Universal Crossword Puzzle Answers October 18 2017

Clue	Solution
"Scram!"	SHOO
Huge stringed instrument	HARP
River that joins the Trent	OUSE
Stretch out	ELONGATE
Brief time unit	SECOND
Show feeling	EMOTE
Wood strips	LATHS
Word of some diet food brands	LITE
Strike	SLAP
Rowdy girl	TOMBOY
Soft palate attachment	UVULA
Drainage area	BASIN
"Smart," sarcastic guys?	ALECS
Bowling pin number	TEN
Forelimb bones	ULNAE
Circle portions	ARCS
Didn’t give	TOOK
Familiar and cozy (var.)	HOMY
Cats and dogs, often	PETS
Sound of distaste	UGH
Soul great Redding	OTIS
Dude in Jamaica	MON
Common dog name	SPOT
Prefix with "scope"	PERI
Initial poker stake	ANTE
Presses pleats	IRONS
Just off the conveyor belt	NEW
Important part of a church service	OFFERING
British weights	TONNES
Plexiglas kin	LUCITE
Cause of vanity	EGO
Idaho’s capital	BOISE
Aries month	APRIL
Prepare for another battle	REARM
Artist’s surface	GESSO
Quite pale	ASHEN
Former Russian ruler	TSAR
Type of puppy?	HUSH
The same, to Nero	IDEM
Spectacular space heater?	NOVA
Forest clearing	GLEN
Certain home in a nursery rhyme	SHOE
Vends	SELLS
Big brass instrument	TUBA
Carry	HAUL
Digital correspondence	EMAIL
Like a noted office	OVAL
Approximately	ORSO
Terra-___	COTTA
Creative person’s inspiration	MUSE
Flip the closed sign	OPENTOTHEPUBLIC
DNA carriers	GENES
Certain bank transactions	LOANS
Within reach	ATHAND
Weak and small	PUNY
Plant part	ROOT
Greek Z	OMEGA
Hotel amenity	SPA
Emerge from a hiding place	COMEINTOTHEOPEN
It’s always overhead	SKY
Bridle straps	REINS
Frontier outpost	FORT
Pulls	TOWS
Not a right-hander	LEFTIE
Low-ranking British peer	BARON
Word with "fuel" or "tire"	GAUGE
Hits a lead-off home run, e.g.	OPENSTHESCORING
Qom’s country	IRAN
Seafood delicacy	SUSHI
Tribal fetish	IDOL
"Your Majesty"	SIRE
Valuable possession	ASSET
Actress Campbell	NEVE
Common trees	ELMS
Major French river	RHONE
FBI guy	GMAN