USA Today – Jul 26 2018
Published in USA Today Crossword. Tags: INCA, NEST, NIN, ORATOR, OREO, RED, RIPE, RITA.
| Clues |
Answers |
| ‘Collages’ novelist Anais |
NIN |
| ‘Happy Motoring’ gas brand |
ESSO |
| ‘I called it!’ |
DIBS |
| ‘There’s more . . .’ |
AND |
| ‘We ___ everywhere’ |
ARE |
| 1984 rock mockumentary |
THISISSPINALTAP |
| Ad ___ committee |
HOC |
| Amazon’s virtual assistant |
ALEXA |
| Andean source of fleece |
ALPACA |
| Big name in harmonicas |
HOHNER |
| Boston Harbor jetsam of 1773 |
TEA |
| Braggarts have big ones |
EGOS |
| Camden Yards player |
ORIOLE |
| Carrier of electrical power |
HIGHTENSIONWIRE |
| Contents of a seam |
ORE |
| Dental hygienist’s request |
OPENWIDE |
| Dryer fuzz |
LINT |
| Fixed, as a wage increase |
PEGGED |
| Fledgling’s home |
NEST |
| Foolish talk |
ROT |
| Forum language |
LATIN |
| Gem from Down Under |
OPAL |
| Gen-___ (boomer’s kid) |
XER |
| Goes public with |
AIRS |
| Heavy downpour |
TORRENT |
| Hoppy brews |
ALES |
| I can stand for it |
ONE |
| Iconic German auto |
VOLKSWAGENBUG |
| Ill temper |
IRE |
| In a tizzy |
AGOG |
| Isn’t up to par |
AILS |
| Kilauea outflow |
LAVA |
| Kingston Trio hit about the Boston subway |
MTA |
| Largest of the antelopes |
ELAND |
| Like a yellow banana |
RIPE |
| Like all but one prime number |
ODD |
| Like Fenway, among MLB ballparks |
OLDEST |
| Like rock’s U2 |
IRISH |
| Maritime rescue org |
USCG |
| Clues |
Answers |
| Market section |
AISLE |
| Middle of a Caesarean boast |
VIDI |
| Ninja or Amazon |
WARRIOR |
| Not saying a word |
MUM |
| Oscar statuette’s makeup, mostly |
TIN |
| Part of a palette |
HUE |
| Patrick Henry or Henry Clay |
ORATOR |
| Pedometer units |
MILES |
| Place for a price |
TAG |
| Puffball emissions |
SPORES |
| Quick plane trip |
HOP |
| Ralph who wrote ‘The Good Fight’ |
NADER |
| Roulette option |
RED |
| Rubbernecker, e.g |
STARER |
| Samples from a snifter |
SIPS |
| Sch. near the Charles River |
MIT |
| Sends to the Hill, say |
ELECTS |
| Separable cookie |
OREO |
| Shakespeare’s Ariel, e.g |
SPRITE |
| Spill the beans |
TALK |
| Suburban expanse |
LAWN |
| Suffix with moon or land |
SCAPE |
| Tax cheat’s risk |
AUDIT |
| The whole shebang |
ALL |
| They’re on the books |
LAWS |
| Toughen, as glass |
ANNEAL |
| Tribal homeland (Abbr.) |
RES |
| Ukrainian port |
ODESSA |
| V-formation fliers |
GEESE |
| Valentine’s Day deity |
EROS |
| Victim of Pizarro |
INCA |
| Where ‘Cut’ and ‘Paste’ are found |
EDITMENU |
| William of ’24’ |
DEVANE |
| Window decor |
DRAPES |
| Word after stuffed or empty |
SHIRT |
| Yard sale caveat |
ASIS |
| ___ mater (brain covering) |
PIA |
| ___ Skeeter (‘Harry Potter’ journalist) |
RITA |
| ___ zone (dangerous area) |
NOGO |