USA Today – Jan 31 2017 Crossword Solution
Clues |
Answers |
“I’m ___ mood to argue” |
INNO |
“The Taming of the Shrew” city |
PADUA |
“Well, duh!” |
NOWONDER |
Add fertilizer to |
ENRICH |
Annoying pop-ups |
ADS |
Appetite-whetting allures |
AROMAS |
Apple introduction of 2001 |
ITUNES |
At the zenith of |
ATOP |
Bagel filler, perhaps |
NOVASCOTIALOX |
Ballerina’s wear |
TIGHTS |
Between ports |
ASEA |
Brain-twister |
ENIGMA |
Bread with falafel |
PITA |
Bush 41 and 43, to Yale |
ALUMNI |
Bynes of “Hairspray” |
AMANDA |
Carry the pigskin |
RUSH |
Channel that airs B&W films |
TCM |
Come down in sheets |
TEEM |
Cut back, as expenses |
PARE |
Dapper dude? |
DAN |
Didn’t keep mum |
TOLD |
Do a slow burn |
FUME |
Do penance |
ATONE |
Fence pickets |
PALES |
Foofaraw |
ADO |
Grammarian’s concern |
USAGE |
Gun designer ___ Gal |
UZI |
Handle crudely |
PAW |
Helps with a heist |
ABETS |
Hero’s bestowal |
MEDAL |
Home to all but one MLB team |
USA |
Huff and puff |
PANT |
Jersey utterance |
MOO |
Key underling |
COG |
Least stringent |
LAXEST |
Leave speechless |
AWE |
Lomond and others |
HIGHLANDLOCHS |
Make weaker |
DILUTE |
Mars rover org |
NASA |
Clues |
Answers |
Medically induced condition, maybe |
COMA |
Military bigwig |
BRASSHAT |
Mind-numbing routine |
RUT |
Mrs. Mitt Romney |
ANN |
Nest egg letters |
IRA |
Not very many |
AFEW |
Oktoberfest quaff |
ALE |
One side in sports negotiations |
OWNERS |
Orange juice component |
PULP |
Particles with + or – symbols |
IONS |
Poetic palindrome |
ERE |
Pueblo bricks |
ADOBES |
Quick-witted |
SHARP |
Rail-riding wanderer |
HOBO |
Really enjoys |
LAPSUP |
Results of most pop flies |
OUTS |
Right out of the box |
NEW |
Salt’s “Halt!” |
AVAST |
Serving with sauerkraut |
WURST |
Shrine Game side |
WEST |
Singer with a five-octave-plus range |
YMASUMAC |
Solemn assent |
AMEN |
Some JFK guesses |
ETAS |
Source of clean energy |
SUN |
Standing O, say |
APPLAUSE |
Stick-to-it-iveness |
GRIT |
Stupefy, slangily |
ZONK |
Think tank product |
IDEA |
Wardrobe ruiner |
MOTH |
Wayne of Wayne Manor |
BRUCE |
Word before “Liftoff!” |
ONE |
Word before bull or cross |
PAPAL |
Words at the watercooler, maybe |
RUMOR |
Worked like Rumpelstiltskin |
SPUN |
Yale products |
PINTUMBLERLOCKS |
Yin/yang principle |
TAO |
Zap with a stun gun |
TASE |
___ Canyon (Utah attraction) |
BRYCE |
___ Dhabi |
ABU |