Universal - Feb 8 2023

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Clues Answers
"Ave ___" MARIA
"Heart" or "stomach" follower ACHE
"Joke's on you!" HAHA
"Super Mario Bros." platform NES
"The One With Joey's New Brain" from "Friends," e.g TVEPISODE
"What a perfect look!" ITSSOYOU
"___ showbiz!" THATS
*Anonymous name in court JOHNDOE
*Classic vaudevillian who had a red nose WCFIELDS
*One way to dive in, or a theme hint HEADFIRST
*Part of, as a secret PRIVYTO
*Slow-cooked beef dish POTROAST
*Tool used on a metal lid, or a theme hint CANOPENER
Addition result SUM
Alarm clock letters AMPM
Alternative to all NONE
Amaze FLOOR
Arises (from) STEMS
Banking protection agcy FDIC
Become rotten DECAY
Beer mugs STEINS
Boo's partner HISS
Book after Judges, or a former justice's first name RUTH
Bumbling INEPT
Choose as an action OPTTO
Classic reason for a day off from school SNOW
Coke or RC COLA
Company whose name comes from the Danish for "play well" LEGO
Covers in frosting ICES
Criticisms might bruise them EGOS
Earth ___ (brownish hue) TONE
Falling star METEOR
Feels poorly AILS
Filming locations SETS
For, in a debate PRO
Forensic TV franchise CSI
Gregor who "found himself transformed in his bed into a gigantic insect" SAMSA
Himalayan cryptid YETI
Horse's vote? NAY
Clues Answers
Idle of Monty Python ERIC
Infrequently spent bills TWOS
Instant that puzzle lovers crave AHAMOMENT
Its tip is a nib PEN
Kerfuffle ADO
Kilogram, e.g UNIT
Like new MINT
Lose it SNAP
Low-down joint ANKLE
Make the deal official SHAKEONIT
Monster with an alluring song SIREN
Nonexperimental groups CONTROLS
Not as planned AWRY
Peels, as an apple PARES
Positive feature ASSET
Psyche's love EROS
Put another way RESTATE
Race car additive STP
Requested ASKED
Ritual meal whose name means "order" SEDER
Salary before bonuses BASEPAY
Slowly undermine ERODE
Slump down DROOP
Southeast Asian language LAO
Special ___ (some missions) OPS
Spies or spots SEES
Spree JAG
Sunbeam RAY
Surmounting ATOP
Time long ago YORE
Trade SWAP
Trees used for longbows YEWS
Walks like a heron WADES
What a shrug may mean IDONTKNOW
Wispy clouds CIRRI
Word before "straits" or "wolf" DIRE
Wordless performer MIME
___ San Lucas CABO
___ stick (bouncing toy) POGO