USA Today – Apr 29 2018
Published in USA Today Crossword. Tags: ACRE, AMBER, DEVOLVE, IRIS, LIONTAMER, London, NUKE, RAMPICKUP.
| Clues |
Answers |
| ‘A ___ bagatelle’ |
MERE |
| ‘Falstaff’ or ‘Fidelio’ |
OPERA |
| ‘Shark Tale’ lionfish |
LOLA |
| 1/640 square mile |
ACRE |
| 15-Across is a unit of it |
AREA |
| 2016 movie about a hero pilot |
SULLY |
| Acts the shrew |
NAGS |
| Alvin of choreography |
AILEY |
| ATM opening |
SLOT |
| Backyard wedding setup |
TENT |
| Bedframe piece |
SLAT |
| Big name in light trucks |
RAMPICKUP |
| Brought on board |
HIRED |
| Brought to a close |
ENDED |
| Canal begun in 1859 |
SUEZ |
| Cartoon panther color |
PINK |
| Caused anger in |
RANKLED |
| Cavern phenomenon |
ECHO |
| Churchillian or Nixonian gesture |
VEE |
| Committee chair’s list |
AGENDA |
| Crashing bore |
DRIP |
| Creek for which two battles are named |
BULLRUN |
| Delegate, as to an underling |
DEVOLVE |
| Edmonton skater |
OILER |
| Far from slovenly |
NEAT |
| Fluff one’s lines, say |
ERR |
| Fossil-preserving resin |
AMBER |
| G, in a C major scale |
SOL |
| Guitar great Campbell |
GLEN |
| Hang on a clothesline, say |
AIROUT |
| Hatchling’s cry |
PEEP |
| Highly reluctant |
LOATH |
| Hobby farm denizens |
ANTS |
| In the style of |
ALA |
| Informal alliance |
ENTENTE |
| Joe ___ (liar in old car ads) |
ISUZU |
| Land dividing Niagara Falls |
GOATISLAND |
| Like some ales |
PALE |
| Like the home team, in baseball |
LASTUP |
| Clues |
Answers |
| Martini garnish |
OLIVE |
| Marx at the piano |
CHICO |
| Microwave, slangily |
NUKE |
| Mixed bag |
MELANGE |
| Moved gingerly |
EASED |
| Mustangs’ sch |
SMU |
| One side of the Berlin Wall |
EAST |
| One with a ‘-phobe’ suffix, perhaps |
HATER |
| Part of a Caesarean rebuke |
ETTU |
| Part of a club set |
IRON |
| Peace Nobelist from South Africa |
TUTU |
| Performer with a whip |
LIONTAMER |
| Plant with sword-shaped leaves |
IRIS |
| Porker’s home |
STY |
| Poseidon’s domain |
OCEAN |
| Pre-Columbian Peruvian |
INCAN |
| Prefix meaning ‘billionth’ |
NANO |
| Prefix with state or national |
INTER |
| Royal Middleton |
KATE |
| Share a border with |
ABUT |
| Stevenson’s fiendish Mr |
HYDE |
| Strings at luaus, for short |
UKES |
| Supernova remnant in Taurus |
CRABNEBULA |
| Taxi pickup spot |
CURB |
| Tempo slower than adagio |
LENTO |
| The ‘vey’ of ‘oy vey!’ |
WOE |
| The Beatles’ second movie |
HELP |
| This AND that |
BOTH |
| Thread used in glove making |
LISLE |
| Tyson’s 1990 loss to Douglas, e.g |
UPSET |
| Unjust accusation |
BADRAP |
| Way around London, again |
TRAM |
| What a texter’s ‘r’ means |
ARE |
| Word before paper or rubber |
CREPE |
| Word with a handshake |
DEAL |
| Work the bar |
TEND |
| Wound with one’s claws |
MAUL |
| WWW part |
WORLD |
| Young employee in the Senate |
PAGE |