Tag: TIL
- USA Today – Oct 27 2019 Sunday ()
Clues Answers ‘Aida’ lyricist TIMRICE ‘Mercy me!’ LORDY ‘Miracle’ team of 1969 METS ‘No ___’ (‘Sure thing!’) PROB ‘The very ___!’ IDEA ‘This Is Us’ director Ken OLIN ‘This ___ my day!’ ISNT ‘Timeout’ hand signal TEE ‘___ Buttermilk Sky’ OLE Abbr. on Big Apple mail NYNY Admiral Perry victory site ERIE As much as […]
- L.A. Times Daily – Sep 30 2019 ()
Clues Answers “… who is the __ one of all?”: Evil Queen FAIREST “Ghost” psychic __ Mae Brown ODA “Sure wish that doesn’t happen” HOPENOT “The __ Wears Prada”: 2006 film DEVIL “Well, gosh!” OHGEE “Westworld” network HBO “Ye Olde” retailer SHOPPE “__ My Children” ALL “__ you awake?” ARE *Feline metaphor for an empty […]
- Eugene Sheffer – King Feature Syndicate – Sep 23 2019 ()
Clues Answers ‘Life of Pi’ director Lee ANG ‘Oops!’ UHOH ‘The Lion King’ lion NALA Add for free THROWIN Added alcohol SPIKED Aloha State HAWAII Ancient portico STOA Bagel topper LOX Boston __ Orchestra POPS Brahmanist HINDU Can material TIN Cardinal cap letters STL Chopper AXE Civil War soldier REB Copper head? ABE Cowboys’ org […]
- Newsday.com – Sep 2 2019 ()
Clues Answers ”. . . had a farm, __” EIEIO ”Electric” fish EEL ”Steady as __ goes” SHE ”Trick or __!” TREAT 20 Down auto AUDI Adolescent TEEN Ancient OLD Before __ (soon) LONG Biblical garden locale EDEN Brake or accelerator PEDAL Center of a bagel HOLE Cheddar or parmesan CHEESE Closely monitored hosp. ward […]
- Family Time – Jan 6 2019 January 6 2019 ()
Clues Answers “Shop ___ you drop” TIL “___ of Green Gables” ANNE A human joint KNEE Absorbed in RAPT Acne unit PIMPLE Advanced, as a library book LENT Alternate name indicator AKA Apartment payment RENT Army rank SERGEANT Billion-year time divisions EONS Boat docking place PIER Canal that’s 51 miles long PANAMA Car’s front-end cover […]
- Wall Street Journal – Dec 6 2018 – From the Top ()
Clues Answers ‘Evil Empire,’ per RWR USSR ‘For Every Generation’ brand PEPSI ‘Good golly!’ ILLBE ‘Good morning, Pooh Bear. If it is a good morning. Which I doubt.’ speaker EEYORE ‘Law & Order’ group DAS 57-Across, e.g ASS Abe Simpson’s estranged wife MONA Animal also known as a zebra giraffe OKAPI Artery opener STENT Band […]
- Universal – Aug 31 2018 ()
Clues Answers “The ___ Has Landed” EGO “Who ___ to judge?” AMI 1 billion-plus country INDIA A weapon discharge RIFLESHOT Adjust a trip meter RESET Angel’s symbol HALO Aves.? No, close STS Blows the victory LOSES Boys, girls, men, women PEOPLE Brazilian tourist spot, briefly RIO Brief time period SEC Castor bean poison RICIN Certain […]
- Newsday.com – Aug 10 2018 ()
Clues Answers ”No fighting” BENICE 20-vol. work OED Always in the public domain [no repeated letters] UNCOPYRIGHTABLE Anatomical enclosure SAC Antonym of ”amity” RANCOR Apple since ’98 MAC Audio cell message, for short VMAIL Board position SEAT Calligrapher’s purchase QUILL CD originator SANDL Charlatan FAKER Citadel student CADET Columnist pal of cartoonist Bil ERMA Compass […]
- USA Today – Jul 28 2018 ()
Clues Answers ‘. . . and children of all ___!’ AGES ‘Blondie’ or ‘Dilbert’ STRIP ‘Bloody,’ at a diner RARE ‘Crazy’ singer Patsy CLINE ‘Fiery’ gem OPAL ‘Hogan’s Heroes’ setting STALAG ‘In memoriam’ item OBIT ‘Yeah, sure’ ASIF About 21 percent of air OXYGEN Accepting customers OPEN Antiperspirant choice ROLLON Archipelago unit ISLE Aunt Bee’s […]
- New York Times – Jul 24 2018 ()
Clues Answers Addition to a soda, but not to a beer STRAW Ally (with) TEAMUP Ancient theaters ODEA Architect’s drawing PLAN Band with the 1988 #1 hit ‘Need You Tonight’ INXS Big workers’ grp. since 1955 AFLCIO Brand of dry-erase markers EXPO Brightest star in Orion RIGEL Carefully search COMB Carrier to the Mideast ELAL […]
- Eugene Sheffer – King Feature Syndicate – Jul 12 2018 ()
Clues Answers $ dispenser ATM ‘King Kong’ studio RKO ‘Monopoly’ square GO ‘No seats’ SRO ‘Swell!’ NEATO ‘The Lion King’ lioness NALA ‘The Merry ‘ WIDOW 1970s scandal WATERGATE Actor Jannings EMIL Actress Falco EDIE Anger IRE Authority SAYSO Beef cut LOIN Beige ECRU Bottom-of-the-barrel bit DREG Brine SEAWATER Buddies PALS Calendar abbr MON California’s […]
- The Times – Cryptic – Times Cryptic No 27085 July 9 2018 ()
The Times – Cryptic – Times Cryptic No 27085 Clues Answers A fine romance, full of good humour AFFABLE Aggressive male behaviour Proust regularly exhibited RUT Approve pub bar’s term for concoction rubber-stamp Bloody child behind 80% of lawlessness! CRIMSON Dad participating wholeheartedly, to one’s embarrassment PAINFULLY Dodgy individual giving ninety the sack ELUSIVE During […]