Universal Crossword Answers August 17, 2021

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Author: by Jim Holland

Across

Like some grapes SOUR
Injure HARM
Burst of growth SPURT
Part of a poker pot ANTE
Soothing substance ALOE
Home of the Vietnamese Women’s Museum HANOI
*Assurances? GUARANTTT
Creme de la creme ELITE
Middle Eastern leader: Var. SHEIK
Academic stretch SEMESTER
Diva’s performance ARIA
Honey ___ bread OAT
*Bicycle parts with grips? HANDLEBRRR
Jelly holder JAR
A Gershwin brother IRA
Man in England, for one? ISLE
Irish, perhaps CELTIC
Number of seas SEVEN
Actress Longoria EVA
Insect that can hold its breath for 40 minutes, informally ROACH
Traps SNARES
“Back in the ___” (Beatles title) USSR
Big name in TVs RCA
Part of IPA ALE
*Make uppercase? CAPITALIII
Christmas meat HAM
Biography beginning? AUTO
Forbid PROHIBIT
Optometry school student, aptly PUPIL
Stick-on strip LABEL
*Disintegrate? (Bonus: Note what the ends of the starred clues’ answers spell) DECOMPOOO
Alternative to Helvetica ARIAL
Be the headliner (in) STAR
British boys’ school ETON
More than wants NEEDS
Bills featuring the Treasury Building TENS
It may end with a kiss DATE

Down

Slump SAG
Unpleasant responsibility ONUS
Jazz’s state UTAH
Peruse again REREAD
They’re handy for emotional moments HANKIES
PC key used with F4 ALT
Becomes inedible ROTS
Part of an astronomical shower METEOR
Word before “music” or “metal” SHEET
Buddies PALS
Military subgroup UNIT
Memorization method ROTE
Seating level TIER
Company concerned with overbooking AIRLINE
Antony or Anthony MARC
Competent ABLE
Angry audience member’s sound HISS
Where wrestlers face off ARENA
Part of USNA NAVAL
Gun, as an engine REVUP
Pop icon who dated A-Rod JLO
Classic name in video games ATARI
Christina of 1991’s “The Addams Family” RICCI
Book blunder ERRATUM
Tea with a masala variety CHAI
Prior to, poetically ERE
___ Minor (much of Turkey) ASIA
Healing sign SCAB
Dazed states STUPORS
In the thick of AMIDST
Hacked (off) LOPPED
They’re alive in “The Sound of Music” HILLS
Strategy PLAN
Seldom seen RARE
Theatrical award OBIE
Part of a baby that must be supported HEAD
French word before and after “a” TETE
Smidgen IOTA
Plunder LOOT
Fire from a job CAN
___-size-fits-all ONE