USA Crossword Answers – Tuesday May 16 2017

Here are the answers to USA Crossword puzzles Tuesday May 16 2017.

___ difference!” – SAME
“A Hard Road to Glory” author – ASHE

“Everyone in this room” – ALLOFYOU
“How the Other Half Lives” author Jacob – RIIS
“Raindrops Keep Fallin’ on My Head” singer – BJTHOMAS
“Slippery” trees – ELMS
___-press (wrinkle-resistant) – PERMA
Air Force heroes – ACES
Ball honoree – BELLE
Beefy runway walker? – LARGESCALEMODEL
Big Bertha’s birthplace – ESSEN
Blows it – ERRS
Boarding pass datum – SEAT
Broadway opening? – SCENEI
Cause of back spasms – STRAIN
Chemical in drain cleaners – LYE
CIA turncoat – MOLE
Deli side – SLAW
Dentist’s request – OPEN
Disgusting, in kid-speak – ICKY
Don’t check, bet, fold or raise – CALL
Early wheels, for short – TRIKE
Elite commando unit – ATEAM
Emotion in emo music – ANGST
Epithet from Scrooge – BAH
Fair setup – TENT
Fires off, as a text – SENDS
First name in jeans – LEVI
First word of “The Raven” – ONCE
First-aid kit item – IODINE
Foxx of “Ray” – JAMIE
Free from bondage – SETLOOSE
Give the heave-ho to – TOSS
Hoops great whose nickname ends in “q” – ONEAL
Insignificant vacations? – SMALLTIMETRAVEL
Kaput, as a battery – DEAD
Knock for a loop – DAZE
Last two words of “Amazing Grace” – ISEE
Light as a feather – AIRY
Like near beer – WEAK
Mani-pedi abrasive – EMERY
Mechanic’s figure – ESTIMATE
Not of the cloth – LAIC
Oh ___! (candy bar) – HENRY
Part of a chord – NOTE
Pie cuts, essentially – RADII
Pinocchio, at times – LIAR
Places to graze – LEAS
Plans with copays, in brief – HMOS
Prefix with med or law – PRE
Prenatal test, for short – AMNIO

Prepare Oreos at a fair, say – FRY
Puccini title role – TOSCA
Pull a swindle on – ROOK
Quality of Rambo or Rocky – MACHISMO
Ran like the dickens – TORE
Red Bull buy – CAN
Reunion attendees, briefly – GRADS
Rival of Enterprise and Alamo – AVIS
Sidewalk-stand buy – LEMONADE
Six-day-a-week delivery – MAIL
Snore symbol – ZEE
Sportscaster Andrews – ERIN
Stalactite site – CAVE
Steal, slangily – GLOM
Symbol of freshness – DAISY
Too pooped to pop – WEARY
Took one’s turn – WENT
Top spot – ACME
Towed-away auto, maybe – REPO
Town crier’s call – HEARYE
Treater’s words – ONME
Turkeys cooked a fairly short time? – MEDIUMRAREBIRDS
Veronica of “Hill Street Blues” – HAMEL
Wrestler/actor ___ the Giant – ANDRE
Yemeni port – ADEN