USA Today – Sep 26 2018
Published in USA Today Crossword. Tags: BLAH, Michael Jackson, ODDS, RINSE.
| Clues | Answers |
| ‘Let’s talk’ note | SEEME |
| ‘You just missed!’ | ALMOST |
| 7 or 10, in a 7-10 split | PIN |
| Added whipped cream to, say | TOPPED |
| Aquatic Disney princess | ARIEL |
| Batting practice structure | CAGE |
| Be the first act | OPEN |
| Blood-typing word (Abbr.) | NEG |
| Bonfire glower | EMBER |
| Brownish songbird | WREN |
| Car wash cycle | RINSE |
| Cher or Beyonce, e.g | DIVA |
| Coffeehouse recitation | POEM |
| Coils in sheds | HOSES |
| Comply with | OBEY |
| Corpulent ‘South Park’ kid | ERIC |
| Crop up | OCCUR |
| Device for an Apple Pencil | IPAD |
| Do penance | ATONE |
| Edinburgh natives | SCOTS |
| Effortless manner | EASE |
| Fall bloom | ASTER |
| Great Fire of Rome emperor | NERO |
| Hang around | STAY |
| Head for a treehouse | CLIMB |
| Heavy lifter | CRANE |
| Iced tea garnish | LEMONWEDGE |
| In charge of | OVER |
| Initials at 20-Across | SRO |
| Israel, biblically | ZION |
| Jared of ‘Suicide Squad’ | LETO |
| Lacking pizzazz | BLAH |
| Leave slack-jawed | AMAZE |
| Like a curious dog’s head | ATILT |
| Liquid-Plumr target | DRAINCLOG |
| Locker room emanation | ODOR |
| Make good on | REPAY |
| Many a Woodstock hairdo | AFRO |
| Michael Jackson’s ‘kingdom’ | POP |
| Military buffs’ interests | WARS |
| Monica with a racket | SELES |
| Monthly Oil Market Report issuer | OPEC |
| Movie studio events | RELEASES |
| Neatnik’s opposite | SLOB |
| Not as assertive | MEEKER |
| Off weeks, in football | BYES |
| On one’s guard | ALERT |
| Parks who sparked a boycott | ROSA |
| Patronize a deli | EAT |
| Place for a perm | SALON |
| Pointed a finger at | BLAMED |
| Potentially ruinous | DIRE |
| Prell competitor | PERT |
| Protective atmospheric layer | OZONE |
| Puzzle on a place mat, perhaps | MAZE |
| Pyramids’ high points | APEXES |
| Racetrack barrier | RAIL |
| Rod in a globe | AXIS |
| Run off to the J.P | ELOPE |
| Sales slip figure | TAX |
| Sam of Sam’s Club | WALTON |
| Setting of a Bret Harte tale | POKERFLAT |
| Skating rink shape | OVAL |
| Slow-pitch pitches | LOBS |
| Some battery terminals | ANODES |
| Strait of Hormuz land | OMAN |
| Superlatively wise | SAGEST |
| Takes time off | RESTS |
| The Flintstones’ pet | DINO |
| They sense scents | NOSES |
| Ticket scalpers’ hopes | SELLOUTS |
| Tip sheet figures | ODDS |
| Tom, Dick or Harry | NAME |
| Toyota’s upscale line | LEXUS |
| Traits of many 14-Acrosses | EGOS |
| Vodka/ginger beer drink | MOSCOWMULE |
| Wilson of ‘Starsky and Hutch’ | OWEN |
| Yield to wanderlust | ROVE |