USA Today – Aug 2 2018
Published in USA Today Crossword. Tags: ADDON, ANTE, LED, MASH, NOON, ROSA, STARS.
| Clues |
Answers |
| $5 bill, slangily |
ABE |
| ‘A Christmas Carol’ boy |
TINYTIM |
| ‘Born Free’ lioness |
ELSA |
| ‘Columbo’ star Peter |
FALK |
| ‘Toodle-oo!’ |
CIAO |
| Advance on a balk |
ONEBASE |
| Auction assents |
NODS |
| Barnyard sound |
OINK |
| Batik artist, e.g |
DYER |
| BBC watcher’s set |
TELLY |
| Build an extra room, say |
ADDON |
| Building material that may contain straw |
ADOBE |
| Carnival city, briefly |
RIO |
| Castor and Pollux, for two |
STARS |
| Circular gaskets |
ORINGS |
| Cocoon occupant |
PUPA |
| Collin with the No. 1 country hit ‘Love, Me’ |
RAYE |
| Cruise departure spots |
PIERS |
| Daly of ‘Judging Amy’ |
TYNE |
| Division word |
INTO |
| Dropped for a 10-count, briefly |
KOD |
| Electric train name |
LIONEL |
| Embellish, as a resume |
PAD |
| Fair-to-middling |
SOSO |
| Foaming at the mouth |
IRATE |
| French realist Bonheur |
ROSA |
| From Belgrade |
SERBIAN |
| Gets blubbery |
CRIES |
| Grasshopper’s rebuker, in fable |
ANT |
| Hard, wavy confection |
RIBBONCANDY |
| Heart vocalist Wilson |
ANN |
| Henrik who wrote ‘Peer Gynt’ |
IBSEN |
| Hoda Kotb’s show |
TODAY |
| Jacob Riis, notably |
REFORMER |
| Jon Arbuckle’s drooling pet |
ODIE |
| Kilted musician |
PIPER |
| Knock senseless |
DAZE |
| Koch or Giuliani, once |
MAYOR |
| Lamp fuel |
KEROSENE |
| Clues |
Answers |
| Legs, slangily |
GAMS |
| Less sterile |
GERMIER |
| Letter-shaped lab vessel |
UTUBE |
| Life of ___ (ease) |
RILEY |
| Lo-cal, in ads |
LITE |
| Low-paid laborer |
PEON |
| Lunch hour, maybe |
NOON |
| Mario who portrayed Caruso |
LANZA |
| MGM mascot |
LEO |
| NASA ‘walk’ |
EVA |
| No later than |
UPTO |
| Opening on some pajamas |
FLAP |
| Organs near the diaphragm |
LUNGS |
| Part of an ancient alphabet |
RUNE |
| Pays a visit to |
SEES |
| Penny, perhaps |
ANTE |
| Place for a travel mug, perhaps |
CUPHOLDER |
| Place for magnets |
FRIDGE |
| Police officer’s identifying figure |
BADGENUMBER |
| Popular golf scoring system |
MEDALPLAY |
| Praises to the skies |
LAUDS |
| Produce leaves |
FOLIATE |
| Reach the heavens |
SOAR |
| Regret bitterly |
RUE |
| Remove to a MASH, briefly |
EVAC |
| Reply to ‘That a fact?’ |
ITIS |
| Risk a perjury rap |
LIE |
| Scrooge or Marner |
MISER |
| Super-G, e.g |
SKIRACE |
| Tackle box item |
SINKER |
| The Big Band ___ |
ERA |
| Took the reins |
LED |
| Tram cargo |
ORE |
| Trim to fit, say |
EDIT |
| Typesetters’ units |
PICAS |
| Unsettled issues |
IFS |
| Vocal quartet member |
ALTO |
| Volcanic spew |
ASH |
| Wave’s peak |
CREST |