
Surface calculation – AREA
Take care of, as duties – SEETO
Tiptop – ACME
Toy such as Rosebud – SLED
Truckloads – ALOT
Tweak the wording of – EDIT
Voice above tenor – ALTO
Warsaw native – POLE
What flows from Mount Etna – LAVA
What gets into a beachgoer’s shoes – SAND
Where a fork might be encountered – ROAD
Where a pig might be found? – POKE
Where Arches National Park is – UTAH
Word after “deep” or “defensive” – END
___-to book – HOW
