Universal Crossword Puzzle Answers October 26 2017

Clue	Solution
Use a divining rod	DOWSE
Fire residue	ASHES
Radar images	BLIPS
Bulgaria’s capital	SOFIA
Late Chinese leader	MAO
TV alien from Melmac	ALF
Not hard	SOFT
Not villainous	HEROIC
Moisten while cooking	BASTE
Pain	ACHE
Surgery reminder	SCAR
Pennsylvania port city	ERIE
Country cooking fat	LARD
Wray of "King Kong"	FAY
Carve in glass, e.g.	ETCH
Pitcher fit for a picture	EWER
Offer up a challenge	DARE
Tart, spicy qualities	TANGS
Dershowitz or Alda	ALAN
Jab with a finger	POKE
Females in general	SHES
Spock’s prominent features	EARS
Biblical garden	EDEN
Racer’s concern	TIME
Corp. money managers	CFOS
Juvenile newts	EFTS
Tool for a placekicker	TEE
"___ missing something here?"	AMI
Folding beds	COTS
"While" beginning, once	ERST
Cleopatra’s love	MARC
Country song?	ANTHEM
Appetizer with peanut sauce	SATAY
Pkg. delivery co.	UPS
Single-celled organism	MONAD
Aplomb	POISE
Puckish	ELFIN
Skim the cream off the top, e.g.	DEFAT
Old ruler of Russia	TSAR
Neutral shade	ECRU
Mythical war god	ARES
Emulate a hot dog	PANT
Eli’s school	YALE
Old horse	NAG
Genetic letters	DNA
Gel amounts	DABS
Pulverize	MASH
Swiss city	BASEL
Norwegian capital	OSLO
Common lotion ingredient	ALOE
Ghana’s capital	ACCRA
Something one with cabin fever longs for	WHIFFOFFRESHAIR
Shade for old photos	SEPIA
Was about to fall over	TOTTERED
Attempted	ESSAYED
Winter hazard	ICE
It can help you stay on 33-Down	WATCH
Church recess	APSE
"And more" =	ETCETERA
Honolulu hiya	ALOHA
Deciding factor	DIFFERENCEMAKER
Overdramatize	EMOTE
Horror-film feature	GORINESS
Noted loch	NESS
Sailboat necessities	MASTS
___ Diego	SAN
Baffled	STUMPED
Wonderland event	TEAPARTY
English Channel city	POOLE
Like some stickers	SCRATCHANDSNIFF
Stadium	ARENA
Verve	ELAN
Populous continent	ASIA
Out of practice	RUSTY
Prefix with "bucks"	MEGA
Fender-bender result	DENT