Premier Sunday - King Feature Syndicate - Oct 2 2022

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Clues Answers
"Challenge accepted!" ITSON
"Despicable Me" villain GRU
"Für —" (piano piece) ELISE
"In the Valley of —" (2007 drama film) ELAH
"Knives Out" director Johnson RIAN
"Yes, cap'n!" AYEAYE
"You Be —" (1986 Run-D.M.C. hit) ILLIN
"Yuck!" UGH
"— pasa?" QUE
A snake injecting venom, e.g POISONER
Actor Alan ALDA
Actor Bana ERIC
Afr. country ETH
Albeit, in brief THO
Apparel GARB
Arctic hazard BERG
Avian abodes NESTS
Balcony sections LOGES
Be assisted GETHELP
Become too warm OVERHEAT
Beige shades ECRUS
Big whoops ADOS
Brainpower stats IQS
Brand of snowmobiles SKIDOO
Breathable gym bottoms MESHSHORTS
Buds from the hood HOMIES
Bungled LOUSEDUP
Check recipient PAYEE
Chronicle SAGA
City development area TOWNSITE
Clearheaded SANE
Clued in HIP
Coin that was worth 12 pence BRITISHSHILLING
Cold Spanish soup GAZPACHO
Concealed HID
Congregated MET
Costa — RICA
Crank's cry BAH
Dangler on a garment in a store PRICETAG
Dawn drops DEW
Dermis or Pen lead-in EPI
Donate GIVE
Eager desire AMBITION
Emend EDIT
Epoch AGE
Everyday routine RITUAL
Excited response to "Who wants dessert?" IDOIDO
Father, to a tiny tot DADA
First lady after Melania Trump JILLBIDEN
Flat-fixing org AAA
For — (very cheaply) ASONG
Former rival of ATandT GTE
Former Russ. state SSR
French girlfriend AMIE
Funny Murphy EDDIE
Grand — (annual race) PRIX
Guard to keep something dry SPLASHSHIELD
Gut feeling SENSE
Harper of "Far North" TESS
Hope (for) WISH
Horse cousin ASS
Human rights org ACLU
In-group CLIQUE
Indiana-to-Ohio direction EAST
Informal name for a herding breed ENGLISHSHEEPDOG
Intimidates DAUNTS
Karel Capek sci-fi play RUR
Keglers' org PBA
Lauder of perfumery ESTEE
Les — (French for "some") UNES
Clues Answers
Level DEGREE
Like a bass voice LOW
Like some artificial body parts BIONIC
Lion chaser? ESS
Lou formerly of CNN DOBBS
Louisiana cuisine style CREOLE
Maidens LASSES
Mattel man KEN
Metal beam with two flanges ZBAR
Most modern NEWEST
Most pasty ASHIEST
Move hastily HIE
Multi-roof temple PAGODA
Napoleonic marshal Michel NEY
Nothin' at all NADA
Novelist Kingsley or Martin AMIS
Often-flexed arm muscles BICEPS
Online biz ETAIL
Opera solos ARIAS
Opposite of 58-Across HIGH
Overnight delivery, say RUSHSHIPPING
Paint coat applied to rough plaster OILBASE
Peeves ANNOYS
Pep rally cheers RAHRAHS
Phantom GHOST
Pine product RESIN
Places to buy salmon fillets and such FISHSHOPS
Plotting in math class GRAPHING
Police ride COPCAR
Pop rocker Lavigne AVRIL
Purvey SELL
Question starter in old Memorex ads ISITLIVE
Regret deeply RUE
Reporter on "Parks and Recreation" SHAUNA
Resembling a plate DISHSHAPED
Rid of frost DEICE
Rum mixers COLAS
Sacks in war LOOTS
Savors Earl Grey, say SIPSTEA
Scored two under par EAGLED
Shutter strip SLAT
Slaw sources DELIS
Snooze NAP
Snow glider SLED
Some tech. inst. grads EES
Sony record label ARISTA
Sportscaster Rashad AHMAD
Stars and Stripes, e.g FLAG
They're like lay-ups, but farther from the basket PUSHSHOTS
Tiki bar drink MAITAI
Tomahawks AXES
Tomb-raiding Croft LARA
Top worn on a safari BUSHSHIRT
Torrid HOT
Total shams CHARADES
Trio after G HIJ
Tubular snack cake HOHO
Turncoat TRAITOR
Turner of the Washington Nationals TREA
Untidy states MESSES
Use stitches SEW
Validate AFFIRM
Vaping devices ECIGS
Very dry ARID
Walked in water WADED
What nine answers in this puzzle suggest that you do twice? QUIETDOWN
Winged bug with pincers EARWIG
Witty types WAGS
Word after big, cold or soft HEARTED
— v. Ferguson (landmark court case) PLESSY