Here are the answers to Universal Crossword puzzles Wednesday September 8 2021.
“Fear of Flying” author Jong – ERICA
“Game of Thrones,” e.g – EPIC
“Let’s go!” – CMON
“Lovergirl” singer Marie – TEENA
“Really?” – ISIT
“Sign me up!” – IMIN
“That’s terrible!” – OHNO
A fragile one is easily bruised – EGO
An ant has six of them – LEGS
And people who didn’t make the list: Abbr – ETAL
Asia’s shrinking sea – ARAL
Author Ayn – RAND
Baldwin of “It’s Complicated” – ALEC
Blew it – ERRED
Boorish – RUDE
Bros – DUDES
Burn balm – ALOE
Candidate who lost to Truman – DEWEY
Candy shaped like a truncated cone – ROLO
City built on seven hills – ROME
Clock radio feature – ALARM
Cold-weather jacket – PARKA
Dangerously serious – DIRE
Depilatory brand – NAIR
Existed – BEEN
Fanny – TUSH
Feline-oriented section of lease? – CATSCLAUSE
First Hebrew letter – ALEPH
Fit together snugly – NEST
God who “died” in multiple Marvel movies – LOKI
Hazards when unloading silverware from the dishwasher – TINES
Krispy ___ – KREME
Last part of a date? – YEAR
Like an endangered species – THREATENED
List of starters? – PREFIXMENU
Little bit of land – ISLE
Long vehicle for a celeb – LIMO
Lots – SCADS
Lowest point – BOTTOM
Mildewy, perhaps – DANK
Most likely will – EXPECTTO
Mother, to a Brit – MUM
Nevada’s third most populous city – RENO
New Haven student – YALIE
Noisy weather phenomenon – HAILSTORM
One may need a lift on a snowy day – SKIER
Pause mark that blends in with its surroundings? – COMMACHAMELEON
Popular sans serif font – ARIAL
Refreshing gum flavor – SPEARMINT
Related by blood – AKIN
Request for solitude – LETMEBE
Rocket launch site – PAD
Sage or fennel – HERB
Seafood items that are supposedly an aphrodisiac – RAWOYSTERS
Seedy bagel type – SESAME
Skye of “Say Anything” – IONE
Smooth-talking – GLIB
Someone ___ (not me) – ELSE
Spun one’s wheels? – PEDALED
Squid’s ink holder – SAC
Squishy – SOFT
Standing up – ONEND
Supply-and-demand subj – ECON
Surgeon, informally – ORDOC
The “S” of GPS: Abbr – SYS
Traffic sound – HONK
Untainted – PURE
Vow at a vow renewal – IDO
Warped – BENT
Word on an octagonal sign – STOP
Word processing feature that went haywire when correcting 20-, 34- and 42-Across? – GRAMMARCHECKER
Youngest of the “little women” – AMYMARCH
YouTubers’ money sources – ADS
___ operandi – MODUS
