USA Today – February 18 2019
Published in USA Today Crossword. Tags: BFF, ROAM, SETS, SURE.
| Clues | Answers |
| $100 bill, slangily | BENJAMIN |
| ‘Aladdin’ prince | ALI |
| ‘Count on it!’ | SURE |
| ‘For starters . . .’ | FIRST |
| Accepted truth | AXIOM |
| Adorns with raised text | EMBOSSES |
| Airbnb payments | RENTS |
| Be too curious | PRY |
| Besides the usual | ELSE |
| Betsy in American history | ROSS |
| Cassini of fashion | OLEG |
| Child’s phrase of request | CANI |
| Clear sky’s color | AZURE |
| Common clock-in hour | NINE |
| Concise in speech | TERSE |
| Continuous change | FLUX |
| Cork removal sound | POP |
| Crafted a manuscript | WROTE |
| Dairy farm sound | MOO |
| Disney’s ‘Let It Go’ singer | ELSA |
| Dizzy Gillespie genre | BOP |
| Dressmaker’s bolt | CLOTH |
| Gallant mount | STEED |
| Gate-crashing devices | RAMS |
| Gave a new handle to | RENAMED |
| Go globetrotting | ROAM |
| Goblet part | RIM |
| Gossip column couples | ITEMS |
| Got from the grapevine | HEARD |
| Grinch’s expression | SCOWL |
| Happy hour venues | BARS |
| Hard to find | RARE |
| Isn’t straight | LIES |
| Junk mail addressee | RESIDENT |
| Like a glowing candle | LIT |
| Lob’s path | ARC |
| Main electricity controller | MASTERSWITCH |
| Marine ecosystem | REEF |
| Ms. Durbeyfield of fiction | TESS |
| Multimillionaire lost on the Titanic | ASTOR |
| Narrow-minded sort | BIGOT |
| Not subject to, as jury duty | EXEMPT |
| Not traitorous | LOYAL |
| Oft-invited celebs | ALISTERS |
| On the button | APROPOS |
| Oz scarecrow’s innards | STRAW |
| Place for a wallet, perhaps | BREASTPOCKET |
| Playful bite | NIP |
| Politician’s core supporters | BASE |
| Pre-deal payment | ANTE |
| Publisher portrayed by Welles | KANE |
| Puente of Latin music | TITO |
| Qatari title | EMIR |
| Remove lather from | RINSE |
| Rickman of Harry Potter movies | ALAN |
| Rudolph’s prominence | NOSE |
| Scrubland blaze | BRUSHFIRE |
| Share a perspective | AGREE |
| Snake eyes pair | ONES |
| Sub captain of fiction | NEMO |
| Sunbathers’ goals | TANS |
| Tea brand once owned by Starbucks | TAZO |
| Texter’s bosom bud | BFF |
| They’re built for plays | SETS |
| Train track securers | SPIKES |
| Turnpike sign | EXIT |
| Under any conditions | EVER |
| Unlikely, as chances | SLIM |
| Vital team member | KEYPLAYER |
| Waiting for a pitch | ATBAT |
| Where bachelorhood ends | ALTAR |
| Word before bar or stool | PIANO |
| Work like a dog | SLAVE |
| Xperia smartphone maker | SONY |
| XXL part | LARGE |
| Yang’s counterpart | YIN |
| Young batter’s aid | TEE |
| ___ Cuervo tequila | JOSE |