USA Today - Oct 11 2015

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Clues Answers
"Christ" or "freeze" leader ANTI
"___ as directed" USE
Accessories for suits TIES
Adjustable rope loops NOOSES
And others, for short ETAL
Aviary sound CAW
Baseball rarity TRIPLE
Big Band or Gaslight ERA
Big shot KAHUNA
Blushing RED
Bosom buddy PAL
Burn a bit, as a burger CHAR
Cause embarrassment to ABASH
Chicken creation EGG
Combo or sextet BAND
Convincing, as an argument COGENT
Couple with 16 arms? OCTOPI
Curvy-horned animals ELANDS
Determine the sum of ADD
Drug approving org FDA
Eagerly ready (with "up") GEARED
Edge of a golf hole RIM
Egregious FLAGRANT
Electric creature EEL
Ending for extremists EST
Fact falsifiers LIARS
Fan the flames INCITE
Fearless and daring BOLD
Features of overly strong personalities EGOS
Flulike symptoms AGUE
Gerbil or canary PET
Golf bag item TEE
H.S. degree alternative GED
Himalayan legend YETI
Improvises ADLIBS
It can be pocketed BILLIARDBALL
Just makes do (with "out") EKES
Like a retired musician? DENOTED
Like Mongolia ARID
Clues Answers
Like most pretzels SALTY
Like old bread MOLDY
Maltreatment ILLUSE
Memb. of Congress SEN
Muddy, as waters ROIL
Newer Old World currency EURO
Nice location? FRANCE
Oil name on some toy trucks HESS
Old-fashioned wedding word OBEY
One type of protest HUNGERSTRIKE
Police officer COP
Result of a solo homer RUN
Reverse, as a veto OVERRIDE
River-mouth formations DELTAS
Route word VIA
Shun ESCHEW
Soccer shutout score NIL
Soft-feathered duck EIDER
Spanish rice serving PAELLA
Sparkle in the sun GLISTEN
Special ___ (military force) OPS
Stockholm is its capital SWEDEN
Stubborn one MULE
Sudden-death periods (Abbr.) OTS
Tear violently REND
Theater seat section LOGE
Threaten to capsize TIP
Twill-weave fabric SERGE
Use room service EATIN
Visit very briefly LOOKIN
Warmed an engine IDLED
Win the favor of ENDEAR
Windblown EOLIAN
Word in a store window SALE
Word of the past? WAS
Word with "drum" or "gift" SET
Wound formation SCAB
Zone of attraction MAGNETICFIELD
___ Khan AGA