USA Today – Aug 25 2016 Crossword Solution
Clues |
Answers |
“Ben-Hur,” e.g |
EPIC |
“Cut that out!” |
DONT |
“Halt!” at sea |
AVAST |
“Must see” review |
RAVE |
“Parchman Farm” singer |
MOSEALLISON |
“The Haj” author |
URIS |
“The Simpsons” watering hole |
MOESTAVERN |
“___ been had!” |
IVE |
Adriatic Sea resort |
LIDO |
Alehouse vessel |
TANKARD |
Blue toon |
SMURF |
Bring back, as memories |
EVOKE |
Buffalo nickel beast, really |
BISON |
Campus honchos |
DEANS |
Capital of West Germany |
BONN |
Casino array |
SLOTS |
Clinton’s attorney general |
RENO |
Collegian’s specialty |
MAJOR |
Declare firmly |
AVOW |
Dinner on base |
MESS |
Does a landscaper’s chore |
MOWSTHELAWN |
Dominate, in sports lingo |
OWN |
Dutch painter Jan |
STEEN |
El Misti’s land |
PERU |
Fan club favorite |
IDOL |
Farm team |
OXEN |
Fight card site |
ARENA |
Football great Tarkenton |
FRAN |
Front-porch songs, maybe |
CAROLS |
Fudd of cartoons |
ELMER |
Go out with |
SEE |
Go toe-to-toe |
VIE |
Goes a few rounds |
BOXES |
Hard-hit baseball |
LINER |
Holm who played Bilbo Baggins |
IAN |
Inventor’s germ |
IDEA |
It may say “see me” |
MEMO |
It replaced the franc |
EURO |
Italian sonnet finale |
SESTET |
Clues |
Answers |
Kilauea output |
LAVA |
Le Car maker |
RENAULT |
Leave speechless |
STUN |
Like a dirigible, vis-a-vis a blimp |
RIGID |
Like diehard fans |
AVID |
Ms. Brockovich |
ERIN |
Muscular fitness |
TONE |
No longer in vogue |
OUT |
Not as loopy |
SANER |
Online party reminder |
EVITE |
Painter’s calculation |
AREA |
Place to moor |
MARINA |
Places to moor |
COVES |
Raptor’s gripper |
TALON |
Release, as an odor |
EMIT |
Riot squad weapon |
TASER |
Roller rink shape |
OVAL |
Rubber-stamps |
OKS |
Salmon hue |
PINK |
Salsa option |
MILD |
Scam artists’ doings |
CONGAMES |
Sci-fi beings, for short |
ETS |
See 3-Down |
MUIR |
Sighter of pink elephants |
WINO |
Slice off |
SEVER |
Sock away |
STASH |
Some hunting dogs |
SETTERS |
Some linemen |
ENDS |
Sonic the Hedgehog’s company |
SEGA |
Still liable to explode |
LIVE |
Sunscreen ingredient |
PABA |
Swiss Army knife’s many |
USES |
Take one’s sweet time |
DAWDLE |
Talc’s is 1 |
MOHSNUMBER |
Toddlers’ safety devices |
CARSEATS |
V8 vegetable |
BEET |
West Coast state, informally |
CALI |
With 24-Across, founder of the Sierra Club |
JOHN |
WWII detention sites |
STALAGS |