USA Today – Apr 1 2018
Published in USA Today Crossword. Tags: ADORE, ANTE, BOGOF, CRESS, Norway, SET, SUEDE, UBER.
| Clues |
Answers |
| “Animal House” group, for short |
FRAT |
| “Of course” |
SURE |
| “What hath ___ wrought” |
GOD |
| Air rifle ammo |
BBS |
| Band’s playlist |
SET |
| Barista’s dispenser |
URN |
| Be nuts about |
ADORE |
| Better than fair |
GOOD |
| Bigshot’s wheels, briefly |
LIMO |
| Blue shade |
SKY |
| Bow of early movies |
CLARA |
| Call from a sinking ship |
SOS |
| Carried, as by wind |
BORNE |
| Cash in Kolkata |
RUPEE |
| Cause of warts, in legend |
TOAD |
| CEO or CFO |
EXEC |
| Cheery tune |
LILT |
| Chowder morsel |
CLAM |
| Clean with elbow grease |
SCRUB |
| Colonial bug |
ANT |
| Conservatives, with “the” |
RIGHT |
| Desert boot material |
SUEDE |
| Dessert often cut into squares |
CHOCOLATEFUDGE |
| Dracula accessory |
CAPE |
| Draw on a napkin, say |
DOODLE |
| Face-to-face exams |
ORALS |
| Fairy tale brute |
OGRE |
| Finger-in-the-socket consequence |
JOLT |
| Foul-tasting |
NASTY |
| Garcia of “Ocean’s” movies |
ANDY |
| Gives the slip to |
ELUDES |
| Gives up, as territory |
CEDES |
| Google Maps line |
ROAD |
| Greasy spoon worker |
SHORTORDERCOOK |
| Hathaway of “Les Miserables” |
ANNE |
| Hidden drawback |
CATCH |
| Job, metaphorically |
HAT |
| Knock the socks off |
AWE |
| Liberal arts subj |
SOC |
| Clues |
Answers |
| Like a 1943 copper penny |
RARE |
| Like a short play, usually |
ONEACT |
| Like Audubon’s subjects |
AVIAN |
| Luau welcome |
ALOHA |
| Marathoners’ statistics |
TIMES |
| Marital squabble |
SPAT |
| Medieval drudges |
SERFS |
| Mushrooms and mildew, for two |
FUNGI |
| Nap spot, perhaps |
SOFA |
| Neighbor of Norway |
SWEDEN |
| Nessie’s home |
LOCH |
| Nose, slangily |
HONKER |
| Oil can letters |
SAE |
| Part of BOGOF |
FREE |
| Passed-down tales |
LORE |
| Place for doctors’ jottings |
PRESCRIPTIONPAD |
| Presidential candidate in 1992 and 1996 |
PEROT |
| Pungent salad green |
CRESS |
| River of Tuscany |
ARNO |
| Rodriguez with 25 grand slams |
ALEX |
| Ronnie James Dio fan, e.g |
METALHEAD |
| Rugby’s river |
AVON |
| Run-DMC and the Beastie Boys |
RAPGROUPS |
| Rushed headlong |
TORE |
| Sine qua ___ |
NON |
| Sitcom soundtrack sound |
LAUGH |
| Site of a biblical fall |
EDEN |
| Something to cast |
BALLOT |
| South Pacific democracy |
SAMOA |
| Sport with clay pigeons |
SKEET |
| Start the kitty |
ANTE |
| Stored on cassette |
TAPED |
| Taxi alternative |
UBER |
| Thumbs-down vote |
NAY |
| Tijuana’s peninsula, briefly |
BAJA |
| Track competition |
MEET |
| Triple play trio |
OUTS |
| Word after bon or won |
TON |
| Yankees manager Aaron |
BOONE |