USA Today – Apr 11 2017 Crossword Solution
Clues |
Answers |
“All My Children” vixen |
ERICA |
“Hello” singer |
ADELE |
“Let It Go” singer in “Frozen” |
ELSA |
A smattering of |
SOME |
Accumulated, as a tab |
RANUP |
Air mattress problem |
LEAK |
Andante and allegro, for two |
TEMPOS |
Apply aloe to, say |
SOOTHE |
Babysitter’s handful |
IMP |
Baker’s recipe measure |
CUP |
Bit of binary code |
ONE |
Bounce back, in a way |
ECHO |
Brings down like Bunyan |
FELLS |
Catches some Z’s |
NAPS |
Chow for a cow |
HAY |
Classic Pontiac muscle cars |
GTOS |
Clergymen’s aides |
ACOLYTES |
Cold War initials |
USSR |
Critic Louise Huxtable |
ADA |
Delt neighbor |
PEC |
Either of two New York governors |
CUOMO |
Former and current NFL player |
LARAM |
Frozen part of an ocean |
SEAICE |
Gardener’s neatener |
EDGER |
Gaucho’s cow catcher |
BOLA |
How Neanderthals stood |
ERECT |
Inventor Tesla |
NIKOLA |
Inventor Whitney |
ELI |
Is short |
OWES |
Jazz trio, say |
COMBO |
Jeweler’s purity unit |
KARAT |
JFK and LAX watchdog |
FAA |
JFK arrival until 2003 |
SST |
Joy of “The View” |
BEHAR |
Labels, as a Facebook photo |
TAGS |
Light and delicate |
ETHEREAL |
Like a Nerf ball |
SOFT |
Clues |
Answers |
Looks from the Grinch |
SNEERS |
Luxury Chrysler until 1993 |
IMPERIAL |
Melodramatic serial of 1914, with “the” |
PERILSOFPAULINE |
Memorable mission |
ALAMO |
Mt. Rushmore’s state |
SDAKOTA |
Musk of SpaceX |
ELON |
Once around the track |
LAP |
One of about 4.5 billion |
ASIAN |
One of the Beach Boys’ Wilson brothers |
CARL |
Pester, puppy-style |
YAPAT |
Pigskin prop |
TEE |
Places to get pampered |
SPAS |
Put the pedal to the metal |
FLOORIT |
Rating for shows with mild profanity |
TVPG |
Refund-seeker’s need |
PROOFOFPURCHASE |
Rights org. that opposed Jim Crow laws |
NAACP |
River of Leeds |
AIRE |
School with the motto “Lux et veritas” |
YALE |
Seaport of Northern Ireland |
BELFAST |
Shipbuilder’s wood |
TEAK |
Shows curiosity |
ASKS |
Some bridge seats |
NORTHS |
Sound from a leaking radiator |
HISS |
Spreads, as seed |
STREWS |
Start, as a Model T |
CRANKUP |
Sun blocker, perhaps |
CLOUD |
The 12 in AA’s program |
STEPS |
The first Don Corleone |
VITO |
The presidency, e.g |
POSITIONOFPOWER |
Time capsule event |
BURIAL |
Tobacco plug |
CHAW |
Torah holders |
ARKS |
Treat like dirt |
ABUSE |
Unified whole, in psychology |
GESTALT |
Was a proxy to |
ACTEDFOR |
Watered down |
THIN |
Yuletide beverage |
NOG |