Universal Crossword Puzzle Answers December 8 2017

Clue	Solution
"Casey at the ___"	BAT
___ out (rationed)	METED
A Parkinson's treatment	LDOPA
Adds seasoning	SALTS
Airport screening org.	TSA
Anger	IRE
Back end	REAR
Bean-counter's letters	CPA
Brit's elevator	LIFT
Cart with several cups	TEAWAGON
Certain gem	OPAL
Chew like a mouse	GNAW
Come up	ARISE
Dinette set's locale	NOOK
Do the same	COPY
Does better than	TOPS
Drum kit part	SNARE
Dutch cheese	EDAM
End of an ultimatum	ELSE
Eraser's target	ERROR
Falling-out argument	SPAT
False appearance	GUISE
Finger or toe, e.g.	DIGIT
Fire crime	ARSON
Forced out on a limb	TREED
Forelimb bones	ULNAE
Good direction to sail	ALEE
Hole puncher	AWL
Ill-fated ship at Pearl Harbor	UTAH
Iraqi port	BASRA
Irritant	NUISANCE
It's so "smart" question (Part 1)	WHYWASTHEMOBILE
It's so "smart" question (Part 2)	PHONEUNSEEINGIT
It's so "smart" question (Part 3)	LOSTITSCONTACTS
Let	ALLOW
Lid problem	STYE
Like a neglected houseplant	SERE
Like overused muscles	ACHY
Literary device	IRONY
LL ___ J (rapper/actor)	COOL
Loud, to a conductor	FORTE
Lubricated	OILED
Major artery	AORTA
Man of fables	AESOP
Married	UNITED
Model of perfection	IDEAL
Most arias	SOLI
Muslim general	AGHA
Near, once	NIGH
Neutral shade	TAN
Nirvana obtainer	ARHAT
Not glossy	MATTE
Not yet edited	UNCUT
OK to consume	EDIBLE
Old French coin	SOU
One for the road	AUTO
Performances for two	DUETS
Potpourri scent	LILAC
Really likes	ADORES
Rice Krispies sound	SNAP
Runners set it	PACE
Sale type	ESTATE
Short fall months?	SEPTS
Small insect	GNAT
Small seal	SIGNET
Soup containers	CANS
Spaded	DUG
Strong smell	ODOR
Terrier variety	SKYE
Tet Offensive city	SAIGON
The stuff of horror films	GORE
Toby-jug fillers	ALES
Trooper's head start?	PARA
Tumults	ADOS
Up the pot	ANTE
Winsome and pleasant	NICE