Here are the answers to Universal Crossword puzzles Wednesday, August 31 2016.

Cast Away” setting – ISLE
“Love ___ (Beatles tune) – MEDO

“The ___ of the Ancient Mariner” – RIME
“To ___ is human …” – ERR
“___ a far, far better thing …” (Dickens) – ITIS
“___ while they’re hot!” – GETEM
Accommodating place – INN
African antelope – ORYX
And so on (abbr.) – ETC
Animal’s gaping mouth – MAW
Another computer key – TAB
Anti-flood embankments – DIKES
Assume to be – TAKEFOR
Aussie ratite – EMU
Automobile type – SEDAN
Ballroom dancing move – DIP
Banister’s end – NEWEL
Barcelona chair’s lack – ARMS
Body pouch – SAC
Break down grammatically – PARSE
Burn on the outside – SEAR
Common foil material – TIN
Computer key – ENTER
Copy, briefly – REPRO
Couple for life, hopefully – MANANDWIFE
Did a tour guide’s job – LED
Doddering – ANILE
Eggnog time – NOEL
Elevate – EXALT
Eng or Chang, famously – SIAMESETWIN
Fanatical – RABID
Fit for picking – RIPE
Habeas corpus, e.g – WRIT
Hawaiian gift – LEI
Hindu musical genre – RAGA
Indicate agony – MOAN
Jewish religious leader – RABBI
Keep from happening – DETER

Like a love letter – ROMANTIC
Make modifications to – ALTER
Make, as money – EARN
Maui veranda – LANAI
Measure, in music – BAR
Mimicking bird (var.) – MYNA
Minimally worded – TERSEST
Nebraska metropolis – OMAHA
Not on the guest list – UNASKED
Not once, poetically – NEER
Oldies players – HIFIS
Packing on the years – AGING
Poker pair – TWOOFAKIND
Prefix with “violet” or “marine” – ULTRA
Provide startup funds – SEED
Public speaker’s platform of yore – BEMA
Pump number – OCTANE
Qatar VIP – EMIR
Repulsive – GROSS
Restaurant customer, at times – ORDERER
Rock genre for David Bowie – GLAM
Safe havens – SANCTA
Salad oil holder – CRUET
Some collectibles – MATCHEDSETS
Something to pick out – ORE
Sounding wistful – SIGHING
Stay awhile – ABIDE
Sword with a bell-shaped guard – EPEE
Tablet – NOTEPAD
Take into one’s family – ADOPT
Teachers’ org – NEA
Tending to a problem – ONIT
Things at Six Flags – RIDES
Thoroughly proficient – ADEPT
Tissue additive – ALOE
Traditional or Roth savings vehicle – IRA
Turned over, as property – CEDED
Well-meaning one – DOGOODER
Wise old heads – SAGES
___ constrictor – BOA