Universal - Oct 9 2017 Crossword Answer

Universal - Oct 9 2017 Crossword Answer

Clues	Answers
"King of the Hill" town	ARLEN
Annie of comics, for one	ORPHAN
Author Thomas	WOLFE
Ballpark fig	EST
Beach item	TOWEL
Busy Midwestern airport	OHARE
Canal with just one consonant	ERIE
Christener or identifier	NAMER
Christopher who portrayed Superman	REEVE
CitiField player	MET
Clan	TRIBE
Classy "Take care"	BEWELL
Common Market letters, once	EEC
Defense org. in Brussels	NATO
Desert respites	OASES
Destroy in a contest, veggie-style?	BEETTHEPANTSOFF
Diamond with many hits	NEIL
Eisenhower and others	IKES
Emulate a firefly	GLOW
Eurasian range	URAL
Give a job to	HIRE
Gondolier kin	POLER
Hanging open	AGAPE
Hawaiian porch	LANAI
Hems without hawing	SEWS
However, old-style and brief	THO
In need of rain	ARID
Inhibit	CRIMP
Insurgent	REBEL
It loves company, it's said	MISERY
It smooths rough edges	PLANE
Jack of "Dragnet"	WEBB
John Boy, for one	WALTON
Labels	TAGS
Landing guess, briefly	ETA
Like fresh celery	CRISP
Loose ones sink ships, it's said	LIPS
Meat and dairy shunner	VEGAN

Clues	Answers
Milky gems	OPALS
Mishmashes or miscellanies	OLIOS
Model woods	BALSAS
Most scant or slight	MEREST
Mythical war god	ARES
Noise dampeners	EARPLUGS
O'Neill and Begley Jr	EDS
Oatmeal dish	BOWL
Opera highlight	ARIA
Output of veggie spies in the embassy?	DIPLOMATICLEEKS
Plains abode, once	TEPEE
Prepare a present	WRAP
Quiet "Hey you!"	PSST
Remain on the wagon	TEETOTAL
Roll call call	HERE
Russo or Descartes	RENE
Shape of an egg	OVAL
Sharpen	WHET
Sheeplike	OVINE
Sicilian volcano	ETNA
Singer McCann	LILA
Slap on	APPLY
Soft French cheese	BRIE
Some strings in the kitchen	APRON
Soothing plant	ALOE
The Old Sod, e.g	EIRE
Things fitted in drills	BITS
Toronto Maple ___	LEAFS
Trickster or rascal	ROGUE
Type of moth	LUNA
Veggie-sponsored league for little grapplers?	PEAWEEWRESTLING
Walk through water	WADE
Weights, in slang	IRON
Whirl	SPIN
Winter shovelful	SNOW
With-it	HIP
Witnessed	SEEN
Words before "Jail" in Monopoly	GOTO