Universal Crossword Puzzle Answers October 17 2017

Clue	Solution
Rum-soaked pastry	BABA
"Quicker than quick," in memos	ASAP
Statehood seeker (abbr.)	TERR
Any dweller of any place	HABITANT
African fly	TSETSE
"You ___ to know that"	OUGHT
Allowances for containers	TARES
Dec. 24 and 31, famously	EVES
Allot or portion (with "out")	METE
Most rational	SANEST
Wails in deep mourning	KEENS
Quite riled	IRATE
Some HS students	SOPHS
Novelist Deighton	LEN
African plateau	VELDT
Metrical unit	IAMB
Imminent	NEAR
Protein-rich bean (var.)	SOYA
At liberty	FREE
Nighttime, poetically	EEN
Inscribe, as in rock	ETCH
Feeling of supreme wonder	AWE
Beatles film of 1965	HELP
Looking down from	ATOP
"With this ring, I ___ wed"	THEE
Valentine’s Day symbol	HEART
Couple of swimmers?	EMS
Columbus’ supportive queen	ISABELLA
Made quite a stink	REEKED
Skedaddling absconders	FLEERS
Gun the engine	REV
Drastic option for a pilot	EJECT
Surrounding glows	AURAE
Take potshots	SNIPE
Halt	CEASE
Let down, as trousers, e.g.	ALTER
Wolf sound	HOWL
Buffalo’s lake	ERIE
Common lunch hour	NOON
Easy run	TROT
Publicize	HYPE
English resort city	BATH
Tribal symbol	TOTEM
Bunny hill gear	SKIS
On the briny	ASEA
Debonair	SUAVE
"Dynamic" prefix	AERO
Fishhook feature	BARB
Marsh bird	EGRET
Tide type	NEAP
Day 97	APRILTHESEVENTH
Tries out	TESTS
Class endings?	ESSES
Certifiable	INSANE
Common craft material	FELT
"___ Flux" (Theron movie)	AEON
Dog-___ (like old books)	EARED
One of the Monopoly tokens	HAT
Day 140	MAYTHETWENTIETH
Lingerie item	BRA
Game-show host	EMCEE
Plum for gin	SLOE
Headstrong	RASH
Cafe offering	FRAPPE
Alleviator	EASER
Spy in the Bible	CALEB
Day 162	JUNETHEELEVENTH
Author Larson	ERIK
Speak publicly	ORATE
Australian parrot	LORY
Cod or Fear	CAPE
More prudent	WISER
Chicago’s business district	LOOP
Like a ball ready to be driven	TEED
Rude looks	LEERS
Starting chip in poker	ANTE