USA Today – Feb 15 2016 Crossword Solution
| Clues |
Solutions |
| “Days of ___ Lives” |
OUR |
| “___ a gun!” |
SONOF |
| 7, on some clocks |
VII |
| Allowing light to pass through |
TRANSLUCENT |
| Appomattox general |
LEE |
| Atlantic fish |
SCUP |
| Attempt |
TRY |
| Bank adjunct, for short |
ATM |
| Baseball divisions |
LEAGUES |
| Basis of some divisions |
AGE |
| Beach bum’s shoe |
SANDAL |
| Before, as written by poets |
ERE |
| Big vases |
URNS |
| Bleep |
EDITOUT |
| Body-shaping |
TONING |
| Buck parts |
CENTS |
| Cloth |
FABRIC |
| Compatibility device |
ADAPTOR |
| Cook’s utensil |
SIEVE |
| Corpulent |
FAT |
| Dependable moneymaker |
CASHCOW |
| Difficult duty |
ONUS |
| Disorder to the max |
CHAOS |
| Does a little housekeeping |
DUSTS |
| Football shape |
OVOID |
| Gardner of film |
AVA |
| Get the better of |
OUTDO |
| Glue |
PASTE |
| Hawaiian fare |
POI |
| Heredity transmitter |
GENE |
| In-flight announcement |
ETA |
| Internet address, briefly |
URL |
| It may be made of buffalo skins |
TEPEE |
| J. Edgar Hoover Building org |
FBI |
| Jaywalker’s punishment |
FINE |
| Jungle-movie prop |
SPEAR |
| Like a sleeping bag |
LINED |
| Like many a winter day |
SNOWY |
| Little-used Japanese money |
SEN |
| Clues |
Solutions |
| Lodge |
INN |
| Man in the making |
LAD |
| Metal-in-the-raw |
ORE |
| Mixed-nuts tidbit |
PECAN |
| More lemony |
SOURER |
| More than ready |
EAGER |
| Mr. Turkey |
TOM |
| Narrow ridge |
STRIA |
| Neighbor of Ariz |
CALIF |
| Nelson Mandela’s party |
ANC |
| Novel |
NEW |
| Old Chrysler |
CORDOBA |
| Old Rambler manufacturer |
NASH |
| Org. full of tall men |
NBA |
| Performance extras |
ENCORES |
| Place for sports events |
ARENA |
| Poker player’s spot |
TABLE |
| Prefix with “classical” |
NEO |
| Puente and Jackson |
TITOS |
| Pungent veggie |
ONION |
| Pyromaniac’s crime |
ARSON |
| Rainbow, e.g |
ARC |
| Remindful |
REMINISCENT |
| Runs out of gear? |
IDLES |
| Soft Italian cheese |
RICOTTA |
| Spongy ground |
BOG |
| Sports car engine |
TURBO |
| Started a poker pot |
ANTED |
| Starter for “centric” and “mania” |
EGO |
| Suburb of Miami |
DORAL |
| Supreme Norse deity |
ODIN |
| Tempted |
ENTICED |
| Tint |
HUE |
| Type of lighting |
FLUORESCENT |
| Under ___ (concealed) |
WRAPS |
| Whale finder |
SONAR |
| Wife of Osiris |
ISIS |
| Wilkes-___, Pennsylvania |
BARRE |
| Wonderfully brilliant |
MAGNIFICENT |