USA Today – Apr 27 2018
Published in USA Today Crossword. Tags: AGATE, ARID, Eastern Bloc, LID, MESS, NOVEL, READS, TV.
Clues |
Answers |
‘Benevolent’ group |
ELKS |
‘Dunkirk’ movie genre |
WAR |
‘Game’ consisting of missed calls |
TELEPHONETAG |
‘Jurassic World’ beasts, informally |
DINOS |
‘Message understood’ |
IGETYOU |
‘Shark Tank’ presentation |
IDEA |
‘That’s a downer’ |
HOWSAD |
‘That’s disgusting!’ |
UGH |
‘What rotten luck!’ |
DARN |
‘Yeah, right’ |
ASIF |
1996 award for the ‘Rent’ ensemble |
OBIE |
Academic year finale, often |
EXAM |
Add to an email |
ATTACH |
Aviation-related prefix |
AERO |
Base fare |
MESS |
Betrayer in scripture |
JUDAS |
Bollywood garments |
SARIS |
Book after 2 Chronicles |
EZRA |
Botanical ‘pet’ |
CHIA |
Carpet installer’s unit |
SQUAREYARD |
Castaway’s home |
ISLE |
Cathedral area with a half-dome, perhaps |
APSE |
Chain that sells furniture and seafood |
IKEA |
Choir selection |
HYMN |
Defaulter’s consequence, for short |
REPO |
Delete with two strokes |
XOUT |
Do a slow burn |
SEETHE |
Driving range barriers |
NETS |
Dropped into the mail |
SENTOFF |
Eagerly anticipated evening out |
HOTDATE |
Eastern Bloc letters until 1991 |
USSR |
Enjoys a Kindle download |
READS |
Exhibit kleptomania |
STEAL |
Far from gentlemanly |
RUDE |
Gas in an atmospheric layer |
OZONE |
Glass ___ (boxer’s liability) |
JAW |
Hockey rink divider |
REDLINE |
Icky stuff |
GOOP |
Impossible to see through |
OPAQUE |
Clues |
Answers |
It’s mostly nitrogen |
AIR |
Its title often includes ‘On’ |
ODE |
Jack-in-the-box topper |
LID |
John Wayne nickname |
DUKE |
Letter-turner of TV |
VANNAWHITE |
Like the Gobi’s climate |
ARID |
Longtime Dodgers manager Tommy |
LASORDA |
Makes null and void |
NEGATES |
Michener’s ‘Alaska’ or ‘Hawaii’ |
NOVEL |
Mineral ground into marbles |
AGATE |
More than just occasionally |
ALOT |
Not awful, but not great |
OKAY |
Official tree of several states |
OAK |
Olive can datum |
SIZE |
One year, for Miss America |
TERM |
Payment for a hand |
ANTE |
Play to the cheap seats |
EMOTE |
Plow designer John |
DEERE |
President with two Grammys |
OBAMA |
Raptor’s gripper |
TALON |
Readies, as a rubber stamp |
INKS |
Rio and Soul automaker |
KIA |
River near the Royal Shakespeare Theatre |
AVON |
Sling mud at |
ASPERSE |
Stage in a video game |
LEVEL |
Sushi roll garnish |
ROE |
Target of Garfield’s torments |
ODIE |
Telecast component |
AUDIO |
Teri of ‘Dumb and Dumber’ |
GARR |
The press is part of it |
FOURTHESTATE |
Toastmaster’s spot |
DAIS |
Tracks in dirt roads |
RUTS |
Unspoken approvals |
NODS |
Venerated villager |
ELDER |
Warmed the bench |
SAT |
Weather map area |
HIGH |
Weather-resistant wood |
TEAK |
Word after no-fly or tow-away |
ZONE |
Worshipped figurine |
IDOL |