USA Today – May 9 2018
Published in USA Today Crossword. Tags: ACME, OSLO, RATS, SHEDS, TALENT, TROVE, TV.
| 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 |