Universal Crossword Answers Monday, October 24 2016

Here are the answers to Universal Crossword puzzles Monday, October 24 2016.
“Be it ___ so humble …” – EVER
“Mona ___” – LISA
100 dinars – RIAL

A head – EACH
Affirmative action? – NOD
After-dinner confection – MINT
Ages and ages – EON
Applaud – CLAP
Asparagus unit – SPEAR
Baker’s dozen? – EGGS
Barristers’ accoutrements – WIGS
Break bread – SUP
Broke off – ENDED
Bun warmer – OVEN
Calla lily family – ARUM
Checkers maneuver – JUMP
Chop finely – MINCE
Church parts – NAVES
Classroom assistant – AIDE
Clothing designer Perry – ELLIS
Coach – TRAIN
Congers – EELS
Dealer’s handful – DECK
Dickens’ Heep – URIAH
Dietary, in ads – LITE
Dispatch, as a dragon – SLAY
Dress in India – SARI
Drop, to an editor – DELE
Eight, on a sundial – VIII
Entangles, as in a net – ENMESHES
Ethiopian’s neighbor – SUDANESE
Explorer ___ de Leon – PONCE
Fail to tread lightly – PLOD
Far from long-winded – TERSE
Gift on “The Bachelor” – ROSE
Hello or goodbye – ALOHA
Hither companion – YON
Homecoming guest, briefly – ALUM
It’s a drag in fishing circles – TRAWL
Jason’s mythical ship – ARGO
Jeans name – LEVI
Like a vampire’s face, stereotypically – ASHEN
Make over – REDO
Maple bar or apple fritter – DONUT
Misplace – LOSE

Museum exhibit – ART
Muslim pilgrimage – HADJ
Nest egg feature – IRA
Observe – SEE
Occasional needle point? – EAST
Opera highlight – ARIA
Painter Degas – EDGAR
Part of a Monopoly set – DICE
Place for dead presidents? – TILL
Police car’s alarm – SIREN
Prefix for “sonic” or “violet” – ULTRA
President associated with peanuts – JAMESEARLCARTER
President on the $1,000 bill – GROVERCLEVELAND
President who was the son of a president – JOHNQUINCYADAMS
Raker of chips – CROUPIER
Rub the wrong way – NETTLE
Scads – MUCH
Signs of things to come – OMENS
Sine ___ non – QUA
Sky box? – KITE
Slow, musically – LENTO
Small band – TRIO
Supplies with better weapons – REARMS
Things to exterminate, to many – RATS
Truthfulness – VERACITY
Varied assortment – OLIO
Volcano in Sicily – ETNA
Walkways – PATHS
What a pilot might announce, briefly – ETA
When dark comes o’er the land – EEN
Words before “date” or “trap” – SETA
Yemeni port – ADEN
___ sapiens – HOMO