USA Today – May 12 2018
Published in USA Today Crossword. Tags: ADULT, APTLY, OBOE, OLDS, Pulp Fiction, RHINO, RNA.
| Clues |
Answers |
| ‘Nothin’ ___!’ (‘Forget it!’) |
DOIN |
| ‘Pulp Fiction’ production company |
MIRAMAX |
| ‘Sure as shootin’!’ |
YES |
| ‘___ difference!’ |
SAME |
| A brother of Ivanka |
ERIC |
| Affectionate touching of noses |
ESKIMOKISS |
| Affirm to be true |
ATTEST |
| Alhambra builders |
MOORS |
| Aligned the crosshairs |
AIMED |
| Any MLB or MiLB player |
PRO |
| Any of the Dionnes, for short |
QUINT |
| Bigoted sort |
HATER |
| Blood bank supply |
SERA |
| Bowe Bergdahl, in 2009 |
DESERTER |
| Builds a new room, say |
ADDSON |
| Coffeehouse musician’s instrument |
FOLKGUITAR |
| Cream of the crop |
ELITE |
| Cubist Pablo |
PICASSO |
| Dog with a curly tail |
AKITA |
| Drawn drink |
ALE |
| Dropped for a 10-count, for short |
KOD |
| Ex of Tina Turner |
IKE |
| Fortuneteller’s prop |
CRYSTALBALL |
| Full-price payer |
ADULT |
| FWIW part |
FOR |
| GM brand until 2004 |
OLDS |
| Graf with a Grand Slam in tennis |
STEFFI |
| Home to many Goyas |
PRADO |
| Humphrey’s ‘Casablanca’ role |
RICK |
| In a well-put way |
APTLY |
| IRA-establishing law |
ERISA |
| Irish Rose’s love |
ABIE |
| Kipling title character |
KIM |
| Lab maze runner |
RAT |
| Language spoken in Vientiane |
LAO |
| Lawn invaders |
WEEDS |
| Like the typical gym rat |
FIT |
| Lithium-___ battery |
ION |
| Made a meal of |
HAD |
| Clues |
Answers |
| Manipulative sorts |
USERS |
| Messenger ___ (genetic material) |
RNA |
| Monarch’s place |
THRONE |
| Mork’s planet |
ORK |
| Navigate a biathlon course, e.g |
SKI |
| Neuters, in a way |
GELDS |
| New Year’s Eve handout |
HAT |
| North Atlantic seabird |
PUFFIN |
| Not falling for |
ONTO |
| Occasional spring training game result |
TIE |
| Ore-___ (frozen foods brand) |
IDA |
| Overly affected |
TOOTOO |
| Passed the puck to, say |
FED |
| Polar explorer’s vehicle |
SLED |
| Post-grace exhortation |
EAT |
| Potatoes quantity |
SACKFUL |
| Pre-Christmas pub crawl |
SANTACON |
| Render unable to scratch |
DECLAW |
| Rose garden pest |
APHID |
| Safari park beast, for short |
RHINO |
| Sales agents’ offerings |
PRICEQUOTES |
| Sci-fi visitors |
ETS |
| Shaq with size 22 shoes |
ONEAL |
| Shire who played Adrian |
TALIA |
| Sir Francis on the Golden Hind |
DRAKE |
| Slangy prefix meaning ‘ultra’ |
UBER |
| Sound of a dying engine |
SPUTTER |
| Takes a whack at |
TRIES |
| Times New Roman character feature |
SERIF |
| Took a load off |
SAT |
| Unpleasant, as a habit |
NASTY |
| Walt Kelly’s possum |
POGO |
| Watch brand that ‘keeps on ticking’ |
TIMEX |
| Wish-granters of myth |
GENIES |
| Woodwind quartet member |
OBOE |
| Word before badge or raise |
MERIT |
| Word that can precede the last parts of 17- and 61-Across and 11- and 28-Down |
AIR |
| World Series sextet, for short |
UMPS |
| ___ Spumante |
ASTI |