USA Today – Sep 19 2016 Crossword Solution
Clues |
Answers |
“Born from jets” automaker |
SAAB |
“Forever” stamp letters |
USA |
“On the Beach” novelist Nevil |
SHUTE |
“Sounds like a plan!” |
LETSDOIT |
“Uh-huh!” |
YEAH |
“Zip it!” |
HUSH |
2015 nuke deal signatory |
IRAN |
50+ org |
AARP |
Arkin of “Argo” |
ALAN |
Bell-shaped bloomer |
TULIP |
Billboard chart entry |
SONG |
Bug, as a phone |
TAP |
Cambodia neighbor |
LAOS |
Color commentator’s offering |
STAT |
Convention choice |
NOMINEE |
Crystal-lined rock |
GEODE |
Curry favor with |
WOO |
Deep devotion |
PIETY |
Deodorant soap brand |
IRISHSPRING |
Dojo instructor |
SENSEI |
Drink from a flask |
SWIG |
Dungeon restraints |
IRONS |
Floored it |
SPED |
Foundry waste |
SLAG |
Fries and slaw, for two |
SIDES |
From the top |
AGAIN |
Gather wool |
SHEAR |
Give the OK |
CONSENT |
Go at a snail’s pace |
INCH |
Greet at the door |
SEEIN |
Gutter site |
EAVE |
Had a taste of |
TRIED |
Home with a dome |
IGLOO |
Hunter’s trap |
SNARE |
In a frenzy |
MANIC |
Instrument for a Marx |
HARP |
Jetsam of Dec. 16, 1773 |
TEA |
Like some notebooks |
SPIRALBOUND |
Lion tamer’s accessory |
HOOP |
Clues |
Answers |
Macrame feature |
KNOT |
Magician’s prop |
WAND |
Mirren of “The Queen” |
HELEN |
Mix in |
ADD |
Move, in broker lingo |
RELO |
Narrowly defeated |
EDGED |
Newbie socialite |
DEB |
No longer hung up on |
OVER |
Not too brainy |
DIM |
Old, but new again |
RETRO |
Once-illegal cigars |
HAVANAS |
Oodles |
ATON |
Outcomes of many chess games |
DRAWS |
Panache |
ELAN |
Patronized Lyft |
RODE |
Pit stop item |
TIRE |
Place for valuables |
BANKVAULT |
Places to perch |
ROOSTS |
Prohibition ___ |
ERA |
Quick-witted one |
WAG |
Ricci of fashion |
NINA |
Richard of “Chicago” |
GERE |
Riot control weapon |
TASER |
Socially inept sort |
NERD |
Sound represented by an upside-down “e” |
SCHWA |
Stains on one’s reputation |
STIGMAS |
Suffer in the heat |
BROIL |
Supermarket section |
DELI |
Taoism founder (var.) |
LAOTSE |
Tends to the sauce |
STIRS |
Texas Hold ’em prize |
POT |
Thing with growth rings |
TREE |
Tour Hawaii, say |
ISLANDHOP |
Wall St. wheeler-dealers |
ARBS |
Well-put |
APT |
What virtually all gasoline contains now |
NOLEAD |
Whence the phoenix arose |
ASHES |
Where you live |
DWELLING |
Word of impatience |
NOW |