Thomas Joseph - King Feature Syndicate Crossword Answer - May 15, 2014

 Thomas Joseph - King Feature Syndicate Crossword Solutions - May 15, 2014

Clue	Answer
'Silkwood' star	STREEP
2016 Olympics host	RIO
Appear unexpectedly	POPUP
Auction signal	BID
Band's bookings	GIGS
Base meal	MESS
Best	OPTIMAL
Blackens	CHARS
Boyfriend	BEAU
By way of, informally	THRU
Car parts	DOORS
Central American capital	BELMOPAN
Cocoon residents	PUPAS
Commotion	ADO
Detest	ABHOR
European capital	BRUSSELS
European capital	BUDAPEST
Figures of speech	IDIOMS
Flank	SIDE
Go carousing	BARHOP
Harvests	REAPS
Heavy metal	LEAD
Immoral act	SIN
Invasion	RAID
Letter after theta	IOTA
Lie	REPOSE
Like the Sahara	ARID
Metal sources	ORES
Motel freebie	ICE
Nantes notion	IDEE
Noon, on a clock	XII
Onassis nickname	ARI
Opposed	ANTI
Othello, for one	MOOR
Pop star	IDOL
School events	PROMS
Scooter's kin	MOPED
Signs of trouble	OMENS
Singer Barry	GIBB
Sleep	SLUMBER
Slugger Williams	TED
Soccer score	GOAL
Solitary	LONE
South American capital	BRASILIA
Started the bidding	OPENED
Striker's foe	SCAB
Suggest	POSIT
Tall tales	LIES
Trade fair	EXPO
Volcanic rock	PUMICE