USA Today – Apr 1 2018
Published in USA Today Crossword. Tags: ADORE, ANTE, BOGOF, CRESS, Norway, SET, SUEDE, UBER.
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| 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 |