USA Today – Oct 25 2016 Crossword Solution
Clues |
Answers |
“Fiddlesticks!” |
DRAT |
“Great” detective of kid-lit |
NATE |
“Losing My Religion” band |
REM |
“Mine!” on a schoolyard |
DIBS |
“Not a chance” |
NAH |
“Slung” aspersions |
MUD |
“___ World” (“SNL” sketch) |
WAYNES |
53-Across payment |
RENT |
A Bobbsey twin |
NAN |
Airline with no Sabbath flights |
ELAL |
Artist Warhol |
ANDY |
Bacterial infection, for short |
STAPH |
Beatnik’s “Gotcha” |
IDIG |
Blunt-tipped sword |
EPEE |
Busy insect |
BEE |
Carry-on, e.g |
BAG |
Charged toward |
RANAT |
City on the Aire |
LEEDS |
Competitive, as personalities go |
TYPEA |
Composer Previn |
ANDRE |
Contract for a flat |
LEASE |
Cue ball’s bounce |
CAROM |
D.C. fundraiser |
PAC |
Does a roadie’s pre-gig chore |
LOADSIN |
Draft selection? |
ALE |
Dumb cluck |
IDIOT |
Eavesdropping distance |
EARSHOT |
Edd of “77 Sunset Strip” |
BYRNES |
Erases |
RUBSOUT |
Former Prizm nameplate |
GEO |
Garfield’s drooling pal |
ODIE |
Give in to gravity |
SAG |
Golfer Ernie |
ELS |
Grain depository |
SILO |
Head infestation |
LICE |
Homecoming visitors, for short |
ALUMS |
Indigestion relief |
BICARBONATE |
Jaguar or Impala |
CAR |
Japanese coin |
YEN |
Clues |
Answers |
Jesse of the 1936 Olympics |
OWENS |
Kewpie and kachina |
DOLLS |
Lagasse of the Food Network |
EMERIL |
Like some teas and shampoos |
HERBAL |
Lingerie item |
BRA |
Look toward |
FACE |
Materials for overalls |
DENIMS |
Meet with the 32-Down |
REUNE |
More exact |
STRICTER |
More run-down |
SEEDIER |
Musical with the song “Tomorrow” |
ANNIE |
Often-unidentified people in photos |
BYSTANDERS |
Old Western Union delivery |
TELEGRAM |
Path with a perigee |
ORBIT |
Public row |
SCENE |
Purchase with plastic |
BUYONCREDIT |
Purple bloom |
LILAC |
Put a stop to |
END |
Rawlings product |
MITT |
Realm of the god Helios |
SUN |
Reply to “That so?” |
ITIS |
Roger with seven Wimbledon wins |
FEDERER |
Sandberg in Cooperstown |
RYNE |
Santa ___ Park (racetrack) |
ANITA |
Scott Joplin’s genre |
RAGTIME |
SFO guesses |
ETAS |
Shapeless mass |
GOB |
Some IRAs |
ROTHS |
Some Marine NCOs |
MSGTS |
Sports award |
CUP |
Squirrels’ stashes |
ACORNS |
Suffix with human or fact |
OID |
Tidies up |
NEATENS |
Trendy “Get lost!” |
BYEFELICIA |
Unlikely to splurge |
THRIFTY |
USNA grad |
ENS |
Webmaster’s creation |
SITE |
Woody thicket |
COPSE |
___-do-well |
NEER |