USA Today – Sep 3 2016 Crossword Solution
Clues |
Answers |
“Cosmos” author |
SAGAN |
“Game of Thrones,” e.g |
SAGA |
“Gigi” playwright Anita |
LOOS |
“Parade” composer Erik |
SATIE |
1980s-’90s NBC drama |
LALAW |
Andean of old |
INCA |
Anjou relative |
BOSC |
At one’s fingertips |
NEAR |
Atkins diet no-no, briefly |
CARB |
Aussie bounder |
ROO |
Bacardi, e.g |
RUM |
Bit of broken glass |
SHARD |
Bit of broken glass |
SLIVER |
Black-and-white predator |
ORCA |
Blasts verbally |
SLAMS |
Boardwalk coolers |
ICES |
Chemically nonreactive |
INERT |
Chocolate-coated treat |
BONBON |
City area, briefly |
URB |
Conclude a prayer |
SAYAMEN |
Crazy as a loon |
NUTSO |
D-Lux camera maker |
LEICA |
Determine get-out-of-jail cost |
SETBAIL |
Double Stuf cookie |
OREO |
Eagle’s gripper |
TALON |
eBay’s original name |
AUCTIONWEB |
Egypt’s ___ Dam |
ASWAN |
Either of Dumbo’s “wings” |
EAR |
Email folder label |
SENT |
False front |
SHAM |
Fills to the gills |
SATES |
Foul-tempered |
NASTY |
Full of oneself |
SMUG |
Gradually lessened |
EBBED |
Have a yen for |
WANT |
Help in wrongdoing |
ABET |
Highway eyesore |
LITTER |
Hustler’s ploy |
SCAM |
Insecticide container, maybe |
AEROSOLBOMB |
Clues |
Answers |
It may have a “to do” heading |
TASKLIST |
Item in a field event |
SHOT |
Item in a setting |
GEM |
KGB mole Aldrich |
AMES |
Like endangered species |
RARE |
Locket shape |
OVAL |
Long ago |
ONCE |
Norman who created the Bunkers |
LEAR |
One of boxing’s Spinks brothers |
LEON |
One sans fixed address |
NOMAD |
Org. favoring open carry laws |
NRA |
Organization for grads |
ALUMNICLUB |
Our genus |
HOMO |
Places for studs or hoops |
LOBES |
Playwright’s prize |
TONY |
Post-op stop, for short |
ICU |
Praline nut |
PECAN |
Pull the cork on |
DRAIN |
Rorschach test medium |
INK |
Rover on the rails |
HOBO |
Russian orbiter until 2001 |
MIR |
Sailboat spar |
SPRIT |
Sasha’s older sister |
MALIA |
School for princes |
ETON |
Send a tickler to |
REMIND |
Shylock’s offense |
USURY |
Sidewalk-stand offering |
LEMONADE |
Six-legged soldiers |
ANTS |
Striker’s replacement |
SCAB |
Subway train operators |
MOTORMEN |
Swimming pool division |
LANE |
Tiny stream |
RILL |
Truant GI |
AWOL |
Tunnel or cavern effect |
ECHO |
Use a surgical beam on |
LASE |
Walmart’s warehouse club |
SAMS |
What Mary had |
ALITTLELAMB |
Woodworker’s tool |
TABLESAW |
___-Cat (winter vehicle) |
SNO |