USA Today – Oct 27 2016 Crossword Solution
Clues |
Answers |
“It’s all about me” attitude |
EGO |
1977 Triple Crown winner Seattle ___ |
SLEW |
Abu Dhabi dignitary |
EMIR |
Be off the mark |
ERR |
Black-hearted |
MEAN |
Blanc who voiced Daffy Duck |
MEL |
Capital of Belarus |
MINSK |
Car radio option |
SCAN |
Castaway’s spot |
ISLE |
Come face to face |
MEET |
Cookout crasher |
ANT |
Curse given with a stare |
EVILEYE |
Cymbals sound |
CLASH |
Decreases gradually |
EBBS |
Defensive barrier |
RAMPART |
Department store section |
MENSWEAR |
Desperate, as an effort |
LASTDITCH |
Electric bill basis |
USAGE |
Everglades growths |
REEDS |
Faris of “The House Bunny” |
ANNA |
FedEx delivery |
PARCEL |
Finders’ payments |
FEES |
Finds loathsome |
DETESTS |
Gillian’s role on “The X-Files” |
DANA |
Great Plains grazer |
BISON |
Green area on a Risk board |
ASIA |
Inside scoop |
LOWDOWN |
Knot-tying spot |
ALTAR |
Long lunches, for short |
SUBS |
Loomed toweringly |
HULKED |
Lure into crime |
ENTRAP |
Maze solver’s goal |
EXIT |
Midsummer birth sign |
LEO |
Mineral with a soapy feel |
TALC |
Mixed grill selections |
MEATS |
More impartial |
FAIRER |
More than occasionally |
OFTEN |
Mudville’s strikeout victim |
CASEY |
Nametag greeting |
HELLO |
Clues |
Answers |
Needing a full recharge |
DEAD |
Nerve passage in the wrist |
CARPALTUNNEL |
Nothing can escape from one |
BLACKHOLE |
NRA member’s stockpile |
AMMO |
Once owned |
HAD |
Oppressively heavy |
LEADEN |
Pizzeria patron |
EATER |
Presidential emblem |
SEAL |
Radar gun display |
SPEED |
Radio City section |
ORCHESTRAPIT |
Rhino’s weapon |
HORN |
Roasting chicken |
CAPON |
SASE, e.g |
ENC |
Satyr’s stare |
LEER |
Saxophone type |
ALTO |
Scold severely |
CHEWOUT |
Seashore recess |
INLET |
Short drive |
SPIN |
Skip past, as commercials |
ZAP |
Social satirist Mort |
SAHL |
Spain’s ill-fated force |
ARMADA |
Sporty truck, familiarly |
UTE |
Stratospheric gas |
OZONE |
Stud stake |
ANTE |
Surname on White Label scotch bottles |
DEWAR |
Telescope disk |
LENS |
Tell a tall tale |
LIE |
Tended a tot |
SAT |
The Riddler, to Batman |
FOE |
They’re designed on Broadway |
SETS |
Timber-felling tool |
AXE |
Tiny nation near Sicily |
MALTA |
Title for Dash or Doubtfire |
MRS |
Trick-or-treaters’ costume items |
MASKS |
West Coast wine valley |
NAPA |
Wind-direction indicator |
VANE |
Windows above some doors |
TRANSOMS |
Witch trial town |
SALEM |
___ one’s time (wait) |
BIDE |