USA Today – May 9 2018
Published in USA Today Crossword. Tags: ACME, OSLO, RATS, SHEDS, TALENT, TROVE, TV.
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| Clues | Answers |
|---|---|
| ‘A mouse!’ | EEK |
| ‘Bro!’ | DUDE |
| ‘Correct!’ | RIGHTANSWER |
| ‘Fingers crossed!’ | HOPESO |
| ‘One more thing . . .’ | ALSO |
| ‘Who’s Who’ entries, briefly | BIOS |
| ‘___ on a true story’ | BASED |
| 1953 Alan Ladd western | SHANE |
| Area 51 creatures, it’s said | ETS |
| Artfully avoid | DODGE |
| Autumn leaves shade | OCHER |
| Big name in jeans | LEE |
| Blood-related | AKIN |
| Body-piercing site | NAVEL |
| Bowled over | INAWE |
| Brief, like a tweet | TERSE |
| Collection of treasures | TROVE |
| Color chart selections | HUES |
| Crystal-lined rock | GEODE |
| Deck ruiner | DRYROT |
| Emotionally demanding | NEEDY |
| Fail to mention | OMIT |
| Farmer’s place of song | DELL |
| Financially secure | SET |
| Fish caught in pots | EELS |
| Fries source, informally | TATERS |
| Go here and there | ROVE |
| Goes ballistic | RANTS |
| Goes sky-high | SOARS |
| Golden Rule word | UNTO |
| Golfers’ shirts | POLOS |
| Gossip that’s ‘dished’ | DIRT |
| Heeds the bailiff | RISES |
| Interviewer, often | BOSS |
| Justice Kagan | ELENA |
| Kegger libation | DRAFTBEER |
| Kimmel, for the 2018 Oscars | HOST |
| Leaf opening | PORE |
| Level or bevel | TOOL |
| Clues | Answers |
|---|---|
| Light a fire under | AROUSE |
| Lightbulb, in comics | IDEA |
| Like a cigar bar | SMOKY |
| Loses one’s coat | SHEDS |
| Many a microbrew | ALE |
| Marvin of Motown | GAYE |
| Mob informers | RATS |
| Norwegian home of the Munch Museum | OSLO |
| Not as prevalent | RARER |
| Nursery buy | PLANT |
| Nursery buy | TREE |
| Partner of anon | EVER |
| Pesticide banned in 1972 | DDT |
| Place for basic learning | GRADESCHOOL |
| Poor Yelp rating | ONESTAR |
| Pops, like a bubble | BURSTS |
| Pro ___ (in proportion) | RATA |
| Probate concerns | ESTATES |
| Pub projectile | DART |
| Ralph who rapped the Corvair | NADER |
| Redding of R&B | OTIS |
| Reflexology areas | SOLES |
| Riveted to the TV, say | RAPT |
| Rum go-with | COLA |
| Say ‘pretty please’ | BEG |
| Scotch holder, perhaps | SHOTGLASS |
| Scout’s discovery | TALENT |
| See eye to eye | AGREE |
| Sharif of ‘Che!’ | OMAR |
| Some linemen | ENDS |
| Suppress, as a yawn | STIFLE |
| Tippy-top | ACME |
| Uber patrons | RIDERS |
| Veggie in some chips | KALE |
| Web-footed carnivore | OTTER |
| Well-mannered | POLITE |
| When many stores open | ATNINE |
| Word on Irish euros | EIRE |
| Zion National Park locale | UTAH |