USA Today – Sep 30 2021 |
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Clues |
Answers |
‘Anything ___ I can help you with?’ |
ELSE |
‘Come in!’ |
ENTER |
‘Couldn’t have been me’ story |
ALIBI |
‘Frozen’ prince |
HANS |
‘Need an ark? I Noah guy!,’ e.g |
PUN |
‘The ___ King’ |
LION |
‘This isn’t working for me anymore’ |
IWANTOUT |
‘Zero chance!’ |
NOSIR |
Actor’s prompt |
CUE |
Airport security org |
TSA |
Allows |
LETS |
Aspire |
HOPE |
Bag stowed in an overhead bin |
CARRYON |
Be nosy |
SNOOP |
Beverage with tapioca pearls |
BOBA |
Bhutan’s continent |
ASIA |
Biblical garden |
EDEN |
Bread eaten with saag paneer |
NAAN |
Catwoman suit material, maybe |
LATEX |
Chances |
ODDS |
City with a Viking Ship Museum |
OSLO |
Computer scientist Turing |
ALAN |
Covered with frosting |
ICED |
Cuddling at the park, e.g |
PDA |
Cuts into cubes |
DICES |
Desert rest stop |
OASIS |
Down in the dumps |
GLUM |
Dried plum |
PRUNE |
Enjoy some horchata, say |
DRINK |
Excessive speed |
HASTE |
Expense you might get back after moving out |
SECURITYDEPOSIT |
Fragrant evergreens |
PINES |
Greeting known only to group members |
SECRETHANDSHAKE |
High-fat, low-carb diet |
KETO |
Laura of ‘Marriage Story’ |
DERN |
Leftmost section of a freeway, often |
FASTLANE |
Leg part guarded in soccer |
SHIN |
Letters before QIA |
LGBT |
Like 2022 |
EVEN |
Marijuana |
WEED |
Mexican money |
PESOS |
Modify |
EDIT |
Mountain ___ (soda brand) |
DEW |
NFL official |
REF |
Not strict |
LAX |
OB-GYN, e.g |
DOC |
Org. that fights for trans rights |
ACLU |
Owned |
HAD |
Parent in some blended families |
STEPDAD |
Party with glow sticks, maybe |
RAVE |
Person who settles a bill |
PAYER |
Plane place |
SKY |
Plant with soothing gel |
ALOE |
Polynesian paste |
POI |
Post-shower powder |
TALC |
Pound or gram, e.g |
UNIT |
Prom queen’s accessory, maybe |
SASH |
Restless |
ANTSY |
Reverberate |
ECHO |
Review on Yelp, say |
RATE |
Riding the struggle ___ (in a tough situation) |
BUS |
Roof edges |
EAVES |
Small criticism |
NIT |
Spin around |
WHIRL |
Streamer’s annoyance |
LAG |
The Floor Is ___ (children’s game) |
LAVA |
Three-syllable berry |
ACAI |
Title for a vice president’s husband |
SECONDGENTLEMAN |
Touchscreen images |
ICONS |
UFO passengers |
ETS |
Video segment |
CLIP |
Vientiane’s country |
LAOS |
Vigilant |
ALERT |
YA fiction reader, usually |
TEEN |
Young fellow |
LAD |
Ziti shape |
TUBE |
___ leches cake |
TRES |
___ Yankee (‘King of Reggaeton’) |
DADDY |