USA Today – May 6 2018
Published in USA Today Crossword. Tags: ABLE, ALIAS, EVER, IAGO, LENA, REALM, Soviet Union, STAY.
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| Clues | Answers |
|---|---|
| ‘Ain’t happening!’ | NAH |
| ‘Fire away!’ | SHOOT |
| ‘Stormy Weather’ singer Horne | LENA |
| ‘Who’s on First?’ straight man | ABBOTT |
| 100 centavos | PESO |
| Aproned cow in ads | ELSIE |
| Apt to gab | CHATTY |
| Be a witness to | ATTEST |
| Become threadbare | FRAY |
| Boorish sort | LOUT |
| Bowie’s rock genre | GLAM |
| Boxing’s ‘Louisville Lip’ | ALI |
| Brother of George W | JEB |
| Carson’s Carnac, e.g | SEER |
| Celeb’s transport, maybe | PRIVATEJET |
| Certain, as a victory | INTHEBAG |
| Cleveland’s waterfront | ERIE |
| Cochlea locale | INNEREAR |
| Cornea-reshaping surgery | LASIK |
| Drink like a dog | LAP |
| Dryer outlet | VENT |
| Early Roman historian | LIVY |
| Earner of at least 21 merit badges | EAGLESCOUT |
| Enjoy a staycation | REST |
| Epiphanies, and what the starts of 17- and 37-Across and 11- and 28-Down may be | EYEOPENERS |
| Fare in a sty | SLOP |
| Fraught with risk | DICEY |
| Fuss, to the Bard | ADO |
| Group with a black and white flag | ISIS |
| Having the know-how | ABLE |
| Hip to | INON |
| Hog’s portion | ALL |
| Hoof-on-pavement sound | CLOP |
| Imelda Marcos collection | SHOES |
| In need of liniment | SORE |
| iPhone downloads | APPS |
| Jane portrayed by Anna Paquin | EYRE |
| Lacking a tenant | UNLET |
| Lead-in to a holiday | EVE |
| Clues | Answers |
|---|---|
| Like ‘King Kong’ in 2005 | REMADE |
| Like a lob’s path | ARCED |
| Like poorly prepared fries, say | GREASY |
| Loud, like the surf | AROAR |
| Made level | EVENED |
| Monarch’s domain | REALM |
| Name on a rap sheet | ALIAS |
| Obedience school command | STAY |
| On a winning streak, say | REDHOT |
| Ott of Giants fame | MEL |
| Parts of some English exams | ESSAYS |
| Penultimate fairy tale word | EVER |
| Plotter in ‘Othello’ | IAGO |
| Polygon calculation | AREA |
| Polynesian figurine | TIKI |
| Protector of internal organs | RIBCAGE |
| Range crossed by Hannibal | ALPS |
| Really bug | RILE |
| Red Monopoly pieces | HOTELS |
| River of Pisa | ARNO |
| Roget’s abbr | ANON |
| Salvador with dreamlike paintings | DALI |
| Sets a price at | ASKS |
| Seven Sisters college | VASSAR |
| Site for buying or selling vinyl | EBAY |
| Slings mud at | SMEARS |
| Slow as molasses | POKEY |
| Soviet Union, to Reagan | EVILEMPIRE |
| Spheroid in fried rice | PEA |
| Sulky puller’s pace | TROT |
| They’re split with axes | RAILS |
| Thieves’ hangouts | DENS |
| Tithed portion | ATENTH |
| Toxic metal in paint, once | LEAD |
| Trevi throw-in of old | LIRA |
| Tub toy | BOAT |
| Uses a swizzle stick | STIRS |
| Wished undone | RUED |
| Wray of ‘King Kong’ | FAY |