Universal Crossword Answers Aug 8 2023 is published below. The puzzle title is First Look. Today’s puzzle is created By Desiree Penner and Jeff Sinnock and edited by David Steinberg. The puzzle crossword puzzle dimensions are 15 by 15.
Across
- 1.a Traces of smokeWISPS
- 6.a “Aren’t you the comedian?!”HAHA
- 10.a Piles of inedible chipsPOTS
- 14.a Maker of inedible chipsINTEL
- 15.a Actor SharifOMAR
- 16.a Farmland unitACRE
- 17.a *Computer symbol designer?ICONARTIST
- 19.a Sexy skirt featureSLIT
- 20.a Word before “child” or “city”INNER
- 21.a That dude’sHIS
- 23.a ChooseOPT
- 24.a Juice box brandHIC
- 26.a Radiant lookGLOW
- 28.a Group of friendsCIRCLE
- 30.a Yard sale cautionASIS
- 32.a *The Creator?IDEALMAKER
- 34.a Go the Gorilla, for the Phoenix SunsMASCOT
- 36.a ThingsITEMS
- 37.a “Brah!”MYMAN
- 38.a Wine or cheese datumAGE
- 39.a Digital birthday greetingECARD
- 43.a Janet of “Psycho”LEIGH
- 45.a Copernicus, e.g., on the moonCRATER
- 46.a *Whiskey served with certain pancakes?IHOPSCOTCH
- 50.a The Beatles’ “Penny ___”LANE
- 51.a Martial arts instructorSENSEI
- 52.a Kind of butter in cosmeticsSHEA
- 54.a (Bam!)POW
- 55.a Lyricist GershwinIRA
- 56.a Stick with a fuseTNT
- 58.a Not as commonRARER
- 60.a Hype upTOUT
- 62.a Astonishing and enlightening … or a phonetic hint to each starred clue’s answerEYEOPENING
- 66.a Tick’s relativeMITE
- 67.a Canned meat brandSPAM
- 68.a Suitable spot in lifeNICHE
- 69.a Business subj.ECON
- 70.a In need of a rubdownSORE
- 71.a Singer with the albums “19,” “21,” “25” and “30”ADELE
Down
- 1.d Nintendo consoleWII
- 2.d Company name endingINC
- 3.d True grit?STOICISM
- 4.d Sean of “I Am Sam”PENN
- 5.d Informal vocabularySLANG
- 6.d Vehicle in a drag raceHOTROD
- 7.d Pal, in MontrealAMI
- 8.d Dinner from previous dinnersHASH
- 9.d A, for exampleARTICLE
- 10.d Faux ___PAS
- 11.d Contraction after any number from 1 to 12OCLOCK
- 12.d Multiply by threeTRIPLE
- 13.d Volleyball positionSETTER
- 18.d Like candles at a birthday party for twins, oftenRELIT
- 22.d SeetheSIMMER
- 24.d “Mad Men” star JonHAMM
- 25.d “What more can ___?”ISAY
- 27.d Bodybuilders lift themWEIGHTS
- 29.d Little devilRASCAL
- 31.d Sells for a big profit, as ticketsSCALPS
- 33.d Had a sandwich, perhapsATE
- 35.d Short round of tennisONESET
- 38.d Back in timeAGO
- 40.d Not without sacrificeATAPRICE
- 41.d City near Lake TahoeRENO
- 42.d Picked from a deckDREW
- 44.d Bad reception?ICINESS
- 45.d Penny-pinchingCHEAP
- 46.d “Am I the problem here?”ISITME
- 47.d Like Superman and Wonder WomanHEROIC
- 48.d Running by itselfONAUTO
- 49.d Google’s web browserCHROME
- 53.d Big game venueARENA
- 57.d “Teh” for “The,” e.g.TYPO
- 59.d Name that’s a synonym of “eat” backwardENID
- 61.d XTEN
- 63.d Pencil holder, sometimesEAR
- 64.d Winnipeg Jets’ org.NHL
- 65.d “I’ll be darned!”GEE