USA Today – Aug 30 2016 Crossword Solution
Clues |
Answers |
“Butterflies ___ Free” |
ARE |
“Chunnel” country |
FRANCE |
“There’s more . . .” |
ALSO |
1959 No. 1 hit for Lloyd Price |
STAGGERLEE |
400-meter path, perhaps |
OVAL |
A.D. part |
ANNO |
All wired up |
TENSE |
Aromatherapy spots |
SPAS |
Bamako’s land |
MALI |
Beat, barely |
EDGE |
Bering or Barents |
SEA |
Beverly Hills home, most likely |
ESTATE |
Big name in compilation CDs |
KTEL |
Bit of hope, so to speak |
RAY |
Carolyn who created Nancy Drew |
KEENE |
Cheated, slangily |
HOSED |
Classic doll |
RAGGEDYANN |
Coin motto word |
UNUM |
Congressional gofers |
PAGES |
Crushing snake |
PYTHON |
Dodge artfully |
EVADE |
Eats quickly |
INHALES |
Exploitative sort |
USER |
ExxonMobil brand |
ESSO |
Filed items |
NAILS |
Gamblers’ strategies |
SYSTEMS |
Get in a stew |
FRET |
Grows more intense |
DEEPENS |
Hangs in the hammock |
LOUNGES |
Have the final say |
RULE |
Herb in turkey stuffing |
SAGE |
Hobby kit with a colony |
ANTFARM |
Hoops great Shaq |
ONEAL |
Houseplant’s home |
POT |
Intentional loss |
DIVE |
Is in hock |
OWES |
Jean Arp’s art genre |
DADA |
Like proverbial hen’s teeth |
RARE |
Lion’s share |
BIGGERHALF |
Clues |
Answers |
Low woman in a choir |
ALTO |
Mascara mishap |
SMEAR |
Metro map points |
STOPS |
NFL venues |
STADIA |
One of the Little Women |
MEG |
One to hang with |
PAL |
Opposed to, in dialect |
AGIN |
Panetta who headed the CIA |
LEON |
Penultimate fairy tale word |
EVER |
Pioneer Boone, folksily |
DANL |
Polished in manner |
URBANE |
Proofreader’s reversal |
STET |
Public to-do |
SCENE |
Really ticked off |
SORE |
Recipe phrase |
ALA |
Rickman of Harry Potter movies |
ALAN |
Rise late |
SLEEPIN |
Rush week venue, for short |
FRAT |
Saw eye to eye |
AGREED |
See 40-Across |
ALE |
Seminal punk band, with “The” |
RAMONES |
Showing no emotion |
STONY |
Sign of hunger |
PANG |
Simmons of KISS |
GENE |
Sorry situation |
MESS |
Sporty Italian auto, for short |
ALFA |
Strong suit |
FORTE |
Swing a scythe |
REAP |
Taylor who sang “Beautiful” |
DAYNE |
Terra ___ (dry land) |
FIRMA |
The munchies, e.g |
URGE |
Tough trail for hikers |
RUGGEDPATH |
Try for a role |
READ |
Tuck away |
STOW |
Visa applicant |
ALIEN |
Western formations |
MESAS |
With 29-Down, hoppy brew |
PALE |
Word on one of a matching pair |
HERS |
___ voce (softly) |
SOTTO |