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 |