Universal - Nov 10 2016

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Clues Answers
"Messiah," notably ORATORIO
"Pennies ___ Heaven" FROM
"___ in victory" (grade school lesson) VAS
Aahs' counterparts OOHS
Alaskan aborigine ALEUT
Aptitude determiners TESTS
Backpacker on a trail HIKER
Beat decisively TROMP
Brief "despite" THO
Bulgarian's neighbor SERB
Cast or tossed THROWN
Chicago 11 BEARS
Cooks clams, commonly STEAMS
Country bordering home of 25-Across CROATIA
Decorate afresh REDO
Detonate successfully GOOFF
Diplomacy breakdown RIFT
Drink of fermented honey and water MEAD
Emulate a happy cat PURR
Extra energy OOMPH
Fishing rod attachment REEL
Fleshy seed coating ARIL
Flogging marks WEALS
Former rulers of Iran SHAHS
Gets out of bed RISES
Gibe SNEER
Grig, eventually EEL
Group of six performers SESTET
Have canines introduce themselves TEETHE
Hinged fasteners HASPS
It's wallowed in MIRE
Italian staple PASTA
Jimmy PRY
King's introduction, in cookery ALA
Leftover meal crumb ORT
Margarine kin OLEO
Midnight light unit MOONBEAM
Mother-of-Pearl NACRE
Clues Answers
Mourner's poem ELEGY
New York canal ERIE
Not conned by ONTO
Note of the musical scale SOL
One of several near Rodeo Drive FIRSTCLASSHOTEL
Open-___ shoe TOED
Opted not to play SATOUT
PC memory unit, for short MEG
Prove to be false BELIE
Put on the staff HIRE
Reed instrument OBOE
Rope-making fiber HEMP
Saxophone type ALTO
Sign of joy or sorrow TEAR
Skipper's place HELM
Solo in films HAN
Some are liberal ARTS
Sound system of yore HIFI
Sport for Prince Charles POLO
Sporting wings ALAR
Strips in front of one's window? SLATS
Sun-damaged SERE
Sword handle HAFT
The "U" of UV ULTRA
Thing stroked in deep thought CHIN
Tiny workers on a farm? ANTS
Took a tumble FELL
Truth or ___ DARE
Type of hammer SLEDGE
U.K. network BBC
Unhealthy thing in the air SECONDHANDSMOKE
Use a five-finger discount STEAL
Vitamin A RETINOL
Vocal highlight at the Met ARIA
What gears and combs have in common TEETH
When Laika the dog became the first animal in space, 1957 THIRDOFNOVEMBER
Where Vikings landed MARS
Winchester, e.g RIFLE