USA Today – Apr 20 2017 Crossword Solution
Clues |
Answers |
“Chi-Raq” director Spike |
LEE |
“Donut” in a car trunk |
SPARE |
“The View” network |
ABC |
“The way things stand . . .” |
ASITIS |
“Told you so!” |
SEE |
1932 Spencer Tracy movie |
MEANDMYGAL |
50-Across ingredient |
EGG |
Ancestry.com diagram |
TREE |
Anderson Cooper’s channel |
CNN |
Any day now |
SOON |
Banks seen on runways |
TYRA |
Beluga or shad yield |
ROE |
Big Band ___ |
ERA |
Bit ground by a barista |
COFFEEBEAN |
Bo Diddley tune covered by the Yardbirds |
IMAMAN |
Brunch entree |
OMELET |
Bumped into |
MET |
Bunion’s spot |
TOE |
California wine valley |
NAPA |
Cheese in dessert recipes |
BRIE |
Chemical in insect repellents |
DEET |
Common sculpture |
TORSO |
Companion of crafts |
ARTS |
Cookie at a 4:00 social, perhaps |
TEABISCUIT |
Cpl. or sgt |
NCO |
Deep-six |
TOSS |
Defeat, barely |
EDGE |
Derby entries |
HORSES |
Donald who wrote a 1963 “memoir” seen in the first words of 17-, 30-, 46- and 60-Across |
BAIN |
Dustin’s role in “Midnight Cowboy” |
RATSO |
Feathery neckwear |
BOA |
Friends of Tarzan |
APES |
Fruit named for its unsightliness |
UGLI |
Give a new handle to |
RENAME |
GM’s German subsidiary |
OPEL |
Guide for a walking tour |
AREAMAP |
Hardly macho |
GIRLIE |
Harry Potter pal Weasley |
RON |
Head for the hills |
FLEE |
Clues |
Answers |
Help in a heist |
ABET |
Hockey or baseball statistic |
ASSIST |
Hoi polloi, with “the” |
MASSES |
Jockey Eddie with two Triple Crowns |
ARCARO |
Join forces |
UNITE |
Lady friend of Seinfeld |
ELAINE |
Lightbulb, in comics |
IDEA |
Like root beer, but not beer |
SOFT |
Like some cartilage piercings |
MIDEAR |
Loud, like a crowd |
AROAR |
Lusitania’s undoing |
TORPEDO |
Manuscript encl |
SAE |
More minuscule |
TEENIER |
Mushy fare |
PAP |
Not far away |
NEAR |
Parenthesis shape |
ARC |
Part of a living room set |
SOFA |
Place to soak |
TUB |
Prefix meaning “foreign” |
XENO |
Psychoanalysis topic |
EGO |
Put the kibosh on |
NIX |
Quakers or Shakers |
SECT |
Reaction to a mishap |
OOPS |
Rough file |
RASP |
School founded in 1440 |
ETON |
Sport played by Prince Charles |
POLO |
Statistic for a bowler or batter |
AVERAGE |
Strand at a chalet, perhaps |
ICEIN |
Subject to chance |
IFFY |
Substances banned by MLB |
PEDS |
Tales of Greek gods, e.g |
MYTHS |
Threaded fastener |
SCREW |
Thumbs-down vote |
NAY |
Together, as audio and video |
INSYNC |
Two-thirds of YTD |
TODATE |
Unit price word |
EACH |
Vague ending to a list |
ORWHATEVER |
Wire thickness measure |
MIL |
Worker with shingles |
ROOFER |