Universal Crossword Answers September 7 2017

Clue	Solution
Like dried mud on shoes	CAKED
Auburn hair dye	HENNA
Often-missed humor	IRONY
Hocus ___	POCUS
Baseball necessity	BAT
The Bard’s hubbub	ADO
Gambles	BETS
Not injured	UNHURT
Mistake	GAFFE
Hybrid fruit	UGLI
Barry Sanders was one	LION
Basin obstruction	CLOG
His match?	HERS
Thing bought in a craft store	KIT
Mythical matchmaker with a bow	EROS
Social insects	ANTS
Bridle strap	REIN
Aroma	SCENT
Stratford’s river	AVON
Lothario	ROUE
Bar offerings	GINS
Ends’ partner	ODDS
Clerge member	ABBE
Hall of Fame pitcher Maddux	GREG
Infamous emperor	NERO
Crew equipment	OARS
Kite’s milieu	SKY
Leftover on the dinner table	ORT
Read ’em and ___	WEEP
Irk big-time	GALL
Niger neighbor	MALI
Holds forth	OPINES
Redbone and Uris	LEONS
Vase for ashes	URN
King with a golden touch	MIDAS
Housekeeper on "The Brady Bunch"	ALICE
Comedy or romance, e.g.	GENRE
The 12 of a cube	EDGES
Tabloid tidbit	ITEM
Clout	SWAY
Method of memorization	ROTE
Copycat	APER
Eyelid lump	STYE
Pastoral spot	LEA
Commercials	ADS
Poker item	CHIP
Hindu’s "sir"	BABU
Deep ravine	GULCH
Aviation-related	AERO
Middle East gulf	ADEN
Flexible	AGILE
Kayo	KNOCKTOTHEFLOOR
World-weary feeling	ENNUI
Huntington Beach activities	SURFINGS
The sun by another term	DAYSTAR
Lobster eggs	ROE
Birds’ homes	NESTS
Jason’s mythical ship	ARGO
Lacking faith	AGNOSTIC
Built like Humpty-Dumpty	OVOID
Is an innovator	BREAKSNEWGROUND
Bush fruit	BERRY
It "counts" to the tidy	NEATNESS
Ids’ complements	EGOS
Inn alternative	MOTEL
What you lose by taking a stand	LAP
Peacock’s feathers	PLUMAGE
Tel Aviv residents	ISRAELIS
Made angry	RILED
Attempt for a skilled pilot	TWOPOINTLANDING
Consumed	EATEN
Checked out	EYED
Land measurement of ten square chains	ACRE
Mike of "SNL"	MYERS
Ocean equivalents	SEAS
Homophone of 66-Across	SEES