USA Today – Feb 16 2016 Crossword Solution
| Clues |
Solutions |
| “. . . happily ___ after” |
EVER |
| “Body” or “social” start |
ANTI |
| “Capital” attachment |
ISM |
| “East” or “west” endings |
ERNS |
| “He’s ___ nowhere man . . .” |
AREAL |
| “Patton” props |
TANKS |
| “While” attachment |
ERST |
| “___ your call” |
ITS |
| After-holiday event |
SALE |
| Alaska native |
ALEUT |
| Ambience |
AURA |
| Barnum’s way out |
EGRESS |
| Beat soundly |
ROUT |
| Beginnings |
STARTS |
| Big name in small swimsuits |
SPEEDO |
| Bouncers’ reading material? |
IDS |
| Brief conflict |
SETTO |
| Brings dishonor to |
SHAMES |
| Camera feature |
APERTURE |
| Cincinnati nine |
REDS |
| Close-mouthed |
MUM |
| Comeback, of sorts |
ECHO |
| Diet-ad photo caption |
AFTER |
| Does a carpenter’s task |
MITERS |
| Does not leave |
STAYS |
| Eastern royalty |
RANI |
| Ermine, at times |
STOAT |
| Exhausted |
TIRED |
| Family members, for short |
SIBS |
| Fast-spreading cultural idea |
MEME |
| Fe, to a chemist |
IRON |
| Fix just a bit |
TWEAK |
| Good-for-nothing |
LOUT |
| Grow crops |
FARM |
| Handle a line poorly? |
WAITIMPATIENTLY |
| Hitter of 755 home runs |
AARON |
| Hoarded treasure |
TROVE |
| Horner’s find |
PLUM |
| Clues |
Solutions |
| I-beam lifters |
CRANES |
| Injured, as a ligament |
TORE |
| Just manage (with “out”) |
EKE |
| Kind of poem |
ODE |
| La ___ opera house |
SCALA |
| Major artery |
AORTA |
| Mea ___ |
CULPA |
| Model of perfection |
IDEAL |
| More uncommon |
RARER |
| Most stale and moldy |
MUSTIEST |
| Muddy, as water |
ROIL |
| Muscleman’s pride |
BUILD |
| Occasion to wear a muumuu |
LUAU |
| Old ___ (card game) |
MAID |
| Opera highlight |
ARIA |
| Oust by force |
EJECT |
| Part of a process |
STEP |
| Patient one’s proverb |
HASTEMAKESWASTE |
| Petal product |
ATTAR |
| Pigeon sounds |
COOS |
| Pipe shaped like 56-Down |
ELBOW |
| Poker variety |
STUD |
| Procrastinate |
FRITTERAWAYTIME |
| Right-angle bends |
ELLS |
| Russian chain |
URAL |
| Second-largest Great Lake |
HURON |
| Short note in the office |
MEMO |
| Southern refreshment |
JULEP |
| Spur on |
GOAD |
| Starring roles |
LEADS |
| Tall story? |
ATTIC |
| Taxies |
CABS |
| They justify the means? |
ENDS |
| Thorny plant |
ROSE |
| Took to the air |
FLEW |
| Yield, as a dividend |
PAY |
| ___ of Capri |
ISLE |
| ___-tat-tat |
RATA |