Here are the answers to Universal Crossword puzzles Friday September 17 2021.
“Ditto” – SOAMI
“G.I. Jane” star Demi – MOORE
“Relax,” to a drill instructor – ATEASE
“The Very Hungry Caterpillar” author Eric – CARLE
“___ the way you think” – ILIKE
*Leslie Odom Jr.’s Tony-winning “Hamilton” role – AARONBURR
*License to drill? – DDSDEGREE
*Marine plant that grows in beds – EELGRASS
*Rib cook-off need – BBQGRILL
Activist Thunberg – GRETA
Actor’s workplace – SET
Big spoon, of a sort – LADLE
Brew that’s frozen during production – ICEBEER
Choir platform – RISER
Cinco menos tres – DOS
Cold War initials – USSR
Company in a 2001 fraud scandal – ENRON
Comparatively pleased – GLADDER
Cozy stopover – INN
Deviate from the script – ADLIB
Devour – EAT
Earth-friendly prefix – ECO
End of Brown’s URL – EDU
Ernie of golf – ELS
Evian, par exemple – EAU
Exam for an aspiring Mensan – IQTEST
Excessively – TOO
Experiencing great success – ONATEAR
Exposed as a fraud, e.g – OUTED
Fire-setting crime – ARSON
First sound in “Georgia” – SOFTG
Gold deposits, perhaps – LODES
Goryeo Dynasty’s land, once – KOREA
Grand Teton beast – ELK
Have a dispute – ARGUE
Hot, frothy drink – LATTE
Ivory and Irish Spring products – SOAPS
Jawaharlal in Indian history – NEHRU
Latin epic poem – AENEID
Like some marriages – ARRANGED
Like some tape … and each starred clue’s answer, based on its first and last two letters? – DOUBLESIDED
Mandolin’s kin – SITAR
Many moons – YEARS
Many, many moons – EON
Marie who was the first winner of two Nobel Prizes – CURIE
Monitor for TV? – FCC
Narrow-minded – INSULAR
Nobel Peace Center’s home – OSLO
Paleo’s opposite – NEO
PC key that modifies other keys’ functions – ALT
Persuasive assignment – ESSAY
Pizza Hut competitor – SBARRO
Places for sweaters? – SAUNAS
Popular site for a stud – EAR
Prolonged quarrel – FEUD
Regret – RUE
Roofer’s supply – TAR
Run out of pants? – STREAK
Russian pancakes – BLINI
Said, as a farewell – BADE
Sch. in La Jolla – UCSD
Soft lock – TRESS
Some weight lifters – CRANES
Started – BEGAN
Stonehenge worshipper – DRUID
Straight up? – DUENORTH
They may have creaky boards – FLOORS
Vowelless summons – PSST
Waiting in the wings, perhaps – NOTON
Word after “jet” or “time” – LAG
Yeltsin of the 37-Down – BORIS
___ Arbor – ANN
___ Lingus (Irish carrier) – AER
___ otter – SEA
___ Peter to pay Paul – ROB
___ Tome and Principe – SAO
