Universal 2024 07 03 - Crossword Answers

Clue	Answer
"Hamilton" showdown	DUEL
"I'm all ___!" ("Talk to me!")	EARS
"IF ALL ___ FAILS ..."	ELSE
"Knives Out" director Johnson	RIAN
"MIAMI ___"	VICE
"The Price Is Right" host Carey	DREW
ACTOR ELBA	IDRIS
ASSISTS IN CRIME	ABETS
BRAINCHILD	IDEA
BRING ON BOARD	HIRE
BUNDLE OF HAY	BALE
Chemical company based in Michigan	DOW
COLUMNS' COUNTERPARTS	ROWS
Currency used in 27-Across	EURO
DEMEANOR	MIEN
DOUBLE-REEDED WOODWIND	OBOE
EXPERTS	MAVENS
Expresses gratitude to	THANKS
LIP-PUCKERING	SOUR
HIGH POINT	ACME
NEUTRAL SHADE	GRAY
FEMALE DEER	DOES
HOST	EMCEE
REQUIREMENTS	NEEDS
PART OF IPA	ALE
ISRAELI AIRLINE	ELAL
HAIRPIECES	WIGS
PLACED ON A PEDESTAL	IDOLIZED
NO IFS, ___ OR BUTS	ANDS
GENTLE TOUCHES	PATS
OSCAR WINNER MARISA	TOMEI
MOON MISSION PROGRAM	APOLLO
QUAINT, QUAINTLY	OLDE
FORMALLY END	ABOLISH
PUT ON PAPER	WRITEDOWN
PORTIONED (OUT)	METED
Hormone producer	GLAND
Reid of "The Big Lebowski"	TARA
Small taste of a drink	SIP
IRS form ID	SSN
Far-right column on a calendar, perhaps	SATURDAY
Forgoes a big wedding ceremony	ELOPES
Green Day, for example	TRIO
How a snorer sleeps?	SOUNDLY
Hydrated and fresh, like skin	DEWY
Man who takes vows	MONK
Many-layered vegetable	ONION
Means of climbing in a classic board game	LADDER
Minnesota hockey team	WILD
Safer Internet Day's mo	FEB
Seaside signal source	FOGHORN
Second-largest Dutch city	ROTTERDAM
Shape found behind a hockey goal	TRAPEZOID
Singer Parks	ARLO
TIRE PATTERN	TREAD
YOUNG CHAPS	LADS
STAGGER	REEL
WAGERS	BETS
WHERE MUSCAT IS	OMAN
U-TURN FROM WSW	ENE
SPRANG	LEAPT
TINIEST AMOUNT	IOTA
TERRA ___ (SOLID GROUND)	FIRMA
___ FORCES	ARMED
Texter's intro to an aside	BTW

"Hamilton" showdown

DUEL

"I'm all ___!" ("Talk to me!")

EARS

"IF ALL ___ FAILS ..."

ELSE

"Knives Out" director Johnson

RIAN

"MIAMI ___"

VICE

"The Price Is Right" host Carey

DREW