USA Today – Aug 9 2016 Crossword Solution
Clues |
Answers |
“Live ___” (Taco Bell slogan) |
MAS |
“Portnoy’s Complaint” author |
ROTH |
“Stop that!” |
DONT |
“___ Enchanted” (2004 comedy) |
ELLA |
Aberdeen’s river |
DEE |
All-star game side, perhaps |
EAST |
Andy Roddick’s org |
USTA |
Angler with pots |
EELER |
Batter’s dry spell |
SLUMP |
BBQ fare |
RIBS |
Beyond doubt |
SURE |
Blue in printer cartridges |
CYAN |
Bog yield |
PEATMOSS |
Brit’s “bye-bye” |
TATA |
Caddy beverages |
TEAS |
Choir member |
ALTO |
Closes in on |
NEARS |
Cole Porter’s regretful Miss |
OTIS |
Convenience store sign (and a hint to this puzzle’s theme) |
ATMINSIDE |
Currency made legal by government decree |
FIATMONEY |
Defeated by a whisker |
EDGED |
Displayed, as a badge |
FLASHED |
Edison and Einstein, for two |
GREATMEN |
Election loser, e.g |
ALSORAN |
English exam ender, perhaps |
ESSAY |
Escapes |
GETSOUT |
Fix at the vet’s office |
SPAY |
Gazpacho server |
LADLE |
GPS lines (Abbr.) |
RDS |
HBO mobster |
SOPRANO |
Homer king before Bonds |
AARON |
How Rome wasn’t built |
INADAY |
Ideology suffix |
ISM |
Indefinite degree |
NTH |
iPhone buy |
APP |
It’s the truth |
FACT |
Lab worker, perhaps |
TESTER |
Least nutty |
SANEST |
Like elevator music |
PIPEDIN |
Clues |
Answers |
Like much “SNL” fare |
PARODIC |
Like the Marx Brothers |
ANTIC |
List-ending abbr |
ETC |
Loos who wrote “Gigi” |
ANITA |
Melt ingredient, often |
TUNA |
Name on a check |
PAYEE |
Not well-lit |
DIM |
Notary’s imprint |
SEAL |
Off one’s rocker |
DAFT |
Old West transport |
STAGE |
Piece of jai alai gear |
CESTA |
Pontiac muscle car |
GTO |
Prone to bungling |
INEPT |
Rain like crazy |
TEEM |
Religious splinter group |
SECT |
Result of a sacrifice fly |
RUN |
Retired female professor |
EMERITA |
Roomy kind of sleeve |
RAGLAN |
Sasquatch, for one |
MYTH |
Search for plunder |
MARAUD |
Shad yield |
ROE |
Shakespearean prince |
HAL |
Shell game, e.g |
SCAM |
Sofa part |
ARM |
Starting from |
ASOF |
Stick up for |
DEFEND |
Stirred up |
ROILED |
Super Bowl highlights, to many |
ADS |
Taunt to a drag race loser |
EATMYDUST |
Tennis racket part |
GRIP |
The Big Band ___ |
ERA |
They’re verboten |
NONOS |
Top celeb |
ALISTER |
Undid, in a way |
ERASED |
Violin-string tuners |
PEGS |
Vote of support |
AYE |
Wharton deg |
MBA |
Whiskey choice |
RYE |
With it, in old slang |
HEP |