Universal - December 30 2019 Monday Crossword Puzzle Solution

Universal - Dec 30 2019 Monday 

Clues	Answers
"Because I said so," e.g	REASON
"How fashionable!"	TRESCHIC
"Read my ___!"	LIPS
"Somethin' 'Bout a Truck" singer Moore	KIP
"Son of a ..."	WHYYOU
"Star Wars" general Organa	LEIA
"The Tao of Pooh" author	HOFF
*Anthropocentric jet type?	SUPERSONIC
*Egocentric truck tankful? (note each starred answer's middle letters)	DIESELFUEL
*Geocentric international concern?	NUCLEARTHREAT
*Heliocentric athletic outfit?	SPORTSUNIFORM
1/500 of a ream	SHEET
A high-top sneaker covers it	ANKLE
Actress Hayworth	RITA
Adams who played Lois Lane	AMY
As an example	FORONE
Back of the neck	NAPE
Back talk	SASS
Bad romantic partner	LIAR
Be overrun (with)	TEEM
Bedbugs and such	PESTS
Black Sea port city	ODESSA
Blue-green shades	TEALS
Cain's brother	ABEL
Chances	ODDS
Chills, as champagne	ICES
Commotion	ADO
Completely stretched	TAUT
Dance style with a soft-shoe variety	TAP
Defendants' appeals	PLEAS
Dozes (off)	NODS
DuVernay film about Martin Luther King Jr	SELMA
Even once	EVER
Exit ___ (election data source)	POLL
Explosive power units	MEGATONS
Fervor	ZEST
Feudal tenant	VASSAL
Frequently, poetically	OFT
Game with Skip cards	UNO
Gas brand with collectible toy trucks	HESS
Gem that's eight on the Mohs scale	TOPAZ
Gets 100% on	ACES
Green prefix	ECO
Guthrie who sang "Alice's Restaurant"	ARLO
Honolulu's island	OAHU
It sticks to a stick	SAP
Japanese noodle	UDON
Lead-in to "whiz" or "whillikers"	GEE
Lively dance	POLKA
Loafing around	IDLE
March snaps, perhaps?	COLDSPELLS
Noted seashell seller	SHE
Object detected with a radio telescope	PULSAR
Opposing vote	NAY
Org. that checks boarding passes	TSA
Place for a contact	EYE
Puzzle solver's cry	AHA
Reaches a cost of	RUNSTO
Really love	ADORE
Rot	DECAY
Schedule segment	SLOT
Scoffing look	SNEER
Signs, as a deal	INKS
Simple card game	WAR
Slice, as a turkey	CARVE
Small river	STREAM
Sound in a bucket	SLOSH
Start of a Web address	HTTP
Sticky	GLUEY
Tapenade ingredient	OLIVE
Tater	SPUD
Terminate a relationship	ENDIT
The One in "The Matrix"	NEO
True blue	LOYAL
Unwelcome task	ONUS
Words said before taking off	IDBETTERGO
___ End	THE
___-A-Whirl	TILT