Universal Crossword Answers Dec 14 2023 is published below. The puzzle title is Before and After. Today’s puzzle is created By Emma Oxford and edited by Adrian Johnson. The puzzle crossword puzzle dimensions are 15 by 15.
Across
- 1.a Help illegallyABET
- 5.a Outback birdEMU
- 8.a “Your work is amazing!”IMAFAN
- 14.a Actor AuberjonoisRENE
- 15.a Jay-Z’s genreRAP
- 16.a Manage somehowMAKEDO
- 17.a *King or queen, e.g.FACECARD
- 19.a COVID vaccine producerPFIZER
- 20.a ScentAROMA
- 21.a “It’s open!”COMEIN
- 23.a Color on 74% of world flagsRED
- 24.a Sgt., e.g.NCO
- 26.a Actress Stubbs of “Sherlock”UNA
- 27.a See 36-AcrossWEB
- 30.a One of many in the Sistine ChapelFRESCO
- 32.a *A fitted one is hard to foldBEDSHEET
- 34.a Personal preferencesTASTES
- 36.a 27-Across addressesURLS
- 37.a Midwestern clock setting … and a hint to what can follow the start and precede the end of each starred clue’s answerCENTRALTIME
- 40.a Release, as a songDROP
- 42.a Parmesan relativeASIAGO
- 43.a *Occasion to hire a babysitterNIGHTOUT
- 46.a Bit of progressINROAD
- 50.a Muscles worked by crunchesABS
- 51.a Run smoothlyHUM
- 52.a “Mr. Blue Sky” grp.ELO
- 53.a TSA ___CheckPRE
- 54.a Enduring aspect of one’s lifeLEGACY
- 56.a Baptism and othersRITES
- 58.a Like Stephen Sondheim and Ira GershwinJEWISH
- 61.a *Assist on “Who Wants To Be a Millionaire?”LIFELINE
- 63.a Response to “Look at that!”ISEEIT
- 64.a Prefix meaning “one”UNI
- 65.a Claudius : “Hamlet” :: ___ : “The Lion King”SCAR
- 66.a Gorgon defeated by PerseusMEDUSA
- 67.a ___ roll (Asian food)EGG
- 68.a Aide: Abbr.ASST
Down
- 1.d Dog’s repetitive barkARFARF
- 2.d “I hate to be the ___ of bad news …”BEARER
- 3.d Put into a cipherENCODE
- 4.d Overflow (with)TEEM
- 5.d Clinton ___ (1993-2001)ERA
- 6.d Word shouted in a pool gameMARCO
- 7.d Bridal hairstyle, perhapsUPDO
- 8.d LoomIMPEND
- 9.d Some crime familiesMAFIAS
- 10.d Similar (to)AKIN
- 11.d Tasseled capFEZ
- 12.d Summer drink suffixADE
- 13.d “… ___ do I”NOR
- 18.d Dance associated with the Moulin RougeCANCAN
- 22.d Alternative to oatmealMUESLI
- 25.d $200, for the world’s most expensive friesCOST
- 27.d “When We ___ Young”WERE
- 28.d Slippery swimmerEEL
- 29.d “Dynamite” groupBTS
- 31.d NBA star CurrySTEPH
- 32.d Beauty’s counterpartBEAST
- 33.d Funny business?HUMOR
- 35.d Therapy topicTRAUMA
- 37.d Pieces of a machineCOGS
- 38.d Turn ___ (flee)TAIL
- 39.d Pay no mindIGNORE
- 40.d Evidence at some trialsDNA
- 41.d TeaseRIB
- 44.d Postgraduate’s projectTHESIS
- 45.d Should, informallyOUGHTA
- 47.d PR team’s concernOPTICS
- 48.d Game sitesARENAS
- 49.d Painted or MojaveDESERT
- 52.d Looking atEYING
- 54.d SteadLIEU
- 55.d Detective’s leadCLUE
- 57.d Ingrid’s “Casablanca” roleILSA
- 58.d Captain Kirk, to Dr. McCoyJIM
- 59.d Opposite of WNWESE
- 60.d MarryWED
- 62.d Seedy fruitFIG