USA Today – Mar 22 2018
Published in USA Today Crossword. Tags: Edo Castle, Japan, Tokyo Imperial Palace.
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| Clues | Answers |
|---|---|
| “‘Nuff ___!” | SAID |
| “Crazy” bird | LOON |
| “Halt,” to a salt | AVAST |
| “In the hole” card | ACE |
| “Rite of Spring” composer Stravinsky | IGOR |
| “Tommy” or “Lohengrin” | OPERA |
| “With all ___ respect . . .” | DUE |
| 72-Across’s “magic word” | PLEASE |
| A whole bunch | PLENTY |
| All-you-can-eat fare, perhaps | SALAD |
| Animated Olive | OYL |
| Assign, as shares | ALLOT |
| Bird-woman of myth | HARPY |
| Boat-destroying movie creature | ORCA |
| Booster seat user | TOT |
| Bowler’s pickup | SPARE |
| Carmine and cardinal | REDS |
| Chest or closet wood | CEDAR |
| Competitor of Vogue | ELLE |
| Conical woodwinds | OBOES |
| Decline, as floodwaters | RECEDE |
| Declines, as floodwaters | EBBS |
| Den mother’s charge | SCOUT |
| Dismissed summarily | AXED |
| Droopy-eyed Dwarf | SLEEPY |
| Eton or Harrow | SCHOOL |
| Far from colorful | DRAB |
| Fate for Napoleon or Amin | EXILE |
| Garden center roll | SOD |
| Gem State’s capital | BOISE |
| Gin rickey garnish | LIME |
| Have a hunch | FEEL |
| Hearty, grayish-green bowlful | SPLITPEASOUP |
| Houston was its first president | REPUBLICOFTEXAS |
| Inflate, as expenses | PAD |
| Ivan with three U.S. Open wins | LENDL |
| Jimmy of the Daily Planet | OLSEN |
| Joins an office pool | BETS |
| Key in, say | ENTER |
| Clues | Answers |
|---|---|
| Leave the station | DEPART |
| Like artificial fruit | WAXEN |
| Like Sen. Sanders | IND |
| Literary detective Spade | SAM |
| Mae West request to Beulah | PEELMEAGRAPE |
| Mercury or cobalt | METAL |
| Michael Savage’s medium | RADIO |
| Most common noble gas | ARGON |
| Nametag word | HELLO |
| Off-mike comment | ASIDE |
| Oracle’s place | DELPHI |
| Part of a string section | CELLO |
| Partner of fauna | FLORA |
| Partner of kicking | ALIVE |
| Pitchman’s speech | SPIEL |
| Pluto, to Mickey Mouse | PET |
| Polynesian carving | TIKI |
| Put a match to | LIT |
| Rescue, as a pet | ADOPT |
| Reznor of Nine Inch Nails | TRENT |
| Rink leap | AXEL |
| Schiller’s “___ to Joy” | ODE |
| Sign over a theater door | EXIT |
| Simple rhyme scheme | ABAB |
| Smooth-talking | GLIB |
| Smoothed, as a sand trap | RAKED |
| Snowstorm formation | DRIFT |
| Super shindig | BASH |
| Sure-handed | ADEPT |
| Taproom offering | ALE |
| Things to be cured | ILLS |
| Topped the field | LED |
| Tourist mecca near Java | BALI |
| Victory for Ventura, once | PIN |
| Well-suited | ABLE |
| Witch’s ride | BROOM |
| Wrap snugly, as in a blanket | SWATHE |
| Year-end hire | TEMP |
| ___ for (choose) | OPT |