Universal - Jun 16 2022

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Clues Answers
"... in order to form a more perfect ___ ..." UNION
"Aloe" follower VERA
"Beware the ___ of the calm" (Muriel Spark) IRE
"Brooklyn Nine-Nine" detective Rosa DIAZ
"Seasons of Love" musical RENT
"This ___ what it looks like!" ISNT
"Today" weatherman Al ROKER
"___ the night before ..." TWAS
"___'d You Over" (possible punny name for a restaurant serving khao pad) THAI
(Error reproduced intentionally) SIC
*Bedtime drink NIGHTCAP
*Dramatic basketball play BUZZERBEATER
*Most recent "Fauci ouchie" COVIDBOOSTER
*Picture whose subject is in a gown GRADUATIONPHOTO
Achy SORE
And others: Abbr ETAL
Batiste with five Grammys JON
Blasting letters TNT
Body with a majority leader USSENATE
Brisk pace TROT
Bygone ruler also spelled with a "cz" TSAR
Call ___ question INTO
Caught in a trap SNARED
Christmas, in Paris NOEL
Cleared, as one's name? ERASED
Cones' counterparts in the eye RODS
Connection site for a camper RVHOOKUP
Cornell's city ITHACA
D.C. MLB team NATS
Desert mirage, perhaps OASIS
Drag to court SUE
Exclude OMIT
First chance's opposite, or what each starred clue's answer could be? LASTSHOT
Greeting in Lima HOLA
Hard-pressed? IRONED
Hit with a magazine, say THWACK
ICU staffers RNS
Issue forth EMIT
Jam ___ (band's meetup, informally) SESH
Clues Answers
Kemper of "The Office" ELLIE
Legendary Nintendo princess ZELDA
Like caviar RAW
Longbow wood YEW
Lucky Charms and others CEREALS
Makes a ditch, maybe DIGS
Manors ESTATES
Merit EARN
Noah's vessel ARK
Oat-based skin care brand AVEENO
Odd ___ out ONE
Piece of body art TATTOO
Predator with blubber ORCA
Prez on a penny ABE
React to chopped onions CRY
Red ___ beet ASA
Ride that often has a low mpg SUV
Russian refusal NYET
See 73-Across COKE
Snow shoes BOOTS
Songwriter Bareilles SARA
Spider's egg pouch SAC
Strive toward TRYFOR
Take to a seat USHER
Thanksgiving meal FEAST
Therefore ERGO
Timed perfectly ONCUE
Tin Man's prop OILCAN
Train segment CAR
Uninteresting VAPID
Until now TODATE
View SEE
Wee boy LAD
Where L.A. is USA
Where Laos is ASIA
Winter Olympics channel NBC
With 31-Across, soda that reacts with Mentos DIET
Yoda, for one JEDI
___ out a living EKE