USA Today – Jul 26 2016 Crossword Solution
Clues |
Answers |
“If all ___ fails . . .” |
ELSE |
“Spaceballs” director Brooks |
MEL |
Abbr. on a business sign |
ESTD |
Antistick kitchen spray |
PAM |
Aptly named shark |
HAMMERHEAD |
Be in a bee |
SPELL |
Began to take effect |
SETIN |
Blacken on a grill |
CHAR |
Blood-typing letters |
ABO |
Brand for Bowser |
ALPO |
Buddy |
AMIGO |
Cass Elliot was one of them |
MAMAS |
Circular current |
EDDY |
Colorado ski mecca |
ASPEN |
Colorado ski resort |
VAIL |
Crude cartel |
OPEC |
Cruise stopovers |
ISLES |
Cry out in pain |
YELP |
Cyber-business |
ETAIL |
Degrees for many CEOs |
MBAS |
Dispute, as a charge |
DENY |
Distortion, as of justice |
TRAVESTY |
Doc’s needle |
HYPO |
E.T. or Mork |
ALIEN |
Early Oscar winner Jannings |
EMIL |
Facts and figures |
DATA |
Fox News chief Roger |
AILES |
Gershwin’s “___ Rhythm” |
IGOT |
Give a nudge to |
URGE |
Grant recipient |
DONEE |
Hang around |
STAY |
Hardest to outwit |
SLIEST |
Herb in pickles |
DILL |
Husky’s burden |
SLED |
Incinerator residue |
ASHES |
Jekyll’s alter ego |
HYDE |
Kid around with |
TEASE |
Ladd of “Shane” |
ALAN |
Law firm aides, for short |
PARAS |
Clues |
Answers |
Little kiss |
PECK |
Lunch or dinner, e.g |
REPAST |
Mall unit |
SHOP |
Margaret who studied Samoa |
MEAD |
Masterwork |
MAGNUMOPUS |
Mogadishu native |
SOMALI |
Oater “Scram!” |
GIT |
Old adders |
ABACI |
Operatic highlights |
ARIAS |
Org. for Nadal |
USTA |
Part of a drum kit |
HIHAT |
Part of SST |
SONIC |
Periodic table fig |
ATNO |
Pound sterling, slangily |
QUID |
Precipitated in winter |
SLEETED |
Preliminary data-gathering, say |
SPADEWORK |
Protractor measure |
ANGLE |
RDX and MDX of autodom |
ACURAS |
Recording studio effect |
ECHO |
Rope fiber |
SISAL |
Standing tall |
ERECT |
Sunni or Shia |
SECT |
Tesla CEO Musk |
ELON |
Too quickly |
INHASTE |
Totally engrossed |
RAPT |
Tree with “helicopter” seeds |
ELM |
U.K. network, with “the” |
BEEB |
Uncommon place to castle, in chess |
QUEENSIDE |
USNA grad |
ENS |
Vidal’s “___ Breckinridge” |
MYRA |
Weather, in verse |
CLIME |
When the curtain rises |
SHOWTIME |
Where you live |
ABODE |
Works the soil |
TILLS |
Wrapped up |
ENDED |
Wroclaw’s river |
ODER |
WWW addresses |
URLS |
X-ray vision stopper |
LEAD |
___ Cooper (British compact) |
MINI |