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 |