Here are the answers to Universal Crossword puzzles Tuesday September 21 2021.
“Avenger” Peel – EMMA
“Better Call Saul” network – AMC
“Blonde” author (In this clue’s answer, notice letters 8 to 5) – JOYCECAROLOATES
“Come on, ___ pal!” – BEA
“Go ahead, say it’s my fault!” (… letters 5 to 2) – OHSUREBLAMEME
“The Coda Collection” co-founder Yoko – ONO
’90s “Star Trek” spinoff (… letters 5 to 1) – DEEPSPACENINE
(Listen up!) – PSST
2001 Apple release – IPOD
Accept eagerly – LAPUP
Actor Hemsworth – LIAM
Barred from competing, informally – DQED
Bird last seen in 1662 – DODO
Boxing ref’s call – TKO
Capital of Italy? – EURO
Certain batteries – AAS
Cleaned in a finger bowl, say – RINSED
Criticize harshly – BERATE
Dad – PAPA
Daydreaming, for some – ESCAPE
Donkey – ASS
Down ___ (memorized) – PAT
Drink made with ice cream – MALT
Drink with a Tropical Fusion flavor – ICEE
Films with large casts – EPICS
Fish with flat bodies – RAYS
Fox’s “Call Me ___” – KAT
Fuels, as a fire – STOKES
Get the ball rolling? – PUTT
Gift for a new employee, maybe – MUG
Held on to – KEPT
Humidor items – CIGARS
In ___ of – LIEU
Iota follower – KAPPA
Joint with a cap – KNEE
Jurassic beast, for short – DINO
Like an Etch A Sketch or a whiteboard – ERASABLE
Long ones are unfavorable – ODDS
Mammoth growth – TUSK
Mathematician Turing – ALAN
Medina resident, most likely – ARAB
Microwaves – HEATS
Musketeer of note – ARAMIS
Neckwear clasps – TIEBARS
Negative aspect – DEMERIT
No longer there – GONE
Number one card game? – UNO
Oral history – LORE
Paintballs or snowballs – AMMO
Pastrami place – DELI
Pizzazz – ZIP
Point of view – TAKE
Proverbial bucket of bolts – HEAP
Put on, as a protest – STAGE
Resistor measures – OHMS
Respectful address – MADAM
Revealed – BARED
Shade “thrower” – TREE
Shows for wannabe performers – OPENMICS
Significant span – ERA
Son of Ares – EROS
Steady boyfriend – BEAU
Symbol of slipperiness – EEL
The jackfruit dish tam khanun, for instance – SALAD
Thick Japanese noodle – UDON
Timely response time, and a theme hint – QUICKTURNAROUND
Tubular pasta – ZITI
Type of mustard – DIJON
Up in the air, briefly – TBA
Volume-boosting box – AMP
Vulcan Salute symbol, e.g – EMOJI
Wear a pouty face – SULK
Weight-loss plan – DIET
Wheels of fortune, perhaps? – LIMO
Where to get a salt scrub – SPA
___ California – BAJA
___ Perignon – DOM
___ Speedwagon – REO
