USA Today – Nov 19 2017 Crossword Solution
Clues |
Answers |
“Key Largo” Oscar winner Claire |
TREVOR |
“QB ___” (Uris novel) |
VII |
“Take a number” market aisle |
DELI |
“___ of the North” (1922 documentary) |
NANOOK |
Acetone, to nail polish |
SOLVENT |
Alan who played Severus Snape |
RICKMAN |
Albert with a Nobel Peace Prize |
GORE |
Approximate touchdown hr |
ETA |
Austrian composer Gustav |
MAHLER |
Bait-and-switch, e.g |
SCAM |
Basis for some grants |
NEED |
Board game turns |
MOVES |
Chattering birds |
MAGPIES |
Consequence of too much Starbuck’s, perhaps |
CAFFEINEBUZZ |
Copied, in a way |
APED |
Court reporter, for short |
STENO |
Cross-legged yoga position |
LOTUS |
Cushiony part of a shoe |
INSOLE |
Diddly squat |
NADA |
Direction undone by “stet” |
DELE |
Dry Italian wine |
SOAVE |
Dudley Do-Right’s love |
NELL |
Edouard who painted “The Fifer” |
MANET |
Edward who composed “Falstaff” |
ELGAR |
Empire conquered by Pizarro |
INCA |
Essayist with the pen name Elia |
LAMB |
Explosive sold by Acme |
TNT |
Fastener with hooks and loops |
VELCRO |
Female-attracting sound |
MATINGCALL |
Florida’s Miami-___ County |
DADE |
Four, on most holes |
PAR |
Genre of the band Jawbreaker |
EMO |
Get 18-Down |
DISROBE |
Go ___ (cooperate) |
ALONG |
Golda, Israel’s “Iron Lady” |
MEIR |
Grease gun target |
AXLE |
Hard precipitation |
HAIL |
In one’s birthday suit |
NUDE |
King Harald’s capital |
OSLO |
Clues |
Answers |
Knob on a vintage television |
TUNINGDIAL |
Like much recorded music |
ONCD |
Long in the tooth |
OLD |
Look over quickly |
SCAN |
Madison and Lexington in NYC |
AVES |
Many Vegas signs |
NEONS |
Medically induced sleep |
COMA |
Midday snooze |
SIESTA |
Mosquito net material |
MESH |
Note from an exec |
MEMO |
On ___ (like much freelance work) |
SPEC |
One into fine cuisine, informally |
FOODIE |
Payment to a graduate assistant |
STIPEND |
Pint at a pub |
ALE |
Poet Khayyam |
OMAR |
Prefix with natal or classical |
NEO |
Put down, slangily |
DIS |
Pyramid’s top |
APEX |
Relay entrant |
RACER |
Remove to a MASH, for short |
EVAC |
Rite for a Jewish newborn |
BRIS |
Runs out of |
USESUP |
Solidify, like Jell-O |
SET |
Some mile markers |
POSTS |
Soother of baby’s painful gums |
TEETHINGRING |
Starting from |
ASOF |
Supreme Court appointee of 2006 |
ALITO |
Tell jokes to, say |
AMUSE |
Tend to a tear |
SEW |
The Tabard, e.g |
INN |
Throw verbal barbs at |
ZING |
Throw, as a discus |
HEAVE |
Umpires’ decisions |
RULINGS |
Wallach who was “the Ugly” in a 1966 movie |
ELI |
Wood-dressing tool |
ADZ |
Zipcar’s parent |
AVIS |
___ Bell (a Bronte pseudonym) |
ELLIS |
___ corgi (dog breed) |
WELSH |
___ funny for words |
TOO |