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 |