Universal Crossword Answer - Aug 13, 2014

 Universal Crossword Solutions - Aug 13, 2014

Clue	Answer
"Holy smokes!"	WOW
"Humble" place to live	ABODE
"Of ___ I Sing"	THEE
"Whiz" opener	GEE
"___ to worry"	NOT
A place to gamble	CASINO
A star may have a big one	EGO
Ad ___ (makes it up)	LIBS
African ear of corn	MEALIE
Archery asset	AIM
Assent word	YES
Be on the ticket	RUN
Book jacket briefs	BIOS
Breakfast of gladiators?	OVA
Carried on, as war	WAGED
Ceased	ENDED
Chilling, in a way	EERIE
Chutney fruits	MANGOES
Cover with cloth	DRAPE
Darth, at one time	ANI
Early stage seed	OVULE
Escape the clutches of	ELUDE
Extravagant parties	GALAS
Fabric ridge	WALE
Fawning flatterer	TOADY
First two in the first garden	MANANDWOMAN
Going rate	PRICE
Got away from	EVADED
Ill-fitting title	MISNOMER
In due time, poetically	ANON
It makes an embarrassing sound	RIP
Lacking a key, musically	ATONAL
Lessens	ABATES
Like an old woman	ANILE
Literary drafts	MANUSCRIPTS
Lots	LOADS
Male friend, south of the border	AMIGO
Means of clarification	LENS
Mine opening	ADIT
Monster of Jewish legend	GOLEM
More, in Mexico	MAS
Muscat sultanate	OMAN
Mythical goatlike creature	SATYR
No ifs, ___ ..	ANDS
Number of gods in monotheism	ONE
One musical Gershwin	IRA
Operetta division	ACT
Org. many lawyers belong to	ABA
Oscar recipient	WINNER
People with fan clubs	IDOLS
Perfume tester	SMELLER
Perked (up)	LIVENED
Plains antelope	GNU
Poet's blacks	EBONS
Poor dog's portion	NONE
Provide formal training	EDUCATE
Reduced in rank	ABASED
Self-congratulatory	SMUG
Sheik's household members	HAREM
Short dash	SPRINT
Small drink	NIP
Small hills	RISES
Start to suspect?	ESS
State next to Miss	ALA
Sticks around	REMAINS
Stitched skirt edge	HEM
Tenons' partners	MORTISES
The A in WASP	ANGLO
Top-notch	PRIMO
Treating roughly	MANHANDLING
Twain lad	FINN
Use an aerosol	SPRAY
Washes	CLEANS
Where to hit a bucket of balls	RANGE
Wife or daughter	FEMALE
Work done by hand	MANUALLABOR