USA Today – February 23 2019
Published in USA Today Crossword. Tags: OLIVER, RID, SIA, SPEAR.
| Clues | Answers |
| ‘Chandelier’ singer | SIA |
| ‘Hamlet’ or ‘Julius Caesar’ | TRAGEDY |
| ‘Me first’ attitude | EGO |
| ‘My Best Friend’s Girl’ band | THECARS |
| ‘Platoon’ director Stone | OLIVER |
| ‘Reefer Madness’ subject | POT |
| ‘Star Trek II’ villain | KHAN |
| ‘The Osbournes’ mother | SHARON |
| All but one ABBA member, by birth | SWEDE |
| Angle bracket’s shape | ELL |
| Be afflicted with | HAVE |
| Be of one mind | AGREE |
| Birchbark vessel | CANOE |
| Bit of intimate attire | BRA |
| Bombarded with catcalls | JEERED |
| Bored with it all | BLASE |
| Broken, as a bronco | TAMED |
| Bucket material | OAK |
| Car radiator attachment | HOSE |
| Casual attire on Capitol Hill? | SENATORIALT |
| City in Peyton Manning audibles | OMAHA |
| Clamorous city of the Bible | BABEL |
| Coward’s lack | SPINE |
| Credit union offerings | LOANS |
| Dench who played Elizabeth I | JUDI |
| Distorts, as data | SKEWS |
| Fell behind schedule | RANLATE |
| First word of many toasts | HERES |
| Fish in British pies | EEL |
| Flexible Flyer, e.g | SLED |
| French city, in song | PAREE |
| Garb for Galba | TOGA |
| Garlicky dressing | AIOLI |
| Gavel sounds | RAPS |
| Get ___ of (dump) | RID |
| Give way under pressure | SAG |
| Guardian Angel’s topper | BERET |
| Hot video game system? | STOLENATARI |
| Hunt illegally | POACH |
| Iran detainee of 1979-81 | HOSTAGE |
| Jerry’s cartoon nemesis | TOM |
| Knight’s superior | BARONET |
| Less likely to waver | SURER |
| Letters on a wanted poster | AKA |
| Like a chatterbox | GABBY |
| Mafia’s code of silence | OMERTA |
| Mattress support | BEDSLAT |
| Musician’s asset | EAR |
| Net judge’s call | LET |
| Oktoberfest music | POLKA |
| One in a ream | SHEET |
| One profiled in People, for short | CELEB |
| Patches, as a fairway | SODS |
| Pedicure pro? | TOENAILSTAR |
| Pickle serving | SPEAR |
| Prefix with tourism or friendly | ECO |
| Prior to, in verse | ERE |
| Realty unit | LOT |
| Reason to take Mylanta | AGITA |
| Rejuvenation spot | SPA |
| Ruth’s retired number | THREE |
| Sceptre’s mate | ORB |
| School closing cause | SNOW |
| Seafood delicacy from the Lost Continent? | ATLANTISROE |
| Shunner of new technology | LUDDITE |
| Slow-cooker meal | STEW |
| Slugging Judge | AARON |
| Stein filler | ALE |
| Suffix with jumbo or beta | TRON |
| Takes to a pawn shop | HOCKS |
| They’re broken at parties | PINATAS |
| They’re strengthened by crunches | ABS |
| Tupperware sounds | BURPS |
| Under siege | BESET |
| Used a tuffet | SAT |
| Went public with | AIRED |
| ___ gunman theory | LONE |
| ___ Maria (coffee liqueur) | TIA |