USA Today – Aug 3 2018
Published in USA Today Crossword. Tags: ABET, ETON, LOOM, MESS, NET, PER, SPASM, SPF.
Clues |
Answers |
‘Dilbert’ cartoonist Adams |
SCOTT |
‘The Naked Maja’ painter |
GOYA |
2008 movie with a gay rights theme |
MILK |
Acrobat’s precaution |
NET |
Added zip to |
SPICEDUP |
Appear ominously |
LOOM |
Beehive State athlete |
UTE |
Best Picture winner in 2013 |
ARGO |
Bit of hail damage |
DENT |
Bring 42-Across to |
ELATE |
Cartman on ‘South Park’ |
ERIC |
Cattle-catching gear |
ROPE |
Cause of hiccups |
SPASM |
Centurion Card issuer, informally |
AMEX |
Corrosive compounds |
ACIDS |
Creates a screenplay from |
ADAPTS |
Cuisine with sticky rice |
THAI |
Curriculum segment |
COURSE |
Desirable traits |
PROS |
Dismissed summarily |
AXED |
Dumb conclusion? |
SILENTB |
Earliest stage |
ONSET |
Extinguish, with ‘out’ |
PUT |
Febreze target |
ODOR |
Fed. air quality monitor |
EPA |
Fiber optic alternative |
CABLE |
Finished, as cupcakes |
ICED |
Fishing boat load |
HAUL |
Flea, to a dog |
PARASITE |
Flower girl’s path |
AISLE |
French menu phrase |
ALA |
Group playing Top 40 hits, e.g |
COVERBAND |
Had a night on the town |
WENTOUT |
Hayloft’s place |
BARN |
Hid, as gray roots |
DYED |
Hotel with a Select Guest program |
OMNI |
HP cartridge filler |
INK |
Icky stuff |
GOOP |
Ingredient in a gin-based liqueur |
SLOE |
Clues |
Answers |
Levy on property |
LANDTAX |
Like corduroy |
RIDGED |
Long-range nuke carrier |
ICBM |
Memo to oneself, perhaps |
NOTE |
More than merely able |
ADEPT |
Newscast wrap-up |
RECAP |
No. 2 execs |
VEEPS |
Nudged like a dog |
NOSED |
Part of kph |
PER |
Payments at plazas |
TOLLS |
Penn of 71-Across |
SEAN |
Perot of the Reform Party |
ROSS |
Place for a rubdown |
SPA |
Plant that doesn’t blossom |
FERN |
Prime hunting time |
OPENSEASON |
Psalms preposition |
UNTO |
Purveyors of antiques |
DEALERS |
Put aside for later |
LAYIN |
Rank above viscount |
EARL |
Rapturous feeling |
JOY |
Recruit’s fare |
MESS |
Right on the nose |
EXACT |
School with a royally appointed provost |
ETON |
Schreiber of ‘Ray Donovan’ |
LIEV |
Show with sketches |
REVUE |
Shrimp’s cousin |
PRAWN |
Singer Baker or O’Day |
ANITA |
Stackable cookies |
OREOS |
Stand watch for, say |
ABET |
Streaming video service |
HULU |
Subjects of wills |
ESTATES |
Sunburn protection initials |
SPF |
Teen in a Shakespearean balcony scene |
ROMEO |
TJ Maxx or J.C. Penney |
CHAINSTORE |
Tomato, archaically |
LOVEAPPLE |
Volleyball team, e.g |
SEXTET |
Warrior in ‘The Iliad’ |
AJAX |
Word before bait or wire |
LIVE |
___ Lee (frozen dessert brand) |
SARA |