Here are the answers to Universal Crossword puzzles Wednesday September 15 2021.
“Am not!” response – ARETOO
“Has the meeting started?” – AMILATE
“Regarding, in a memo” or “Counterbalances” – CLUE
“War and Peace,” for one – SAGA
“You’re it!” – TAG
(OMG!) – GASP
*Completely immoral supervisor? – BASEMANAGER
*Evidently fake jewel? – SOFTDIAMOND
*Some under-the-table flirting? – FOOTGAMES
*Weaving instructor? – BASKETCOACH
Actress Sorkin – ARLEEN
Ancestry.com test subject – DNA
Angel costume headwear – HALO
Bad throw at a casino – CRAP
Big name in boots – UGG
Broad neckties – ASCOTS
Burden – ONUS
Certain column in the paper – OPED
Change the hue of – RECOLOR
Closer, in a guessing game – WARMER
Counterbalances – OFFSETS
Dad joke, e.g – GROANER
Decide – OPT
Enjoyed a buffet – ATE
Financing letters – APR
High cards in royal flushes – ACES
Influences – IMPACTS
Inquire nosily – PRY
Irritates – ANNOYS
Join together – SPLICE
Kind of acid in fertilizers – NITRIC
Last number in many prices – NINE
Layered pasta dish – LASAGNA
Lead role in “How I Met Your Mother” – TED
Like freshly cut grass – MOWN
Like some people who read closed captions – DEAF
Like the wolf in a fairy tale – BAD
Like the wolf in a fairy tale – BIG
Make a visit – COMEBY
Make amends – ATONE
Maker of Thick & Fluffy waffles – EGGO
Mess up … and a hint to 17-, 24-, 36- and 50-Across – DROPTHEBALL
Metallic fabric – LAME
More like sea salt than iodized salt – COARSER
Music genre associated with black eyeliner – EMO
Not well-lit – DIM
Notable span – ERA
Nutty confection – PRALINE
One giving a speech – ORATOR
Party attendees – GUESTS
Pixar movie with talking vehicles – CARS
Points of view – SLANTS
Popular show letters – SRO
Quarrel – ARGUE
Regarding, in a memo – ASTO
Sauce for fettucine – ALFREDO
Shape-shifts – MORPHS
Shuffles around aimlessly, say – MOPES
Slippery, as a street – ICY
Something in your cart – ITEM
Spiral-cut meat – HAM
Sporty auto roof – TTOP
Start of a letter to a longtime advice columnist – DEARANN
Stick (to) – ADHERE
Thumbs-down votes – NOS
Tightly stretched – TAUT
Vessels with spigots – URNS
Was surrounded by wavy lines, in a comic – STANK
Words before and after “is” – ABET
Wyatt of the Wild West – EARP
Yards’ relatives – METERS
___ Altos, California – LOS
___ Lingus – AER
___ or false – TRUE
___ story (sad-sounding tale) – SOB
___-man band – ONE
