USA Today – May 1 2017 Crossword Solution
Clues |
Answers |
“Boola Boola” school |
YALE |
“Casablanca” pianist |
SAM |
“Fantasia” unit |
CEL |
“I’m innocent!” |
NOTME |
“It’s on the level!” |
NOLIE |
51-Down collegians |
ELIS |
Backer on Broadway |
ANGEL |
Basis of a whodunit |
CRIME |
Bean in much chili |
PINTO |
Befitting a monarch |
REGAL |
Bjorn Borg, for one |
SWEDE |
Bolt, the world’s fastest man |
USAIN |
Business bigwig |
MAGNATE |
Carpet feature |
PILE |
Classic kid-vid clown |
BOZO |
Cornell of Cornell University |
EZRA |
Cream-filled treat |
ECLAIR |
Cries like a kitten |
MEWLS |
Cuisine with lemongrass and peanut sauce |
THAI |
Decathlon event |
POLEVAULT |
Did in, mob-style |
OFFED |
Discounted by |
LESS |
Docket entry |
COURTCASE |
Epps of “House” |
OMAR |
Fan’s sound |
WHIR |
Goalie’s protectors |
PADS |
Gregory of “Tap” |
HINES |
Hellenic H |
ETA |
Home to most of Turkey |
ASIA |
It sells, in the ad business |
SEX |
It’s closed for the night |
EYELID |
Judas’ act |
BETRAYAL |
Keep tabs on |
OVERSEE |
Kimono or cassock |
ROBE |
Lacking a mate |
LONE |
Like a snake’s skin |
SCALY |
Like a wasp’s nest |
PAPERY |
Marathoner’s woe, perhaps |
SOREFEET |
Clues |
Answers |
Markka’s replacement |
EURO |
Oklahoma city on the Chisholm Trail |
ENID |
On a caffeine buzz |
WIRED |
Org. with Titans and Giants |
NFL |
Pained looks |
GRIMACES |
Parts of drum kits |
SNARES |
Pocket protector inserts |
PENS |
Popular sans-serif typeface |
ARIAL |
PowerPoint output |
CHART |
Pugsley, to Morticia Addams |
SON |
Put into alignment |
TRUEUP |
Quick flash of light |
GLINT |
Red, Black and Yellow |
SEAS |
Reflex hammer targets |
KNEES |
Rent payer |
TENANT |
Rock candy, essentially |
SUGAR |
Satanic doings |
EVILS |
Screen window displaying prompts (var.) |
DIALOGBOX |
Showed mercy |
RELENTED |
Sighed words |
AHME |
Sighters of pink elephants |
SOTS |
Site with restaurant ratings |
YELP |
Sound from Sneezy |
ACHOO |
Speed unit on the 39-Across |
KNOT |
SpongeBob’s home |
OCEAN |
Spot for carved initials |
TREETRUNK |
State called the “Mother of Presidents” |
OHIO |
State with assurance |
AVOW |
Stunt pilot’s maneuver |
LOOP |
Subway rider’s handful |
STRAP |
Sudden outpouring |
SPATE |
Tollbooth barrier |
GATE |
Torah holders |
ARKS |
Very steep, as a cliff |
SHEER |
What the fourth little piggy had |
NONE |
Win four of four games, say |
SWEEP |
Worse than fair |
POOR |
Zellweger of “Bridget Jones’s Baby” |
RENEE |