USA Today – Oct 17 2019
Published in USA Today Crossword. Tags: ACCUSE, MET, MOAN, Philippines.
| Clues | Answers |
| ‘Baseball’ documentarian Burns | KEN |
| ‘Christopher Robin’ baby | ROO |
| ‘Deck the Halls’ contraction | TIS |
| ‘Go get it, Rover!’ | FETCH |
| ‘I did it!’ | TADA |
| ‘I ___ . . .’ (declaration in Clue) | ACCUSE |
| ‘Miracle’ player of 1969 | MET |
| ‘Shameless’ promotions | PLUGS |
| ‘Without further ___ . . .’ | ADO |
| ‘Your choice’ | ANY |
| 1974 grant to Nixon | PARDON |
| 1996 Coen Brothers thriller | FARGO |
| Academic’s guarantee | TENURETRACK |
| Algebraic rule | THEOREM |
| Arcade buy | TOKEN |
| Assembly manual units | STEPS |
| Ballpark snack | NACHOS |
| Bellyacher’s sound | MOAN |
| Bench-clearing brawl | FRACAS |
| Bit of body art, informally | TAT |
| Blue or white English cheese | STILTON |
| British monarch before George I | ANNE |
| Carry a balance of | OWE |
| Cement-headed | DENSE |
| Chicken farm supply | FEED |
| Christmas trees, often | FIRS |
| Color of raw linen | ECRU |
| Corporate VIPs | CEOS |
| Craft protected by Hera | ARGO |
| Decorates, as cookies | ICES |
| Difficult spot | MESS |
| Diner stack | MENUS |
| Dinner host’s exhortation | EAT |
| Dry area near a mountain | RAINSHADOW |
| Eerie sighting, briefly | UFO |
| Ernie on the links | ELS |
| Frittata needs | EGGS |
| Gondolier’s tool | OAR |
| Greater than expected | MORESO |
| Gussy up | PREEN |
| Half a set of dentures | UPPER |
| Historic east-west wagon route | OREGONTRAIL |
| Hockey venues | ARENAS |
| Home fuel option | GAS |
| Hoops Hall of Famer Unseld | WES |
| Hot tub features | JETS |
| Housefly’s demise | SWAT |
| Invent, as a phrase | COIN |
| It’s east of the Urals | ASIA |
| Language of the Philippines | TAGALOG |
| Makes a gaffe | GOOFS |
| Manage to avoid | EVADE |
| Messenger’s bag | SATCHEL |
| Monterrey money | PESOS |
| Oater ‘necktie’ | NOOSE |
| One- or 11-pointer | ACE |
| Out in left field | ODD |
| Paratrooper’s need | CHUTE |
| Politico Quayle | DAN |
| ProFlowers parent co | FTD |
| Provides for a time | LENDS |
| Quitting time, for some | FIVE |
| Removed, as rubble | CLEARED |
| Reply to ‘Who’s there?’ | ITSME |
| Sarcastic comment | SNARK |
| Share a perspective | AGREE |
| Shucked seafood | CLAMS |
| Skip the big wedding | ELOPE |
| Snorkeler’s spot | REEF |
| Stand by for | AWAIT |
| Stroll in the shallows | WADE |
| Take one or the other | CHOOSE |
| They’re served with sides | ENTREES |
| Vest-wearing creature | SERVICEDOG |
| Watson of ‘Noah’ | EMMA |
| Wealthy one | HAVE |
| Young civic leader | JAYCEE |
| ___ Plaines, Ill | DES |