USA Today – May 27 2018
Published in USA Today Crossword. Tags: ACME, ANTS, CORAL, NOLA, POD, SCAB.
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| Clues | Answers |
|---|---|
| ’20 Mule Team’ cleanser | BORAX |
| ‘A Bug’s Life’ bugs | ANTS |
| ‘Cheers’ waitress | CARLA |
| ‘Swan Lake,’ e.g | BALLET |
| ‘The Addams Family’ butler | LURCH |
| ‘The Black Cat’ author | POE |
| ‘When pigs fly!’ | NEVER |
| A daughter of Lear | REGAN |
| As high as one can go | ACME |
| Beauty’s love | BEAST |
| Brought on board | HIRED |
| Buffalo’s county | ERIE |
| Bull fiddle, by another name | UPRIGHTBASS |
| Cake with a twist | CRULLER |
| Cannes Film Festival award | GRANDPRIX |
| Catches at a rodeo | ROPES |
| Chipotle purchase | TACO |
| Closet spheroid | MOTHBALL |
| Conflict of egos | CLASH |
| Deep-dish pizza chain, informally | UNO |
| Diva’s delivery | ARIA |
| Dug up | EXHUMED |
| Electrified sword | EPEE |
| Escalator name | OTIS |
| Exorcist’s target | DEMON |
| Far from lenient | STERN |
| Florist’s cutting | STEM |
| Formally yield | CEDE |
| French Quarter city, informally | NOLA |
| Frugal sort | SAVER |
| Gore-___ (waterproof fabric) | TEX |
| Groom’s workplace | STABLE |
| Guitar great Atkins | CHET |
| Gumball machine input, once | CENT |
| Have a funny feeling | SENSE |
| Hiccup cure, it’s said | SCARE |
| Hornet’s home | NEST |
| Keglers’ org | PBA |
| Ladies’ man | LOVERBOY |
| Clues | Answers |
|---|---|
| Left speechless | AWED |
| Letter before kappa | IOTA |
| Lex Luthor, to Superman | ENEMY |
| Like a new recruit | RAW |
| Like a pool table, ideally | LEVEL |
| Like cryptic messages | CODED |
| Long-necked wader | CRANE |
| Lose, as a big lead | BLOW |
| Marine shocker | ELECTRICEEL |
| MLB team’s union liaison | PLAYERREP |
| Most affable | NICEST |
| No longer around | GONE |
| Okra, e.g | POD |
| One of a hexagon’s six | ANGLE |
| Outlets for fumes | VENTS |
| Ouzo flavoring | ANISE |
| Placed a limit on | CAPPED |
| Prepare for takeoff | TAXI |
| Product of stream erosion | RAVINE |
| Radius, but not diameter | BONE |
| Reef makeup | CORAL |
| Reputation, on the street | CRED |
| Said grace, e.g | PRAYED |
| Sign of healing | SCAB |
| Skull and Bones school | YALE |
| Smokeless smoke, briefly | ECIG |
| Snake’s posture | COIL |
| Suffix with billion | AIRE |
| The O’Hara estate | TARA |
| Timely benefit | BOON |
| Tollbooth locale, often | EXIT |
| Tots’ basics | ABCS |
| UNLV part | LAS |
| Victoria’s Secret buys | BRAS |
| Voicemail sound | TONE |
| W.C. Fields persona | SOUSE |
| Without equal | ALONE |
| ___ and wherefores | WHYS |
| ___ Quentin | SAN |