USA Today – Mar 22 2018
Published in USA Today Crossword. Tags: Edo Castle, Japan, Tokyo Imperial Palace.
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 |