USA Today – Nov 17 2016 Crossword Solution
Clues |
Answers |
“Cheers” regular |
RHEAPERLMAN |
“Fine with me” |
SOBEIT |
“Night” author Elie |
WIESEL |
“Not guilty,” e.g |
PLEA |
2-Down holder |
STEIN |
A dance, when repeated |
CHA |
Arcade miscues |
TILTS |
Audiophiles’ “vinyl” |
LPS |
Based on fact |
ACTUAL |
Best man’s speech |
TOAST |
Burl of “East of Eden” |
IVES |
CIA forerunner |
OSS |
Circle segments |
ARCS |
City opposite Ciudad Juarez |
ELPASO |
Cold War inits |
SSR |
Colored part of the eye |
IRIS |
Copier jammed into this puzzle’s theme answers |
APE |
County of England or New Jersey |
ESSEX |
Drain-unclogger ingredient |
LYE |
Dwelling with an EIK, maybe |
APT |
Figurine that sprouts |
CHIAPET |
Fireplace fleck |
ASH |
Fish tank accessory |
NET |
Full-house letters |
SRO |
Geologic stretches |
EONS |
Gift wrapping need |
TAPE |
Give grief to |
HASSLE |
Hardly concealed |
OVERT |
Hatcher who played Lois Lane |
TERI |
High point |
APEX |
Historic time |
ERA |
Homo ___ |
SAPIENS |
Hypnotic state |
TRANCE |
In a funk |
SAD |
In the matter of |
ASTO |
In the ___ (informed) |
LOOP |
Jockeys’ rides |
MOUNTS |
Lavish |
OPULENT |
Like trees on a prairie |
SPARSE |
Clues |
Answers |
Lindbergh was one |
AVIATOR |
Long punctuation mark |
EMDASH |
LSAT part |
TEST |
Manhattan’s Park or Lexington |
AVENUE |
Megabucks |
RICHES |
Money in Monaco |
EUROS |
Mystery author Queen |
ELLERY |
NFL or NHL player |
PRO |
Pals, slangily |
PEEPS |
Peach discards |
PITS |
Pub order |
ALE |
Quitter’s throw-in |
TOWEL |
Race circuits |
LAPS |
Reaches a standstill |
HALTS |
Rockfish, by another name |
SEAPERCH |
Role for Madonna or Patti LuPone |
EVAPERON |
Shade of green |
PEA |
Shakespeare’s Ariel, for one |
SPRITE |
Sharif of “Doctor Zhivago” |
OMAR |
Slippery slapstick props |
BANANAPEELS |
Socially smooth |
SUAVE |
Song segments |
VERSES |
Spy novelist Ambler |
ERIC |
St. Teresa’s home |
AVILA |
Start of a tennis match |
SERVE |
Start to profit? |
NON |
Teen fave |
IDOL |
Timmy’s TV dog |
LASSIE |
Traffic snarl |
TIEUP |
TV journalist Dobbs |
LOU |
University of Maine city |
ORONO |
Wall St. letters |
NYSE |
Way to go (Abbr.) |
RTE |
Web-footed mammals |
OTTERS |
Whiskey variety |
RYE |
Word accompanying a head-slap |
DOH |
___ cava (major blood vessel) |
VENA |
___ judicata |
RES |
___ New York minute |
INA |