USA Today – Jul 13 2018
Published in USA Today Crossword. Tags: AHEM, EAGLE, PANG, PEAL, SHOD, STAN, TV.
| Clues |
Answers |
| ‘I concur’ |
SAMEHERE |
| ‘Let me clarify . . .’ |
IMEANT |
| ‘Missed by that much!’ |
ALMOST |
| Act the worrywart |
FRET |
| Alloy components |
METALS |
| Arterial blockage |
CLOT |
| At the crest of |
ATOP |
| Badlands feature |
MESA |
| Bank teller’s call |
NEXT |
| Basis for a civil suit |
TORT |
| Be passed along, as a bad habit |
RUBOFF |
| Beef or pork cut |
LOIN |
| Best-liked, informally |
FAVE |
| Blacken on a grill |
SEAR |
| Boxer with a ‘shuffle’ |
ALI |
| BrickHeadz toymaker |
LEGO |
| Car wash supplies |
RAGS |
| Caramel-topped dessert |
FLAN |
| Cause for a reboot, often |
FATALERROR |
| Clad in clogs, say |
SHOD |
| Coffee shop stack |
LIDS |
| Common item in religious art |
HALO |
| Contingency ___ |
PLAN |
| Dairy-aisle dozen |
EGGS |
| Didn’t stick around |
LEFT |
| Dimwitted sort |
IDIOT |
| Dimwitted sort |
BOZO |
| Disagreeable duty |
ONUS |
| Dish that requires breaking 62-Across |
OMELET |
| Do axels and lutzes |
SKATE |
| Dream Team letters |
USA |
| Fido’s tormentor |
FLEA |
| Go far and wide |
ROVE |
| Got hitched on the run |
ELOPED |
| Got to second base, in a way |
STOLE |
| He wrote of ‘the sweet Lenore’ |
POE |
| In any respect |
ATALL |
| Interrupter’s utterance |
AHEM |
| IPA part |
ALE |
| Clues |
Answers |
| Ironing mishap |
SINGE |
| Kid-vid viewer |
TOT |
| Lee of Marvel Comics |
STAN |
| Like movie candy boxes |
LARGE |
| Like some deals or recruits |
RAW |
| Lincoln Financial Field gridder |
EAGLE |
| Long, hard look |
GAZE |
| Lose firmness |
SAG |
| Lovers’ quarrel |
SPAT |
| Many college benefactors |
ALUMNI |
| Mayberry’s Andy Taylor et al |
SHERIFFS |
| McGraw of talk TV |
PHIL |
| McJob trainee, often |
TEEN |
| Message in a ‘storm’ |
TWEET |
| Milky stone |
OPAL |
| Model of perfection |
IDEAL |
| More than just suggest |
URGE |
| Nielsen of ‘Mr. Magoo’ |
LESLIE |
| Oral hygienist’s procedure |
DENTALEXAM |
| Part of a Frankenstein’s Monster costume |
BOLT |
| Pompeo of ‘Grey’s Anatomy’ |
ELLEN |
| Rare astronomical event |
TOTALECLIPSE |
| Shelters for Shetlands |
STABLES |
| Shipped off |
SENT |
| Shoppers’ aids |
LISTS |
| Signal from an empty stomach |
PANG |
| Smuggler-stopping org |
ATF |
| Solving puzzles involves this |
MENTALEFFORT |
| Sound from a steeple |
PEAL |
| State with six straight sides |
UTAH |
| Swats away, as flies |
SHOOS |
| Try for the extra point |
KICK |
| Unhealthful haze |
SMOG |
| Villain’s vanquisher |
HERO |
| Whimsical adventure |
LARK |
| Words after ‘step’ or ‘bet’ |
ONIT |
| Worker with a whisk |
CHEF |
| ___ & Chandon Champagne |
MOET |
| ___ Band (The Boss’ backup) |
ESTREET |