USA Today – Oct 5 2016 Crossword Solution
Clues |
Answers |
“Ars Amatoria” poet |
OVID |
“Benevolent” lodge member |
ELK |
“Quaking” tree |
ASPEN |
“That’s one small step . . .” event |
APOLLOLANDING |
“Veep” channel |
HBO |
2016 Olympics locale |
RIO |
All wired up |
TENSE |
And more (Abbr.) |
ETC |
Athletic competition for the disabled |
SPECIALOLYMPICS |
ATM maker |
NCR |
Barbara who played Jeannie |
EDEN |
Boots an easy one |
ERRS |
Bowling alley buttons |
RESETS |
Brings up, as young |
REARS |
British racing site |
ASCOT |
Clarinetist Artie |
SHAW |
Closely related |
AKIN |
Diva’s highlight |
ARIA |
Down in the dumps |
BLUE |
Dummkopfs |
BOZOS |
Eggs ___ Suisse |
ALA |
Fare increase |
HIKE |
Foch of “Spartacus” |
NINA |
Ford model of the 1960s-’80s |
LTD |
Full of oneself |
VAIN |
Grant of Christian music |
AMY |
Grey who wrote of the Old West |
ZANE |
Guinness serving |
PINT |
Hindu sage |
SWAMI |
Home with a dome |
IGLOO |
Hoofbeat sound |
CLOP |
India ___ ale |
PALE |
Insult, slangily |
SLAM |
Italian wine area |
ASTI |
Jim who sang “I Got a Name” |
CROCE |
Kennedy matriarch |
ROSE |
Laundromat buy |
SOAP |
Levi’s material |
DENIM |
Clues |
Answers |
Like Willie Nelson’s voice |
NASAL |
Line of work |
AREA |
Low men at the opera |
BASSI |
Moistened in the oven |
BASTED |
Mr. Potato Head piece |
HAT |
Neglect, as duties |
SHIRK |
Nielsen of “Mr. Magoo” |
LESLIE |
Off-white shade |
BONE |
Photograph spoiler, perhaps |
GLARE |
Pitted salad morsel |
COLOSSALOLIVE |
Place for a T-bone |
STEAKHOUSE |
Poor, as excuses go |
LAME |
PreCheck org |
TSA |
Pressure-packed period |
CRUNCHTIME |
Puzzle with a quotation |
ACROSTIC |
Racehorse’s father |
SIRE |
Red or Dead |
SEA |
Rides the bench |
SITS |
River to the Caspian Sea |
URAL |
Run in the wash |
BLEED |
Run ___ (go berserk) |
AMOK |
Said “#@$%!” |
SWORE |
Sign up to serve |
ENLIST |
Simple Lionel layout |
OVAL |
Skirt fold |
PLEAT |
Slam ___ (basketball move) |
DUNK |
Sometimes-padded undergarment |
BRA |
Stretch across |
SPAN |
Summoned, as a butler |
RANG |
Taxpayer’s dread |
AUDIT |
To-do list items |
TASKS |
Took off on |
APED |
Took one’s leave |
WENT |
Well contents of old |
INK |
Words of compassion |
ICARE |
Work of art that imitates the style of another |
PASTICHE |
Zoning unit, maybe |
ACRE |
___ out (barely make) |
EKE |