Here are the answers to Universal Crossword puzzles Wednesday December 8 2021.
“Bear” related to a wombat – KOALA
“Heavens to ___!” – BETSY
“I’ve never heard that song sung in two keys simultaneously,” for one? – KARAOKEBARB
“Mr. ___” (Styx song) – ROBOTO
“My life has been reduced to these few sentences on a dust jacket!”? – ITSABLURB
“Nope, try once more” – GUESSAGAIN
“Seriously!” – NOLIE
“Table” or “sea” follower – SALT
12 months before now – AYEARAGO
Activist and poet Wade – CLEO
Alphabet – ABCS
Apple pie ___ mode – ALA
Bit of kindling – TWIG
BOS rival, in baseball – NYY
Breast ___ (baby-feeding option) – MILK
Bring in, as money – EARN
Certain – SURE
Chance to hit – ATBAT
Charges, as at windmills – TILTS
Chatter indiscreetly – BLAB
Complicated network of relationships at Buckingham Palace? – THEROYALWEB
Confessional confessions – SINS
Cookie that can be personalized – OREO
Corn or barley – CROP
Did a crossword in the waiting room, say – KILLEDTIME
Dishonest person – ROGUE
Do something – ACT
Even a little – ATALL
Event with deep-fried food – FAIR
Feature of 70-Across’s clue – TYPO
Feature of 70-Across’s clue – COMMA
Gets together – MEETS
Gladys Knight’s range – ALTO
Go on a tirade – RANT
Ideal piece of pasta, e.g., informally? – DREAMCARB
Lake by Toledo – ERIE
Lift – RAISE
Like eggs over easy – RUNNY
Longing – YEN
Loud laugh sound – YUK
Lyft alternatives – UBERS
Male deer – STAG
Mine cart cargo – ORE
Modest response to praise – ITRY
Mowed path – SWATH
No more than – UPTO
Not fresh – STALE
One might have a nose wire – FACEMASK
One who creates – ARTIST
One with many world views? – ATLAS
Peter, Paul and Marry, for one – TRIO
Postpone – DEFER
Prickly plant – BRIAR
Project details, briefly – SPECS
Query – ASK
Ready – SET
Sentry’s order – HALT
Show stoppers? – REMOTES
Site for handmade goods – ETSY
Skirts with a pancake variety – TUTUS
Spew lava – ERUPT
Strongly against – ANTI
Switch topics – SEGUE
Tammy Duckworth’s deg – PHD
Theater chain – AMC
They’re above abs – PECS
Thing for walking the dog? – YOYO
Thing to keep your eye on – BALL
Tickled doll – ELMO
Tidbit of vanilla – SEED
To the extent that – SOFARAS
Tree’s “blood” – SAP
Type of sauce in teriyaki dishes – SOY
Wee, cutesily – ITTY
Weightlifter’s pride, briefly – BOD
What bills might become – LAWS
What polarized lenses reduce – GLARE
___ the groundwork – LAY
