USA Today – Aug 4 2018
Published in USA Today Crossword. Tags: ACHE, Paris, PAULA, RASTA, RED, SLICE, SPRITE.
| Clues |
Answers |
| ‘Hamilton’ racked up 11 in 2016 |
TONYS |
| ‘On the Case’ host Zahn |
PAULA |
| ‘___ Enchanted’ (Hathaway movie) |
ELLA |
| ‘___ Woman’ (ELO hit) |
EVIL |
| Alley cat, e.g |
STRAY |
| Ambulance letters |
EMS |
| Ariel or Tinker Bell |
SPRITE |
| Beethoven’s Symphony No. 3 |
EROICA |
| Bent one’s elbow |
TIPPLED |
| Bombards with e-junk |
SPAMS |
| Bummed out |
SAD |
| Casino dealer’s box |
SHOE |
| Christmas tree trim |
TINSEL |
| Citified areas, informally |
URBS |
| Comfy shoe |
MOC |
| Convention freebies |
SWAG |
| Draft choice |
SELECTEE |
| Dreads sporter, perhaps |
RASTA |
| Drink on draft |
ALE |
| El Al destination (Abbr.) |
ISR |
| Family-friendly, as movies go |
RATEDG |
| Gave off, as charm |
EMANATED |
| Get sunburned, so to speak |
FRY |
| Glob of gum |
WAD |
| Go on the road, as a rock band |
TOUR |
| Golf club VIP |
PRO |
| Golfer’s flaw |
SLICE |
| Gridiron referee’s toss |
FLAG |
| Harte who wrote of Poker Flat |
BRET |
| Ipanema’s city, for short |
RIO |
| Is wild about |
ADORES |
| Jedi master |
YODA |
| Lambert who sings with Queen |
ADAM |
| Like a souffle |
EGGY |
| Like the Grinch |
MEAN |
| Like the pirates in ‘Captain Phillips’ |
SOMALI |
| Lyrical work |
ODE |
| Mad Hatter’s service |
TEASET |
| Mahmoud Abbas’ grp |
PLO |
| Clues |
Answers |
| Mars hue |
RED |
| Metal-cutting tool |
SNIPS |
| Neeson of ‘Taken’ |
LIAM |
| Oldest major in pro golf |
BRITISHOPEN |
| One on a beat |
COP |
| Open audition, informally |
CATTLECALL |
| Orbiters with tails |
COMETS |
| Paris, to Romeo |
RIVAL |
| Payment for hijacked data |
RANSOM |
| Post-marathon woe |
ACHE |
| Queen’s ‘We ___ the Champions’ |
ARE |
| Railroad crossbeam |
TIE |
| Result of iron deficiency |
ANEMIA |
| Reward for excellent work |
MERITRAISE |
| Round Table address |
SIRE |
| Sean of ‘Stranger Things’ |
ASTIN |
| Select, with ‘for’ |
OPT |
| Sign before Virgo |
LEO |
| Slopping the hogs, e.g |
CHORE |
| State further |
ADD |
| Step in making a paper crane, say |
ORIGAMIFOLD |
| Stereotypical cow’s name |
BOSSY |
| Sword’s superior, in a saying |
PEN |
| Tech callers |
USERS |
| The ‘m’ in Einstein’s equation |
MASS |
| The Gay ’90s, e.g |
DECADE |
| The tiniest bit |
ONEIOTA |
| Tiara inlay |
GEM |
| Took a load off |
SAT |
| Traveler’s stopover |
INN |
| Tunesmiths’ org |
ASCAP |
| TV chef Moulton |
SARA |
| Twisted Sister frontman Snider |
DEE |
| Wind-up watch part |
STEM |
| Worrisome engine sounds |
PINGS |
| WWII turning point |
DDAY |
| Yasser, former chairman of the 42-Down |
ARAFAT |
| ___ vapeur (steamed) |
ALA |
| ___-bitsy |
ITSY |