USA Today – May 28 2018 Crossword Solution
| Clues |
Answers |
| ‘Downton ___’ (PBS series) |
ABBEY |
| ‘Reach’ singer Estefan |
GLORIA |
| 17-Across employer |
SALON |
| 2008 campaign slogan |
YESWECAN |
| A bit soused |
TIPSY |
| Acting father of Jane and Peter |
HENRY |
| Atoll makeup |
CORAL |
| Bases-loaded walk stat |
RBI |
| Becomes corroded |
RUSTS |
| Belle’s romancer |
BEAU |
| Black cat, to some |
OMEN |
| Body shop estimate |
QUOTE |
| Bottle inserts |
CORKS |
| Bottom-line figures |
NETCOSTS |
| Breaks in hammocks |
NAPS |
| Brooding birds |
HENS |
| Chain with a museum in Sweden |
IKEA |
| Chipotle menu item |
TACO |
| Church of England cleric |
VICAR |
| Coal, primarily |
CARBON |
| Compost pile |
HEAP |
| Criticized to no end |
PICKEDAT |
| Daniel of the frontier |
BOONE |
| Declares off-limits |
BANS |
| Diner cupful, slangily |
JOE |
| Double Stuf cookie |
OREO |
| Duncan Hines buys |
MIXES |
| Endure a hunger strike |
STARVE |
| Euro spender since 1999 |
AUSTRIAN |
| Exec’s reminder |
MEMO |
| Final chapter |
END |
| Fish’s tempter |
LURE |
| Fully cooked, as a souffle |
RISEN |
| Gave utterance to |
SAID |
| Griffin of game show fame |
MERV |
| Grow lousier |
WORSEN |
| Icky stuff |
GLOP |
| Clues |
Answers |
| In a feeble way |
WEAKLY |
| Is on an incline |
TILTS |
| Job that involves cutting |
LUMBERJACK |
| Job that involves cutting |
LANDSCAPER |
| Job that involves cutting |
MANICURIST |
| Job that involves cutting |
DRESSMAKER |
| Least inept |
ABLEST |
| Let up, as a storm |
ABATE |
| Like snakes or eels |
SLITHERY |
| Mark Twain or Will Rogers |
HUMORIST |
| Nerve, slangily |
MOXIE |
| NFL game extenders |
OTS |
| Paranormal energy fields |
AURAS |
| Pork or beef cut |
LOIN |
| Pungent salad green |
CRESS |
| Rattler’s secretion |
VENOM |
| React to glare |
SQUINT |
| Recedes from shore |
EBBS |
| Repair-manual drawings |
DIAGRAMS |
| Sayers detective Lord Peter |
WIMSEY |
| Sean with two Oscars |
PENN |
| Setting in every ‘Rocky’ movie |
RING |
| Slushy beverage brand |
ICEE |
| Sows’ mates |
BOARS |
| State that was a republic |
TEXAS |
| Struggling to decide |
TORN |
| Sulker’s mood |
SNIT |
| Swatters’ victims |
PESTS |
| Teamster’s rig |
SEMI |
| Tend to a hole |
DARN |
| Thesis writer’s task |
RESEARCH |
| Thompson of ‘Harry Potter’ movies |
EMMA |
| Tools for 11-Downs |
AXES |
| Turns slushy |
MELTS |
| Waitperson’s delivery |
MEAL |
| Walked heavily |
TROD |
| Way too thin |
BONY |