Universal - Aug 17 2021

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Clues Answers
"Back in the ___" (Beatles title) USSR
*Assurances? GUARANTTT
*Bicycle parts with grips? HANDLEBRRR
*Disintegrate? (Bonus: Note what the ends of the starred clues' answers spell) DECOMPOOO
*Make uppercase? CAPITALIII
A Gershwin brother IRA
Academic stretch SEMESTER
Actress Longoria EVA
Alternative to Helvetica ARIAL
Angry audience member's sound HISS
Antony or Anthony MARC
Be the headliner (in) STAR
Becomes inedible ROTS
Big name in TVs RCA
Bills featuring the Treasury Building TENS
Biography beginning? AUTO
Book blunder ERRATUM
British boys' school ETON
Buddies PALS
Burst of growth SPURT
Christina of 1991's "The Addams Family" RICCI
Christmas meat HAM
Classic name in video games ATARI
Company concerned with overbooking AIRLINE
Competent ABLE
Creme de la creme ELITE
Dazed states STUPORS
Diva's performance ARIA
Fire from a job CAN
Forbid PROHIBIT
French word before and after "a" TETE
Gun, as an engine REVUP
Hacked (off) LOPPED
Healing sign SCAB
Home of the Vietnamese Women's Museum HANOI
Honey ___ bread OAT
In the thick of AMIDST
Injure HARM
Insect that can hold its breath for 40 minutes, informally ROACH
Clues Answers
Irish, perhaps CELTIC
It may end with a kiss DATE
Jazz's state UTAH
Jelly holder JAR
Like some grapes SOUR
Man in England, for one? ISLE
Memorization method ROTE
Middle Eastern leader: Var SHEIK
Military subgroup UNIT
More than wants NEEDS
Number of seas SEVEN
Optometry school student, aptly PUPIL
Part of a baby that must be supported HEAD
Part of a poker pot ANTE
Part of an astronomical shower METEOR
Part of IPA ALE
Part of USNA NAVAL
PC key used with F4 ALT
Peruse again REREAD
Plunder LOOT
Pop icon who dated A-Rod JLO
Prior to, poetically ERE
Seating level TIER
Seldom seen RARE
Slump SAG
Smidgen IOTA
Soothing substance ALOE
Stick-on strip LABEL
Strategy PLAN
Tea with a masala variety CHAI
Theatrical award OBIE
They're alive in "The Sound of Music" HILLS
They're handy for emotional moments HANKIES
Traps SNARES
Unpleasant responsibility ONUS
Where wrestlers face off ARENA
Word before "music" or "metal" SHEET
___ Minor (much of Turkey) ASIA
___-size-fits-all ONE