USA Today – May 8 2016 Crossword Solution
| Clues |
Answers |
| “Happy” fast food offering |
MEAL |
| “It’s my turn to bat” |
IMUP |
| “The Great Tasting Gel!” sloganeer |
AIMTOOTHPASTE |
| “Yeah, sure” |
IBET |
| 1971 Tom Jones hit |
SHESALADY |
| Aid to the poor |
ALMS |
| Any Bryn Mawr grad |
ALUMNA |
| Assembled |
MET |
| Beaver’s work |
DAM |
| Bench lift |
PRESS |
| Biblical skipper |
NOAH |
| Bingham of “Baywatch” |
TRACI |
| Blue hue |
AQUA |
| Body treatment salon |
DAYSPA |
| Central theme |
MOTIF |
| City on the Arkansas River |
TULSA |
| Coverage offered by Farmers |
FIREINSURANCE |
| Depot (Abbr.) |
STN |
| Desert Storm target |
IRAQ |
| Direct deposits, e.g. (Abbr.) |
EFTS |
| Equally poor |
ASBAD |
| File drawer abbr |
MISC |
| From square one |
ANEW |
| Get a piece of |
SHAREIN |
| Good buddy |
PAL |
| Good thing |
ASSET |
| Great deal |
SCAD |
| Group that might hear the first words of 18-, 26- and 47-Across |
RIFLESQUAD |
| Handheld computer, for short |
PDA |
| Has a life |
EXISTS |
| Helper on the Hill |
AIDE |
| House of Seven Gables site |
SALEM |
| Johnson of “Brief Encounter” |
CELIA |
| Jones who sang “Come Away With Me” |
NORAH |
| KP gadget |
PARER |
| Lad’s mate |
LASS |
| Left rolling in the aisles |
SLEW |
| Leslie Caron title role |
LILI |
| Clues |
Answers |
| London’s ___ Modern |
TATE |
| Long ago |
ONCE |
| Long-legged bird |
HERON |
| Manuscript encl |
SASE |
| Memorial designer Maya |
LIN |
| Mensa applicant’s hurdle, perhaps |
IQTEST |
| NASA or OSHA, e.g |
ACR |
| Niagara Falls feature |
MIST |
| Not soon enough |
TOOLATE |
| Paint can instruction |
STIR |
| Part of a chord |
NOTE |
| Patronized Lyft, say |
RODE |
| Plain vanilla |
BLAH |
| Poet Dove or singer Coolidge |
RITA |
| Pompeo of “Grey’s Anatomy” |
ELLEN |
| Requiring no cooking |
READYTOEAT |
| Sailor’s patron saint |
ELMO |
| Seeks game |
HUNTS |
| Shamu, for one |
ORCA |
| Small stream |
RIVULET |
| Some psychiatrists |
FREUDIANS |
| South American capital |
LIMA |
| Sporty car roofs |
TTOPS |
| Suffix with leather |
ETTE |
| Surveyor’s measure |
AREA |
| Team in some all-star games |
EAST |
| The eye’s light regulator |
IRIS |
| Times Square gas |
NEON |
| To-do list item |
TASK |
| Town in Texas |
KATY |
| Understands |
SEES |
| Upper-left key |
ESC |
| Vodka c*cktail, for short |
COSMO |
| Void companion |
NULL |
| Wall St. takeover |
LBO |
| Wee ones |
TADS |
| Word before verse or rein |
FREE |
| ___ populi |
VOX |