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Below are Universal December 20, 2021 Crossword Answers. We have changed the way we posting answers and solutions for clues; instead of opening them in a new page we are revealing answers and solutions in the same page. This is the simplest way for you to find the answers. As you see in the left side are crossword clues and in the right side are crossword answers.
Author: by Rebecca Goldstein and Rachel Fabi
Across
| Leafy side dishes | SALADS |
| “Marriage Story” Oscar winner Laura | DERN |
| Type of therapy for people with autism: Abbr. | ABA |
| 2017 skating biopic | ITONYA |
| Oregon Trail animals, once | OXEN |
| Mire | FEN |
| *Primate exhibit | MONKEYHOUSE |
| Disapproving noise | TSK |
| Spice Girl B or C | MEL |
| Afro-Brazilian dance | SAMBA |
| “Little Women” sister | BETH |
| Site that prohibits the selling of souls | EBAY |
| “Respect your ___!” | ELDERS |
| Animal that plays dead | POSSUM |
| *Matcha, for instance | GREENTEA |
| Park, e.g., in NYC | AVE |
| City where pesto originated | GENOA |
| In any way | ATALL |
| Whiskey flavoring | PEAT |
| Nary a soul | NOONE |
| Peace Prize city | OSLO |
| Plot ___ (protagonist’s “protection”) | ARMOR |
| Assail | SETAT |
| Casual shirt | TEE |
| *Have mercy | SHOWPITY |
| “Mister ___ Neighborhood” | ROGERS |
| Conundrum | ENIGMA |
| Journalist Ifill | GWEN |
| Group of performers | CAST |
| City near Dallas | PLANO |
| Poke bowl tuna | AHI |
| Telecom letters separated by an & | ATT |
| *”Shocker!” | BIGSURPRISE |
| “To Kill a Mockingbird” author | LEE |
| “Sure about that?” | ISIT |
| Hairdo whose “business in the front, party in the back” description hints at what can follow the two words in each starred clue’s answer | MULLET |
| New Deal prez | FDR |
| Oscar-winning director Chloe | ZHAO |
| Arranges, as hair | STYLES |
Down
| Kind of card in a phone | SIM |
| Molecule component | ATOM |
| Word before “wolf” or “Star” | LONE |
| Often-rolled joints | ANKLES |
| Good ___ Young (hair color brand) | DYE |
| Concludes a prayer, maybe | SAYSAMEN |
| Apt rhyme for “gloom” | DOOM |
| Jumping for joy | EXUBERANT |
| Transaction at a flea market | RESALE |
| Washington-to-Syracuse dir. | NNE |
| Lingering flavor | AFTERTASTE |
| Successful book | BESTSELLER |
| Word hidden in “Tutankhamun” | ANKH |
| Stable staple | HAY |
| Box in Japanese cuisine | BENTO |
| Creepy-crawly | BUG |
| Grp. that regulates LSD | DEA |
| Dads | PAPAS |
| Wasn’t cool enough? | OVERHEATED |
| Kraken or Scylla | SEAMONSTER |
| Like undercooked brownies | GOOEY |
| Soothing succulents | ALOES |
| Feeling of longing for the Before Times | NOSTALGIA |
| Namely | TOWIT |
| Songs stuck in people’s heads | EARWORMS |
| D&D, e.g. | RPG |
| Lower-body ring site | TOE |
| Mischievous | IMPISH |
| “Far out!” | GNARLY |
| Bearded antelope | GNU |
| Baby whale | CALF |
| “___ your other question …” | ASTO |
| “The ___ We Climb” (Amanda Gorman poem) | HILL |
| “Got it” | ISEE |
| URL ender for a company | BIZ |
| Place (on) | PUT |
| UFO occupants | ETS |