USA Today – Jul 20 2018
Published in USA Today Crossword. Tags: AIL, ALES, ANTS, END, MBA, MEME, PANE, PIANO.
| Clues |
Answers |
| ‘Honey’ singer Mariah |
CAREY |
| ‘Masterpiece Mystery!’ host Cumming |
ALAN |
| ‘See ya!’ |
TATA |
| ‘That’s true, but . . .’ |
YET |
| 14-Across feature |
TOE |
| 2016 Olympics site, for short |
RIO |
| Adds zip to |
JAZZESUP |
| At the apex of |
ATOP |
| Be a roadblock to |
IMPEDE |
| Bee attendees |
QUILTERS |
| Bill-passing votes |
YEAS |
| Biological blueprint |
GENETICCODE |
| Built like the Hulk |
BURLY |
| Case of mistaken identity, e.g |
MIXUP |
| Cheese with a moldy rind |
BRIE |
| Colonial bugs |
ANTS |
| Cookie in pie crust |
OREO |
| Cooks in a skillet |
PANFRIES |
| Cop’s rounds |
BEAT |
| Deceptive doings |
FAKERY |
| Digit on a foam finger |
ONE |
| Disable with a 10-Across |
TASE |
| Earnhardt or Earnhardt Jr |
DALE |
| Eye creepily |
OGLE |
| Figure in square units |
AREA |
| Financial planner’s suggestion, in brief |
IRA |
| Fireplace sweepings |
ASHES |
| From square one |
ANEW |
| Gift wrapper’s roll |
TAPE |
| Grandpa’s wife |
NANA |
| Greenhouse glass |
PANE |
| Handle protruding from a sheath |
HILT |
| Hideous beast of folklore |
OGRE |
| In need of Icy Hot |
ACHY |
| Joint exposed by capri pants |
ANKLE |
| Kept mum about |
SATON |
| Like intimate lingerie |
SEXY |
| Like off-season business |
SLOW |
| Main point |
CRUX |
| Clues |
Answers |
| Make jubilant |
ELATE |
| Makes furious |
ANGERS |
| Male waltzer, traditionally |
LEAD |
| MIT Sloan degree |
MBA |
| More like an albino |
PALER |
| Mountain topper |
SNOWCAP |
| Need a doctor |
AIL |
| Oktoberfest orders |
ALES |
| Part of a SpaceX launch |
ROCKETSTAGE |
| Piano piece for four hands |
DUET |
| Pool player’s calculation |
ANGLE |
| Prada product |
SHOE |
| Prepare to fire on |
AIMAT |
| Preserve, as beef jerky |
CURE |
| Pretentiously showy |
ARTY |
| Print employing a stencil |
SILKSCREEN |
| Pulls a heist on |
ROBS |
| Result of poor focus |
BLUR |
| Serious shock |
JOLT |
| Shower gel additive |
ALOE |
| Snug and warm |
COZY |
| Spinning shaft |
AXLE |
| Squirts perfume on |
SPRITZES |
| Stockyard enclosure |
HOLDINGPEN |
| Stopping point |
END |
| Swimmers with curved necks |
SWANS |
| Synagogue section |
NAVE |
| Tablets with Pro and Mini versions |
IPADS |
| Telethon host’s plea |
GIVE |
| Territory bordering Siberia, in Risk |
URAL |
| Throws in the towel |
QUITS |
| Took an altar vow |
SAIDIDO |
| Viral video, e.g |
MEME |
| Whirlybird whirler |
ROTOR |
| White House dinner service |
CHINA |
| Word before bar or stool |
PIANO |
| Writers of haiku |
POETS |
| Yardbirds’ homes |
JAILS |
| Young civic group member |
JAYCEE |