Here are the answers to Universal Crossword puzzles Saturday August 5 2017.

Some undergraduate degrees – BAS
Easy as 1-2-3 – ABC

The Heat’s org. – NBA
Type of drum – KETTLE
Cattle group – HERD
Niagara River source – ERIE
Didn’t lose – WON
More likely to cause controversy – EDGIER
Clean fish, in a way – DESCALE
Sown over a wide area – BROADCASTED
Reddening makeup – ROUGE
Played one’s part – ACTED
Put emphasis on – STRESS
Brownish pigments – EARTHS
“Fear of Flying” author Jong – ERICA
Twitch or tic – SPASM
Lily variety – CALLA
Distributions according to a plan – ALLOCATIONS
Tower in the Bible – BABEL
Spiritual mentors – GURUS
Captured, as cattle – ROPED
Portion – SHARE
Active start? – HYPER
Carb-rich Italian fare – PASTA

Type of staircase – SPIRAL
Lynx, e.g. – WILDCAT
Answer testily – SNAPAT
Crave – DESIRE
Pitcher’s foe – HITTER
Cheap cigar – STOGY
Sesame Street regular – ERNIE
Breezed through, as a test – ACED
How some things are noted – DULY
Get ___ of (discard) – RID
CPA’s recommendation – IRA
Imaginary monster – ORC
Thumbs-down verbal vote – NAY
It’s loaded with money – BANK
Cut – HEWED
Lingerie item – BRA
Some French clergymen – ABBES
Gradually decay – ERODE
“Arabian Nights” creature – ROC
Things dispersed haphazardly – SCATTERINGS
Not in – OUT
Swap – TRADE
Cold geologic period – ICEAGE
Climber – SCALER
With whiskers – BEARDED
Least tanned – PALEST
Vampire’s bane – GARLIC
Opposite of none – ALL
Part of a hedge – SHRUB
Currency for an online buyer – ECASH
Dinner for a sow – SLOP
Things that need healing – SORES
Like a used fire pit – ASHY
Tropical talking bird – MACAW
Destroys, as books – PULPS
Faucet – TAP
Parenthetical comments – ASIDES
Belong naturally – INHERE
Colonized – SETTLED
Las Vegas football player – RAIDER
Many musical chords – TRIADS
Adjust – ADAPT
Plastic ___ Band – ONO
Number representing total magazines sold – CIRCULATION
Card game or tonic complement – GIN
“Little Mermaid” of film – ARIEL
Word with “firma” – TERRA
Hoped-for proposal word – YES
Type of bear – TEDDY
Titillating – RACY