USA Today – Dec 1 2016 Crossword Solution
| Clues |
Answers |
| “___ or plastic?” |
PAPER |
| Adjective for Methuselah |
OLDEST |
| Amorphous mass |
BLOB |
| Bar mitzvah figure |
RABBI |
| Bother to no end |
HARASS |
| Bratty kid in “Blondie” |
ELMO |
| Bug planter |
SPY |
| Canadian tribesman |
CREE |
| Cavern effect |
ECHO |
| Checkroom item |
COAT |
| Cheese in spinach pie |
FETA |
| Come down with |
CATCH |
| Compulsive gambler’s woe, often |
DEBT |
| Coral formation |
REEF |
| Craigslist posts |
ADS |
| Current unit, for short |
AMP |
| Cut of beef or pork |
LOIN |
| Dead-end job |
RUT |
| Director Kurosawa |
AKIRA |
| Doesn’t exist |
ISNT |
| Dr. Dre and Kanye West, for two |
HIPHOPPRODUCERS |
| Dustin in “Midnight Cowboy” |
RATSO |
| Epeeist’s score |
TOUCH |
| Equestrian’s handful |
REINS |
| Erie Canal mule |
SAL |
| Explorer girl of kids’ TV |
DORA |
| Fabulous shape |
TIPTOPCONDITION |
| First lady before Michelle |
LAURA |
| Fountain of Youth site, in legend |
FLORIDA |
| Four-star review |
RAVE |
| Fruit used to flavor gin |
SLOE |
| Get the goat of |
ANGER |
| Get the point of |
SEE |
| Girl Scouts unit |
TROOP |
| Hay unit |
BALE |
| High point |
APEX |
| House member (Abbr.) |
REP |
| In a tough spot |
TREED |
| Clues |
Answers |
| In charge of |
OVER |
| In play |
LIVE |
| Initial stage |
ONSET |
| Instruments for Parker and Coltrane |
SAXES |
| Ivory or Coast |
SOAP |
| Like 8-Down |
TART |
| Like die-hard rooters |
AVID |
| Like Tabasco sauce |
TANGY |
| Like well-worn jeans |
FADED |
| Likely to mouth off |
PERT |
| Linen source |
FLAX |
| Many a summer worker |
INTERN |
| Many Rx writers |
MDS |
| Musical break |
REST |
| None-of-the-above choice |
OTHER |
| Online shopping center |
EMALL |
| Opposite of “to” |
FRO |
| Pillager’s take |
LOOT |
| Poolside footwear |
FLIPFLOPSANDALS |
| Promontory Point’s state |
UTAH |
| Reason to drink |
THIRST |
| Renovation of a sort |
FACELIFT |
| Route-suggesting iPhone app |
MAPS |
| Runs on TV |
AIRS |
| Salary limit |
CAP |
| Shakespeare-based Verdi opera |
OTELLO |
| Shaving stuff |
FOAM |
| Sits precariously |
TEETERS |
| SpaceX CEO Musk |
ELON |
| Take a chance |
DARE |
| The yoke’s on them |
OXEN |
| They help you stand tall |
STILTS |
| Turf’s menu partner |
SURF |
| Unwrap impatiently |
TEAROPEN |
| Urban front steps |
STOOP |
| Wanted-poster letters |
AKA |
| Wrestler Hulk |
HOGAN |
| Yuletide treat |
NOG |
