Here are the answers to Universal Crossword puzzles Thursday April 23, 2020.

“13th” Best Picture nominee DuVernay – AVA
“Black, lesbian, mother, warrior, poet” Lorde – AUDRE
“In fact, I do!” – WHYYES
“Jane Eyre” author – BRONTE
“___ been thinking …” – IVE
*”See if I care!” – BETHATWAY
*Brain’s emotion center – AMYGDALA
*File size units – MEGABYTES
*Musical brother of Kevin and Nick – JOEJONAS
180 – UEY
35mm camera letters – SLR
Actress Jessica – ALBA
And the following: Abbr – ETSEQ
Apartment agreement – LEASE
Apt name for a prosecutor? – THEDA
Author ___ J. Cooper – ANNA
AZ doesn’t observe it – DST
Cabbage salads – SLAWS
Check mark alternatives – XES
Cheesy dip – QUESO
Chop down – HEW
Cognac label letters – VSOP
Color attribute – HUE
Colorful eye part – IRIS
Comedian Stewart – JON
Consumed – ATE
Contribute – ADD
Cry of disgust – UGH
Disney princess who loves books – BELLE
Draft pick with hops – IPA
Ecstasy’s opposite – AGONY
Element in water – OXYGEN
Erin Burnett’s channel – CNN
Far from forthcoming – COY
Fella – BUB
Fifth-century nomads – HUNS
Goings-on – MATTERS
Hair removal gunk – HOTWAX
Hamburger serving – PATTY
Inks – PENS
Instrument in a kit – DRUM
Item in a student’s wallet – IDCARD
Lebanon neighbor – SYRIA
Like abandoned ice cream – SOUPY
Looked beyond – SAWPAST
Make frothy, as cream – WHIP
Many a college graduate’s woe – DEBT
Money or property – ASSET
N.Y. Giants’ scores – TDS
Nike logo – SWOOSH
Oboe insert – REED
Occupied – INUSE
Opera house cheer – BRAVO
Person’s money and property – ESTATE
Phase – STAGE
Pulitzer-winning rapper Kendrick – LAMAR
Puzzle out – SOLVE
Rice used in risotto – ARBORIO
River in Pakistan – INDUS
Separated – APART
Share with one’s followers – RETWEET
Shinbone – TIBIA
Shoe that may have no heel – FLAT
Sixth sense, briefly – ESP
Slangy turndown – NAH
Smallest prime – TWO
SoCal airport – LAX
Surname of the Alcott characters at the starred answers’ starts, or 2020 month in which women made all the Universal Crosswords – MARCH
Swimmer Lochte – RYAN
Take too far – OVERDO
Text chuckle – LOL
The brain’s ___ system – LIMBIC
Trip meter button – RESET
Try to make clear – GETAT
Vegan milk type – OAT
What one hopes will endure – LEGACY
Within: Prefix – ENDO