USA Today – Apr 15 2016 Crossword Solution
| Clues |
Answers |
| “I wasn’t expecting you!” |
OHHI |
| “The Little Engine That Could” mantra |
ITHINKICAN |
| Air bubble-filled dessert |
MOUSSE |
| Ansel Adams documentarian Burns |
RIC |
| Bacterium that may cause food poisoning |
ECOLI |
| Big Apple or London area |
SOHO |
| Bottom line |
TOTAL |
| Burglar’s worry |
ALARM |
| Checks for fingerprints |
DUSTS |
| Chows down |
EATS |
| Classic toy wagon |
RADIOFLYER |
| Collect wool |
SHEAR |
| Cover for a crook |
ABET |
| D.C. team, for short |
NATS |
| Excellent bond rating |
AAA |
| Excursions outside 10-Across |
EVAS |
| Fanciful idea |
NOTION |
| Fizzy drink |
SODA |
| Follow orders |
OBEY |
| Frequent Pro Bowl state |
HAWAII |
| Fudge the facts |
LIE |
| Gambling town |
RENO |
| Geologic periods |
EONS |
| Google Play buys |
APPS |
| Gourmet mushroom |
MOREL |
| GPS suggestion (Abbr.) |
RTE |
| Grassy expanses |
LEAS |
| HBO founder Charles |
DOLAN |
| Highway haulers |
SEMIS |
| Hiring limit |
QUOTA |
| House extensions |
ELLS |
| Japanese noodle dish |
RAMEN |
| Jessica of “Fantastic Four” |
ALBA |
| Knish purveyor |
DELI |
| LAX guesstimates |
ETAS |
| LAX postings |
ARRS |
| Lodge fellows |
ELKS |
| Major-leaguers |
PROS |
| Make a sweater |
KNIT |
| Clues |
Answers |
| Media bias |
SPIN |
| Melodramatic sort |
DRAMAQUEEN |
| Mint or parsley |
HERB |
| Nobel Prize subj |
ECON |
| Novelist Rand |
AYN |
| On the disabled list |
HURT |
| One on your side |
ALLY |
| Orbiting lab, for short |
ISS |
| Perform better than |
OUTDO |
| Performer with a balancing pole |
WIREWALKER |
| Plaza Hotel girl of kid-lit |
ELOISE |
| Post-op area, often |
ICU |
| Pro bono TV spot |
PSA |
| Pro shop bagful |
TEES |
| Refrain syllables |
LALA |
| Ritzy cracker spread |
PATE |
| Ron Howard comedy of 1999 |
EDTV |
| Roof overhang |
EAVE |
| RR stop |
STA |
| Rude dude |
LOUT |
| Run for, as office |
SEEK |
| Rush toward |
RUNAT |
| Sci-fi race |
ELOI |
| Skin care brand |
OLAY |
| Smells something fierce |
REEKS |
| Some hooters |
BARNOWLS |
| Sporty car roof option |
TTOP |
| State firmly |
AVOW |
| Suez Canal vessel |
OILER |
| Sweet dessert wine |
SAUTERNE |
| Target of Salk’s vaccine |
POLIO |
| Traveling tippler |
PUBCRAWLER |
| TV’s Gomer or Goober |
PYLE |
| U.S. Navy bigwig |
ADM |
| Utah skiing resort |
ALTA |
| Volcano of Sicily |
ETNA |
| Wile E. Coyote’s obsession |
ROADRUNNER |
| With respect to |
ASFOR |
| ___ Hari |
MATA |
