Here are the answers to Universal Crossword puzzles Tuesday September 28 2021.
“Help!” – SOS
“How unfortunate” – SOSAD
“Jagged Little Pill” was nominated for 15 in 2020 – TONYS
“Monday Night Football” broadcaster – ESPN
“The Little Red Hen” denial – NOTI
“The Problem With ___” (film named for a “Simpsons” character) – APU
1989 rom-com about an underachiever and a valedictorian – SAYANYTHING
Accrue, as interest – EARN
Actress typecast in slasher flicks – SCREAMQUEEN
Angsty music genre – EMO
App for sharing pics – INSTA
Apple desktop – IMAC
Behind on points – LOSING
Boy – LAD
Canola ___ – OIL
Canvas cover – TARP
Caterer’s dispenser – URN
Channels of information that women share privately – WHISPERNETWORKS
Chi-Town paper, with “The” – TRIB
Chromosome molecule – DNA
Clairvoyant’s claim: Abbr – ESP
Closes – SHUTS
Conical items at birthday parties – HATS
Cosmetics giant – AVON
Couple’s pronoun – OURS
Dance that takes two – TANGO
Designer Wang – VERA
Destruction – RUIN
Diamond Head’s island – OAHU
File away – ARCHIVE
Fine-tune – HONE
Finishes, like a tattoo – INKSIN
First name of two Spice Girls – MEL
Garden creature – GNOME
Has a marketing connection – TIESIN
Have a little liquid – SIP
Heavy charger, for short? – RHINO
Henhouse – COOP
Hershey toffee bar – SKOR
Improve in a wine cellar, maybe – AGE
In the style of – ALA
It comes before Virgo – LEO
It has a humerus and a funny bone – ARM
It may be breaking – NEWS
It’s a wrap in Bollywood – SARI
JFK Library architect – IMPEI
Lion in 2015 headlines – CECIL
Livens (up) – PEPS
Long-running CBS drama – CSI
Makes less feral – TAMES
Mixed bag – ASSORTMENT
Most optimal – BEST
Noninvasive hosp. procedure – MRI
Orange or purple vegetable – YAM
Orca appendage – FIN
Perceive – SEE
Picture of health? – SCAN
Place – PUT
Planking targets – ABS
Rail system that serves S.F – BART
Ravens’ calls – CAWS
Relating to the wristbones – CARPAL
Revealing a lot, or a theme hint – SPEAKINGVOLUMES
Roadside purchase – GAS
Roundabout – CIRCUITOUS
Salt, in the lab – NACL
Satisfy, as one’s thirst – QUENCH
Slowly disappear – FADEOUT
Soda brand named for a California peak – SHASTA
Sticky stuff – GOO
Surfer’s tether – LEGROPE
The “A” in LGBTQIA – ASEXUAL
Touch on – ABUT
Tweak – ALTER
Underlying meaning – SUBTEXT
Upscale hotel chain – OMNI
Whopper – LIE
Word after “power” or “strong” – SUIT
___ acid (protein part) – AMINO
___-of-war – TUG
