Universal - Dec 7 2022

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Clues Answers
"I'll return shortly," in IMs BRB
"Me time" outing SPADAY
"That hits the spot!" AHH
(1) Raisin brand SUNMAID
(2) Partied hearty MADEMERRY
(3) Longtime "Entertainment Tonight" host MARYHART
(4) Thump of one's ticker HEARTBEAT
(5) Really blushing BEETRED
2019 March Madness champs UVA
Abound (with) TEEM
Anvil in one's ear, e.g BONE
Apt rhyme of "wham" BAM
Avis competitor ALAMO
Baited LURED
Behind the eight ball, financially INAHOLE
Collect, as crops REAP
Conflict fought over faith HOLYWAR
Confucian principle TAO
Court divider NET
Creatures BEASTS
Dish often served with daikon radish and ginger SASHIMI
Droop SAG
Energy snack with a crescent moon in its logo LUNABAR
Everlasting ETERNAL
Experts in a lab TECHS
Fictional AFC Richmond coach Lasso TED
Final word in many fairy tales END
First word of a choosing rhyme EENIE
Freezer maker AMANA
Google service that provides sponsored links ADSENSE
Idina's role in "Frozen" ELSA
It makes dough grow YEAST
Keep ___ of (stay in the know about) ABREAST
Letter-shaped girder HBEAM
Levy that Gandhi protested SALTTAX
Like tricky maneuvers EVASIVE
Macho fellow HEMAN
Clues Answers
Member of a Jamaican religion, for short RASTA
Michael of R.E.M STIPE
Nickname for an English channel THEBEEB
Not too much ABIT
On a par with EQUALTO
Optimal option BESTBET
Org. hiring cryptographers NSA
Periodontist's directive RINSE
Pictures at an exhibition ART
Plot device? HOE
Pre-K basics ABCS
Prejudiced BIASED
Program that mimics the Atari 2600, e.g EMULATOR
Puny TEENY
Relative of teal AQUA
Retroactive subtitle of 1977's "Star Wars" ANEWHOPE
Romulus and Remus' river TIBER
Safe offerings at banks: Abbr CDS
Saintly ring HALO
Sandal brand TEVA
Scream or swoon, say REACT
Serious concerns for spelunkers CAVEINS
Skylighted courts ATRIA
Slowly change form MORPH
Some video files MPEGS
Squealer RAT
State of disarray MESS
Supermarket corridors AISLES
They engage in machines GEARTEETH
They're protected by shinguards TIBIAE
Tribute poem ODE
Type of bean used in some mooncakes MUNG
Type of dinosaur in "Toy Story" TREX
Vena ___ CAVA
Venomous African snakes MAMBAS
Zippo NADA