UAS Today Across Clues:
| Clue | Answer | Letter Frequency |
|---|---|---|
| Less Than Jake genre | SKA | S: 1, K: 1, A: 1 |
| The Burn Book in “Mean Girls,” for one | PROP | P: 2, R: 1, O: 1 |
| Opposite of boom | BUST | B: 1, U: 1, S: 1, T: 1 |
| Dip out suddenly | BAIL | B: 1, A: 1, I: 1, L: 1 |
| Chip away at | ERODE | E: 2, R: 1, O: 1, D: 1 |
| “___ the Woods” | INTO | I: 1, N: 1, T: 1, O: 1 |
| Tracy Chapman’s vocal range | ALTO | A: 1, L: 1, T: 1, O: 1 |
| Reasoning used to solve sudoku puzzles | LOGIC | L: 1, O: 1, G: 1, I: 1, C: 1 |
| Leo’s symbol | LION | L: 1, I: 1, O: 1, N: 1 |
| Tiered bed part that’s lower to the ground | BOTTOMBUNK | B: 2, O: 2, T: 1, M: 1, K: 1, N: 1, U: 1 |
| Yearn | LONG | L: 1, O: 1, N: 1, G: 1 |
| Whichever | ANY | A: 1, N: 1, Y: 1 |
| Selfie stance | POSE | P: 1, O: 1, S: 1, E: 1 |
| Overdue library book penalties | FINES | F: 1, I: 1, N: 1, E: 1, S: 1 |
| “When the first ___ you see may not be a ___” (“Konstantine” lyric) | STAR | S: 1, T: 1, A: 1, R: 1 |
| Instrument used for tuning | OBOE | O: 2, B: 1, E: 1 |
| Wander around | ROAM | R: 1, O: 1, A: 1, M: 1 |
| Was sure of | KNEW | K: 1, N: 1, E: 1, W: 1 |
| “Killing Eve” network | BBC | B: 2, C: 1 |
| Bar fixture that simulates riding a bucking animal | MECHANICALBULL | M: 1, E: 1, C: 2, H: 1, A: 2, N: 1, I: 1, K: 1, L: 1, B: 1, U: 1 |
| Fluffy scarf | BOA | B: 1, O: 1, A: 1 |
| Printer product | TONER | T: 1, O: 1, N: 1, E: 1, R: 1 |
| Spanish for “water” | AGUA | A: 2, G: 1, U: 1 |
| Turn bad | ROT | R: 1, O: 1, T: 1 |
| Texting segue | BTW | B: 1, T: 1, W: 1 |
| “Bad at Love” singer | HALSEY | H: 1, A: 1, L: 1, S: 1, E: 1, Y: 1 |
| Make certain | ASSURE | A: 2, S: 2, U: 1, R: 1, E: 1 |
| Pirate flag emblem | SKULL | S: 1, K: 1, U: 1, L: 2 |
| Insulting the other team, say | TALKINGTRASH | T: 2, A: 2, L: 1, K: 1, I: 1, N: 1, G: 1, R: 1, S: 1, H: 1 |
| Doesn’t wear out | LASTS | L: 1, A: 1, S: 2, T: 1 |
| Anger | IRE | I: 1, R: 1, E: 1 |
| Main artery | AORTA | A: 2, O: 1, R: 1, T: 1 |
| Throbs | ACHES | A: 1, C: 1, H: 1, E: 1, S: 1 |
| “I told you!” | SEE | S: 1, E: 2 |
| ___ flush | ROYAL | R: 1, O: 1, Y: 1, A: 1, L: 1 |
| Social equal | PEER | P: 1, E: 2, R: 1 |
| “Jumanji” sketch show | SNL | S: 1, N: 1, L: 1 |
| Eggy spread | MAYO | M: 1, A: 1, Y: 1, O: 1 |
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Down Clues:
| Clue | Answer | Letter Frequency |
|---|---|---|
| Places to get blowouts | SALONS | S: 1, A: 1, L: 1, O: 1, N: 1 |
| Rewards for cats, casually | KITTYTREATS | K: 1, I: 1, T: 2, Y: 2, R: 1, E: 1, A: 1, S: 1 |
| All the time | ALOT | A: 1, L: 1, O: 1, T: 1 |
| In all likelihood, casually | PROBS | P: 1, R: 1, O: 1, B: 1, S: 1 |
| Go ___ (ignore orders) | ROGUE | R: 1, O: 1, G: 1, U: 1, E: 1 |
| Thor’s dad | ODIN | O: 1, D: 1, I: 1, N: 1 |
| Light 49-Down | PECK | P: 1, E: 1, C: 1, K: 1 |
| “LUNCH” singer Eilish | BILLIE | B: 1, I: 2, L: 2, E: 1 |
| Labor group | UNION | U: 1, N: 2, I: 1, O: 1 |
| Peach pit | STONE | S: 1, T: 1, O: 1, N: 1, E: 1 |
| Ice-grabbing tool | TONGS | T: 1, O: 1, N: 1, G: 1, S: 1 |
| ___ ghanoush | BABA | B: 2, A: 2 |
| Muppet with a pet goldfish | ELMO | E: 1, L: 1, M: 1, O: 1 |
| TV mogul Winfrey | OPRAH | O: 1, P: 1, R: 1, A: 1, H: 1 |
| Poultry | FOWL | F: 1, O: 1, W: 1, L: 1 |
| Rep. who said “We open doors so others can walk through them” | AOC | A: 1, O: 1, C: 1 |
| In the past | ONCE | O: 1, N: 1, C: 1, E: 1 |
| Big squeeze | BEARHUG | B: 1, E: 1, A: 1, R: 1, H: 1, U: 1, G: 1 |
| Company that makes Barbie | MATTEL | M: 1, A: 1, T: 2, E: 1, L: 1 |
| Relatives | KIN | K: 1, I: 1, N: 1 |
| App glitches | BUGS | B: 1, U: 1, G: 1, S: 1 |
| “My heart’s been borrowed and yours has been ___ / All’s well that ends well to end up with you” | BLUE | B: 1, L: 1, U: 1, E: 1 |
| Pottery material | CLAY | C: 1, L: 1, A: 1, Y: 1 |
| Animal sounds in “Over the Moon” | MOOS | M: 1, O: 2, S: 1 |
| As we speak | NOW | N: 1, O: 1, W: 1 |
| Site with a piano in the game Clue | BALLROOM | B: 1, A: 1, L: 2, R: 1, O: 2, M: 1 |
| “Long hair (No ___) / It’s my type (That’s right)” (“Red Wine Supernova” lyric) | BRA | B: 1, R: 1, A: 1 |
| Trumpets’ section | BRASS | B: 1, R: 1, A: 1, S: 2 |
| Place to say “I do” | ALTAR | A: 1, L: 1, T: 1, R: 1 |
| Say | UTTER | U: 1, T: 2, E: 1, R: 1 |
| Fire engine feature | SIREN | S: 1, I: 1, R: 1, E: 1, N: 1 |
| Protest, in a way | KNEEL | K: 1, N: 1, E: 1, L: 1 |
| Lock lips | KISS | K: 1, I: 1, S: 2 |
| Sansa Stark’s sister | ARYA | A: 2, R: 1, Y: 1 |
| “Please don’t go!” | STAY | S: 1, T: 1, A: 1, Y: 1 |
| Angelic ring | HALO | H: 1, A: 1, L: 1, O: 1 |
| One length of a pool | LAP | L: 1, A: 1, P: 1 |
| High card | ACE | A: 1, C: 1, E: 1 |
| “___ Used to Be Mine” (“Waitress” song) | SHE | S: 1, H: 1, E: 1 |