Premier Sunday – King Feature Syndicate – Jan 28 2024 Clues and Answers
| Clues | Answers |
|---|---|
| “DMZ” actor Benjamin | BRATT |
| “I’m — loss” | ATA |
| “Mayday!” | SOS |
| “Phantom Lady” co-star | ELLARAINES |
| “Preach it!” | AMEN |
| “Sleeper” co-star Diane | KEATON |
| “Three’s Company” co-star Suzanne | SOMERS |
| “Vexations” composer Erik | SATIE |
| “Year One” director Harold | RAMIS |
| “You, over there …” | PSST |
| “— dabba doo!” | YABBA |
| “— is an Englishman” (“H.M.S. Pinafore” lyric) | FORHE |
| “— longa, vita brevis” | ARS |
| ’80s sitcom | ALF |
| A stage past embryonic | FETAL |
| Ablaze | ONFIRE |
| Actresses Jillian and Blyth | ANNS |
| Anna of fashion | SUI |
| Aroma detector | NOSE |
| Asian “way” | TAO |
| Aversion | DISTASTE |
| Avian mimics | PARROTS |
| Be too thrifty | SKIMP |
| Bother a lot | EATAT |
| Bowl-shaped frying pan | WOK |
| Brand of PCs and tablets | ACER |
| Breath-holding reef explorers, e.g | FREEDIVERS |
| Bridal bio word | NEE |
| Camel cousin | LLAMA |
| Casual shirt | TEE |
| Celtic language | ERSE |
| Churlish sort | BOOR |
| Comics cry | EEK |
| Coup d’— (rebellion) | ETAT |
| Currency of Latvia | EURO |
| Darth Vader, as a boy | ANI |
| Decimal base | TEN |
| Deteriorate | ROT |
| Deteriorate | DECAY |
| Difficult task | ONUS |
| Dot of land in the ocean | ISLET |
| Eds. mark them up | MSS |
| Elliott of the New England Patriots | EZEKIEL |
| End of the riddle | ROSEMARYANDTHYME |
| Exam for an atty.-to-be | LSAT |
| Expand on | ADDTO |
| Eye, to poets | ORB |
| Forest growth | TREE |
| Furniture wood option | ELM |
| Gives the means | ENABLES |
| Goat cheese | FETA |
| Golf legend Palmer | ARNOLD |
| Gp. checking baggage | TSA |
| Gridiron gp | NFL |
| Guided | LED |
| Gun, in slang | GAT |
| Hearth waste | ASH |
| High coif | UPDO |
| Hotelier Helmsley | LEONA |
| Hue | SHADE |
| Huskies, e.g | DOGS |
| Ice cream alternatives | SORBETS |
| Inaccurate | OFF |
| Incendiary felonies | ARSONS |
| Is given the chance to chime in | GETSASAY |
| Jacob’s twin, in the Bible | ESAU |
| Je ne — quoi | SAIS |
| Joan — (French saint) | OFARC |
| Just slightly | ABIT |
| Kind of 35mm camera | SLR |
| Letters after els | EMS |
| Clues | Answers |
|---|---|
| Lick like a cat | LAP |
| Lifelong pal, informally | BFF |
| Lose color | FADE |
| Luau hellos | ALOHAS |
| Man-goat of myth | SATYR |
| Math game with matchsticks | NIM |
| Maui garland | LEI |
| Miles away | AFAR |
| Money for the senior yrs | IRA |
| Most frequently | OFTENEST |
| Neighbor of Georgia | ALABAMA |
| Nest fillers | EGGS |
| Non-earthlings, for short | ETS |
| Not crying | TEARLESS |
| Old fast jet, for short | SST |
| Omitted, as a syllable | ELIDED |
| Org. on a toothpaste box | ADA |
| Otherwise | IFNOT |
| Pale tan | ECRU |
| Part of ROY G. BIV | RED |
| Pen tips | NIBS |
| Permit to | LET |
| Picnic pest | ANT |
| Pinnacles | PEAKS |
| Pinnacles | ACMES |
| Poker stake | ANTE |
| Pre-Soviet rulers | TSARS |
| Prefix with byte or ton | MEGA |
| Prefix with term or week | MID |
| Prolonged attack | SIEGE |
| Protested unpeacefully | RIOTED |
| Redeemers | SAVIORS |
| Region | ZONE |
| Resign from | BOWOUTOF |
| Riddle’s answer | THEFOURSEASONINGS |
| Riddle, part 2 | NAMEFORABANDIFIT |
| Riddle, part 3 | HADAHITSONG |
| Riddle, part 4 | THATWASTITLED |
| Riddle, part 5 | PARSLEYSAGE |
| Rips into | HASAT |
| Roadwork goo | TAR |
| Rock guitarist Barrett | SYD |
| Rodent-built channel blockers | BEAVERDAMS |
| Sailing | ASEA |
| Skull parts | JAWS |
| Sneeze catcher | TISSUE |
| Spaghetti — bolognese | ALLA |
| Sprinted faster than | OUTRAN |
| Stain-fighting toothpaste, e.g | WHITENER |
| Start of a riddle | WHATWOULDBEAGREAT |
| Succinct | TERSE |
| Swiss — (beet variety) | CHARD |
| Take to the road | DRIVE |
| Tally | COUNT |
| Tasks | JOBS |
| Tiered temples | PAGODAS |
| Tiny hairlike structures | CILIA |
| Took the gold | WON |
| Used a scull | OARED |
| User’s guide | MANUAL |
| USN VIP | CDR |
| Vietnamese New Year | TET |
| Ward for preemies | NICU |
| Warship with three banks of rowers | TRIREME |
| Where aid is urgently required | AREAOFNEED |
| While not physically attending | INABSENTIA |
| Witty remark | BONMOT |
| Worker purifying petroleum | OILREFINER |
| Worker welfare org | OSHA |
| Zapped with a stunning weapon | TASED |
| — Lama | DALAI |