Universal - Dec 29 2023

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Clues Answers
"Catcher interference" callers UMPS
"How the Other Half Lives" muckraker Jacob RIIS
"That's hilarious!" over SMS ROFL
"Welcome" item MAT
. . . - - - . . SOS
All their days might be dog days VETS
Alter ___ EGO
Backyard building SHED
Barely manages, with "out" EKES
Bargain ___ BIN
Beaver's creations DAMS
Before long SOON
Blooper ___ REEL
Boxer's temporary home KENNEL
Brawl MELEE
Bulbs in many LCD TVs LEDS
Colorful eye parts or flowers IRISES
Compete (for) VIE
Cornhole throw TOSS
Cuddles and caresses CANOODLES
Danger PERIL
Dead ___ tell no tales MEN
Director DuVernay AVA
Examine with a cursor MOUSEOVER
Failed to start a sing-along SOLOED
French for "salt" SEL
Grain in an "overnight" recipe OAT
Gratis FREE
Has no faith in DOUBTS
Ice Cube's first name OSHEA
Inter Miami star Messi LIONEL
It's "just a number" AGE
Kilns and others OVENS
Kinda SORTA
Like shiny photos GLOSSY
Lipton rival NESTEA
Makes a mitten, say KNITS
Metal in pennies ZINC
Mozart's first name WOLFGANG
Clues Answers
Mule deer relative ELK
Not sharp DULL
Notable Roman skeptic CICERO
Notion IDEA
Ocean predator with a saddle patch ORCA
Ooze SEEP
Pass that leads directly to a basket ASSIST
Peanut butter cup brand REESES
Performed like Michelle Yeoh or Jessica Chastain ACTED
Physician, for short DOC
Podcast feed letters RSS
Pointed remark BARB
Primary source of support MAINSTAY
Remaining LEFT
Sault ___ Marie, Mich STE
See 52-Across ONESCOOL
Selects for a position TAPS
Simple's partner PURE
Sky blue AZURE
Soak up the sun BASK
South American mountain range ANDES
Spicier HOTTER
Streamer's recording device WEBCAM
Taught SCHOOLED
Tender pork cuts LOINS
Tennis legend Arthur ASHE
Thrown in ADDED
Treats akin to shave ice SNOCONES
Vegetable with pentagonal cross sections OKRA
With 55-Across, becoming angry ... or a hint to the pairs of entries in rows 3, 5 and 10 LOSING
Wrap up END
Wrath IRE
www.umass.___ EDU
You're reading one CLUE
___ and aahed OOHED
___ buco (veal dish) OSSO
___ effect (what determines the direction hurricanes turn) CORIOLIS
___ for the course PAR
___ languages (Czech and Ukrainian, for two) SLAVIC