USA Today – Nov 20 2016 Crossword Solution
Clues |
Answers |
“Parental Guidance: ___ Lyrics” |
EXPLICIT |
“What ___ is new?” |
ELSE |
“What’s more . . .” |
ALSO |
Ability to defeat an opponent |
COMPETITIVEEDGE |
Address to a sovereign |
SIRE |
Agenda entry |
ITEM |
An amoeba consists of one |
CELL |
Barfly’s perch |
STOOL |
Captain of the Nautilus |
NEMO |
Court postponement |
STAY |
Declare true |
AVER |
Droning lecturer, e.g |
BORE |
Encarta’s medium |
CDROM |
Event with a king and queen |
PROM |
Exec’s note |
MEMO |
Fateful time for Caesar |
IDES |
First-stringers |
ATEAM |
Formal wear at Royal Ascot |
TOPHATANDTAILS |
Gen-___ (boomers’ kids) |
XERS |
Go beyond, as authority |
OVERSTEP |
Gold Rush state |
ALASKA |
Guardian Angels topper |
BERET |
Helen who sang “I Am Woman” |
REDDY |
Herculean types |
HEMEN |
Ho-hum attitude |
APATHY |
How ham is often served |
ONRYE |
Idaho product, informally |
TATER |
Inside dope |
POOP |
Irrigation system units |
SPRINKLERHEADS |
Is regretful of |
RUES |
Jazz combo instruments |
SAXES |
Jocular term of address |
KIDDO |
KGB figure |
SPY |
Lone Star State moniker |
TEX |
Los Angeles Angels logo item |
HALO |
Loud, like the surf |
AROAR |
Main ore of lead |
GALENA |
Make a hasty exit |
SCOOT |
Clues |
Answers |
Man-eating giant of myth |
OGRE |
Memory slip-ups |
LAPSES |
Mixologist’s mixer |
SODA |
Motorcycle stunt apparatus |
RAMP |
Nadir’s opposite |
ZENITH |
Napoleon victory site of 1796 |
LODI |
Parfait glass feature |
STEM |
Patronized Uber |
RODE |
Penultimate fairy tale word |
EVER |
Poker ploy |
RAISE |
Polished in manner |
SUAVE |
Pompeii burier |
ASH |
Positive or negative particle |
ION |
Prefix with room or date |
ANTE |
Prospector’s strike |
LODE |
Puccini’s “La ___” |
BOHEME |
Roan or sorrel |
HORSE |
Rocky Balboa was one |
BOXER |
Roll call response |
NAY |
RPM part (Abbr.) |
REV |
School basics |
ABCS |
Secure in the harbor |
MOOR |
Sidewalk Santa, e.g |
TEMP |
Sign above a door |
EXIT |
Silverheels or Depp role |
TONTO |
Starbucks size |
TALL |
Team with a mule mascot |
ARMY |
Tennis official’s call |
LET |
Teri of “Tootsie” |
GARR |
Untouchables name |
NESS |
Virus named for an African river |
EBOLA |
Visibly nervous |
SHAKY |
Way up or down |
STAIR |
___ 51 (super-secret site) |
AREA |
___ con pollo |
ARROZ |
___ firma |
TERRA |
___ out (declined) |
OPTED |
___ Swifty (punny phrase) |
TOM |