USA Today – May 7 2018
Published in USA Today Crossword. Tags: ABBA, DUDE, IGLOO, NAGS, NEWT, OBOE, OGLES, SHED.
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| Clues | Answers |
|---|---|
| ‘Aw, geez!’ | MAN |
| ‘Fatal Attraction’ actress | GLENNCLOSE |
| ‘The Shining’ skill, briefly | ESP |
| ‘Total War’ game company | SEGA |
| 85 acres, for Disneyland | AREA |
| Acrobat’s wear | TIGHTS |
| Adds fuel to | FEEDS |
| Alternative to ‘bro’ | DUDE |
| Arctic shelter | IGLOO |
| As an alternative | ELSE |
| Asked on bended knee | PLED |
| Be a bother to | VEX |
| Be optimistic | HOPE |
| Be ready to burst, maybe | BULGE |
| Bouillon bits | CUBES |
| Brazilian hot spot, informally | RIO |
| Buttes’ big brothers | MESAS |
| Catching Z’s | ASLEEP |
| Cause of sniffles | COMMONCOLD |
| Chamber music reed | OBOE |
| Colgate container | TUBE |
| Common first course | SOUP |
| Cornfield puzzle | MAZE |
| Crusty bakery buy | KAISERROLL |
| Debate basis | TOPIC |
| Did a ghost’s work, maybe | WROTE |
| Don’t allow to lapse | RENEW |
| Eject, as molten lava | SPEW |
| Empty words of promise | LIPSERVICE |
| Evergreens with supple wood | YEWS |
| Exceed 21, in blackjack | BUST |
| Eye of ___ (witches’ brew need) | NEWT |
| Folklorist’s account | TALE |
| From square one | AGAIN |
| Gooey sandwiches | MELTS |
| Greet Judge Judy, e.g | RISE |
| Groundskeeper’s building | SHED |
| Herb in much salami | SAGE |
| Herbicide victim | WEED |
| Clues | Answers |
|---|---|
| Impediments to teamwork, often | EGOS |
| iPad model | MINI |
| Knightly pursuits | QUESTS |
| Lecherous looks | OGLES |
| Like a nail-biter | TENSE |
| Like working oxen | YOKED |
| Links hazards | TRAPS |
| Magazine shop fixtures | RACKS |
| MASH fleet | JEEPS |
| Mets farmhand Tebow | TIM |
| Mournful song | DIRGE |
| Moved like a crab | SIDLED |
| Needs firming up | SAGS |
| Nightstand topper | LAMP |
| Off-the-wall | BIZARRE |
| Particle in a chemical bond | ION |
| Passes, and then some | ACES |
| Picks at | NAGS |
| Proves superior to | CONQUERS |
| Quartet with a Stockholm museum | ABBA |
| Raised-hackles feeling | IRE |
| Reacts to a bad call | BOOS |
| Report unfairly | SKEW |
| Sedimentary rock layers | STRATA |
| Self-defense spray | MACE |
| Show with Daily Doubles | JEOPARDY |
| Sign of sorrow or joy | TEARS |
| Skillful enough | ABLE |
| Some zoo house dwellers | APES |
| Sound from a pride | ROAR |
| Survive, barely | EXIST |
| Symbol on a first-aid kit | REDCROSS |
| The whole enchilada | ALL |
| Took off after | CHASED |
| Uncool type | DORK |
| Unstructured recess, e.g | FREEPLAY |
| Winter-conditions vehicles | SNOCATS |
| Word after cream or crumb | CAKE |
| ___ one’s way (meanders) | WENDS |