Here are the answers to Universal Crossword puzzles Friday December 3 2021.
“Billions” actor Asia ___ Dillon – KATE
“Casablanca” heroine – ILSA
“Clean up this ___!” – MESS
“Gotcha” – ISEE
“Hahaha,” in a text – LOL
“Turn on the A.C.!” – IMHOT
Agree – ASSENT
Apt rhyme for “bore” – SNORE
Athlete once ineligible for the Olympics – PRO
Aussie hopper – ROO
Band hidden in “One Love” – ELO
Beachcomber’s find – SHELL
Bruins’ Golden State sch – UCLA
Cab devices – METERS
Class with poses – YOGA
Contact a radio show – CALLIN
Cowboy’s pants – CHAPS
Creative inspiration – IDEA
Diamond imperfection – FLAW
Dickinson who wrote almost 1,800 poems – EMILY
Did some restaurant work – WAITED
Doonesbury cartoonist Garry – TRUDEAU
Enjoyed fufu, say – ATE
Fjord, for instance – INLET
Fling with force – HURL
Flower feature – PETAL
Foreword follower – PREFACE
Frolic – ROMP
Gets closer to – NEARS
Good source of fiber – OATBRAN
Gregarious – SOCIAL
Homecoming queen’s crown – TIARA
Idolize – REVERE
In the past – AGO
It hits the ground when you’re running – ELOSRETUO
Kind of paint or glove – LATEX
Leave completely full – SATE
Like a fox – SLY
Low pitch indicator, in music – BASSCLEF
Marks on shoes – SCUFFS
Move stealthily – TIPTOE
Name that anagrams to “coin” – NICO
Nicki who sang “Anaconda” – MINAJ
No, in Moscow – NYET
Now more than ___ – EVER
Obstacle in a course? – TEST
Offshoot of a lecture conference – TEDX
One who cries “Uncle”? – NIECE
Palindromically titled fashion magazine – ELLE
Pet in many a YouTube video – CAT
Place to end up after walking the plank – REKCOLSENOJYVAD
Postal delivery – MAIL
Put aside for later – SHELVE
Quaking trees – ASPENS
Reveal secrets – BLAB
Riboflavin, e.g – BVITAMIN
Shape such as 0 – OVAL
Sharp knock – RAP
Short comedy routine – BIT
Stephenson who coined “metaverse” – NEAL
Strongly built – SOLID
Take advantage of – USE
Toast words … or 3-, 4- and 9-Down, based on their meanings and direction? – BOTTOMSUP
Top seed’s reward – BYE
Touch gently – PAT
Turtleneck, for one – COLLAR
Watches over, as a fire – TENDS
What some people can’t tolerate – LACTOSE
Windy City trains – ELS
Wine list section – REDS
Word near a handle – PULL
Word with “rug” or “code” – AREA
Worst possible track meet result – HSINIFECALPTSAL
___ spectrum – AUTISM
