USA Today – Apr 29 2018
Published in USA Today Crossword. Tags: ACRE, AMBER, DEVOLVE, IRIS, LIONTAMER, London, NUKE, RAMPICKUP.
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| 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 |