USA Today – Jun 4 2018
Published in USA Today Crossword. Tags: ABASE, Cuba, DETERS, LOPE, Mariinsky Ballet, RIO, SKIT, TAR.
| Clues |
Answers |
| ‘CSI’ culprits |
PERPS |
| ‘SNL’ bit |
SKIT |
| Amazon’s virtual assistant |
ALEXA |
| Apt to talk back |
SASSY |
| Arcing shot |
LOB |
| Arizona mesa tribesman |
HOPI |
| Associate of Gorsuch |
ALITO |
| Bagel order, perhaps |
DOZEN |
| Beyond pudgy |
OBESE |
| Biblical assent |
YEA |
| Bring shame to |
ABASE |
| Bring up to date |
MODERNIZE |
| Caribbean honeymoon mecca |
ARUBA |
| Carnival city, briefly |
RIO |
| Cast off |
EMIT |
| Completed without error |
ACED |
| Creamy pasta topper |
ALFREDO |
| Diamond shape |
SQUARECUT |
| Dictionary syllable separator |
DOT |
| Driver’s prop |
TEE |
| Drops in on |
SEES |
| Dumb clucks |
NITWITS |
| Elle or GQ focus |
STYLE |
| Exemplary pupil |
MODELSTUDENT |
| Far from form-fitting |
LOOSE |
| Fish-fowl link |
NOR |
| Fossil-preserving stuff |
TAR |
| FWIW part |
ITS |
| Graceland, to Elvis |
HOME |
| H, to Homer |
ETA |
| Hammer sound |
BAM |
| Hangs out to dry |
AIRS |
| Having little rainfall |
ARID |
| Irritated mood |
PIQUE |
| Joint below the tibia |
ANKLE |
| Left Bank cap |
BERET |
| Like a wet lollipop |
STICKY |
| Make boiling mad |
ENRAGE |
| Malia, to Sasha |
ELDER |
| Clues |
Answers |
| Manicurist’s solvent |
ACETONE |
| Mariinsky Ballet, as it’s also known |
KIROV |
| Mixer in a Cuba libre |
COLA |
| Morsel in a squirrel’s stash |
NUT |
| Move like a moth |
FLIT |
| Movie popcorn buy |
TUB |
| Musk with an orbiting Tesla |
ELON |
| Needless fuss |
ADO |
| New Jersey’s state tree |
REDOAK |
| No longer in town |
GONE |
| Org. that scans carry-ons |
TSA |
| Pedaled gym apparatus |
EXERCISEBIKE |
| Phoenix hoopsters |
SUNS |
| Political influence, e.g |
PULL |
| Prince Harry’s college |
ETON |
| Provider of aerial views |
SKYCAM |
| Pseudo-stylish |
ARTY |
| Quiznos order |
SUB |
| Rigged court proceeding |
SHOWTRIAL |
| Rocky road serving |
DIP |
| Run unhurriedly |
LOPE |
| Scares off |
DETERS |
| Scat singer Cleo |
LAINE |
| Scout badge holders |
SASHES |
| Sprawling property |
ESTATE |
| Sputnik started it |
SPACERACE |
| Tackle’s neighbor |
END |
| Toddler’s taboo |
NONO |
| Trouble incessantly |
EATAT |
| Univ. dorm figures |
RAS |
| Until doomsday |
EVER |
| Uttered angrily |
SPATOUT |
| Versatile vehicles, informally |
UTES |
| Wind chimes sound |
TINKLE |
| Woodpecker’s tool |
BEAK |
| Word after sewing or mess |
KIT |
| Young pal of Barney Fife |
OPIE |
| Zoo house denizens |
APES |
| ___ fail (fiasco) |
EPIC |