USA Today – Jun 12 2018
Published in USA Today Crossword. Tags: ANTE, BUTT, DUI, NEED, OGRE, ONE, SLANT, TORN.
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| Clues | Answers |
|---|---|
| ‘Bambi’ collectible | CEL |
| ‘Delta Dawn’ singer Tucker | TANYA |
| ‘Don’t admit to anything!’ | DENYIT |
| ‘Go ahead, ask!’ | SHOOT |
| ‘I’m mad!’ | GRR |
| Ace’s value, at times | ONE |
| Acquired relative | INLAW |
| Acted the fink | SANG |
| Additive sold at AutoZone | STP |
| Amenity with hot rocks | SAUNA |
| Apple Watch downloads | APPS |
| Bacterium in tainted food | ECOLI |
| Be lacking in | NEED |
| Beginning of the back nine | TENTH |
| Blue shade | ROYAL |
| Boaters and bowlers | HATS |
| Bottleneck cause, often | MERGE |
| Brad of ‘The Big Short’ | PITT |
| Create seams | SEW |
| Cruz of Texas | TED |
| Cultural pursuits | ARTS |
| Fab Four first name | PAUL |
| Fifth-century invader | ATTILA |
| Foppish neckwear | ASCOT |
| Freeway division | LANE |
| From square one | ANEW |
| Go longer than expected | RUNON |
| Gossipy sort | YENTA |
| Grandkid’s term of affection | NANA |
| Gridder in the secondary | DEFENSIVEBACK |
| Grinned broadly | LITUP |
| Gyro wraps | PITAS |
| Hawaiian greeter’s offering | LEI |
| High on the hwy | DUI |
| Highway department installations | SIGNS |
| Ho-hum | BLAH |
| Internet delay | LAG |
| Is worthy of | EARNS |
| Job detail, for short | SPEC |
| Clues | Answers |
|---|---|
| Join the game, in a way | ANTE |
| Jose Altuve, three times | BATTINGCHAMPION |
| Judges’ attention-getters | GAVELS |
| Kellogg’s waffle brand | EGGO |
| Kid-lit brute | OGRE |
| Largish combo | OCTET |
| Light purple shade | MAUVE |
| Maritime call for help | SOS |
| Message sent with a click | |
| Minstrel’s instrument | LUTE |
| Minstrel’s instrument | LYRE |
| Morn’s opposite | EVE |
| Newscaster’s bias | SLANT |
| Nick of ‘Hotel Rwanda’ | NOLTE |
| Not much of a challenge | EASY |
| Pearl’s outer covering | NACRE |
| Petco Park player | PADRE |
| Polar bear’s hangout | FLOE |
| Pork cut | BUTT |
| Product for dusting electronic gear | CANNEDAIR |
| Quieted, with ‘down’ | TONED |
| Raring to go | ALLSET |
| Receded, as the tide | EBBED |
| Reports with a 56-Across | SKEWS |
| Roller coaster feature | LOOP |
| Scottish landholder of old | THANE |
| Shortens or lengthens, say | ALTERS |
| Some vodka purchases | FIFTHS |
| Start of a gridiron play | SNAP |
| Struggling with a decision | TORN |
| Tariff or asset freeze, e.g | TRADESANCTION |
| Tennis star on a U.S. stamp | ASHE |
| Texas Hold ’em prize | POT |
| Train with Rocky, say | SPAR |
| Uses a letter opener on | SLITS |
| Vegging out | IDLE |
| Vintners’ valley | NAPA |
| Washing machine cycle | SPIN |
| Wedding party member | ATTENDANT |