Universal - Dec 16 2024

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Clues Answers
"Since you mentioned it ..." SPEAKINGOF
"Snow" crustacean CRAB
"Tell Mama" singer James ETTA
"There ___ no words" ARE
"Time for me to depart!" IGOTTARUN
"Yay, time for the weekend!" TGIF
"___ off!" ("The race begins!") THEYRE
Allude (to) REFER
Atlanta-based channel TBS
Big doofuses ASSES
Big doofuses OAFS
Bowling places LANES
Caesar's question to Brutus ETTU
Calf-length skirt MIDI
Campaign messaging purchase ADBUY
Complained childishly WHINED
Confess ADMIT
Creator of the Hundred Acre Wood MILNE
Dance you may do in a lei HULA
Departs, in toddler-speak GOESBYEBYE
Dessert made with a root veggie CARROTCAKE
Didn't make reservations? ATEIN
Easily scratched mineral TALC
Even score TIE
Filled completely SATED
Fire-starting rock FLINT
Fruit in some gin SLOE
Genetic material DNA
Get out of Dodge FLEE
Gets the suds off RINSES
Go up against TAKEON
Green stuff in a pond ALGAE
Harold's role in "Ghostbusters" EGON
Hit that may go out of the park HOMER
Huge, informally MEGA
Island near Maui LANAI
Jabba the ___ HUTT
Clues Answers
JUST before the deadline LASTMINUTE
Like burning passions REDHOT
Long, thin fungus in ramen ENOKI
Mother de la familia MADRE
Name hidden in "ice rink" ERIN
No more than ONLY
Not a Phase nail polish brand ESSIE
Not fulfilled, as expectations UNMET
Old ___ (58-Across seasoning) BAY
On the ocean ATSEA
Peak time period GOLDENERA
People who might edit their own genetic code BIOHACKERS
Person who will succeed? HEIR
Pest on a dog FLEA
Playful growl RAWR
Puccini opera about an opera singer TOSCA
Quaint negative contraction TISNT
Ramen vessel BOWL
Siete + uno OCHO
Singer/activist Yoko ONO
Snoop who performed at the 2024 Summer Olympics DOGG
Some boxing victories, for short KOS
Some shared pics INSTAPOSTS
Speculative "Hmm ..." IWONDERIF
Spiny, pungent fruit DURIAN
Strike up the ___ BAND
Succeeds in multiple arenas DOESITALL
Takes it easy RESTS
Tear apart REND
Transcript figs GPAS
Unit of length INCH
Vegan entrees with buns MUSHROOMBURGERS
W-4 IDs SSNS
Water spirit that anagrams to "Aidan" NAIAD
Word before "milk" or "meal" OAT
Word said twice before "Hooray!" HIP
___ Lingus AER