Universal - Dec 19 2023

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Clues Answers
"As I ___ saying ..." WAS
"Ciao," in Cambridge TATA
"I've got this round!" ONME
"Planet of the ___" APES
"This or that?" WHICH
"You're So Vain" singer Carly SIMON
"___ Your Enthusiasm" CURB
11-Down's footwear SKATE
Aah's partner OOH
Annual occasion to pop champagne, for short NYE
Athletic shoe brand AVIA
Bad sign EVILOMEN
Battle that benefits consumers PRICEWAR
Bear or hare MAMMAL
Blurbs in social media profiles BIOS
Bumper boo-boo DENT
Clean Water Act org EPA
Cozy corner NOOK
Critical hosp. ward ICU
Desert home to dromedary camels SAHARA
Egyptian goddess of healing ISIS
Engrave with acid ETCH
Exclude OMIT
Felt instinctively SENSED
Field of expertise AREA
Fish tank film SCUM
Five-___ chili ALARM
Fly traps WEBS
Fonzie's affirmative (... first 2 letters + last 3) CORRECTAMUNDO
Funny Tina FEY
Garlicky shrimp dish SCAMPI
Genre for Lauryn Hill RAP
Genre with introspective lyrics EMO
Goblin relative ORC
Grade of beef PRIME
Greek counterpart of Mars ARES
Guy who's determined (... first 3 letters + last 4) MANONAMISSION
High/low card ACE
Clues Answers
How oysters may be served RAW
Injure HARM
It covers the 5-Down SAND
Like some horror flicks GORY
Long licorice pieces ROPES
Lyft alternative UBER
Many a reggae artist RASTA
Miami baseball player MARLIN
More than most EVERY
Movie part ROLE
Natural response to a free trip invitation (... first 2 letters + last 3) HOWCANIREFUSE
Not completely shut AJAR
Omelet needs EGGS
Part of a college application, often ESSAY
PC cores CPUS
Penguin in a net, e.g GOALIE
Piece of jewelry with attachments (In this answer, note the first 3 letters + the last 3) CHARMBRACELET
Possible cause of a bad trip LSD
Pranked some people, slangily GOTEM
Prima donna DIVA
Pringle, for one CHIP
Punches in, as a PIN ENTERS
Put in handcuffs ARREST
Ring, as church bells PEAL
Rubik's ___ CUBE
Rumba or samba DANCE
Sharp-smelling ACRID
Sob CRY
Sought office RAN
Thick carpet type SHAG
Third-largest city in Arizona MESA
Tight's opposite LOOSE
Transgression SIN
Vital artery AORTA
Where to find MALM bed frames and meatballs IKEA
Wyndham hotel chain, familiarly HOJO
___ out the trash TAKE
___/her SHE