USA Today - Nov 29 2015

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Clues Answers
"Come again?" HUH
"Mr. Holland's ___" OPUS
Allowed, to the Bard MAYST
Arid SERE
Artist's brown SEPIA
Autocrats of old TSARS
Bloodhound's trail SCENT
Botanist's concern FLORA
Brown bear's cousin POLAR
Chooses (with "for") OPTS
Common magic prop HAT
Dangerous precipitation SLEET
Dating celebrities, to a tabloid ITEM
Dieter's win? LOSS
Divider's word INTO
Doglike mammal HYENA
Drive-___ window THRU
Easy dupes SCHNOOKS
Executive extra PERK
Figure skating jump AXEL
Fired a round SHOT
Fix an animal? SPAY
Former French penny SOU
Get clean in the tub BATHE
Go one better than TOP
Greenhorn NEOPHYTE
Grig, when grown EEL
Half of Hispaniola HAITI
Hill feature SLOPE
Hint of the whole TIPOFTHEICEBERG
Hold to a .000 batting average NOHIT
Impudent INSOLENT
In good physical shape FIT
In ___ straits DIRE
Informal talk CHAT
Iowa crop CORN
Kind of basin or wave TIDAL
Kitchen utensil CORER
Clues Answers
Like a rubber band ELASTIC
Low voice range BASS
Lunchbox treat OREO
Maglie or Mineo SAL
Makes more tolerable EASES
Meditative martial art TAICHI
Nearby surroundings AREA
No-wind location, nautically ALEE
Nonexistent NULL
Nutmeg spice MACE
On pins and needles EDGY
One of Columbus' three ships NINA
One who's sprung the coop ESCAPEE
Ozone depleter, briefly CFC
Pie part CRUST
Pigeon-___ TOED
Place for an elusive word TIPOFONESTONGUE
Prepare the salad TOSS
Related on mom's side ENATE
Rested, in a way SAT
Shell competitor HESS
Some casino machines SLOTS
Standing straight ERECT
Stretched tightly TAUT
Subtle vibe AURA
Table scraps ORTS
Texas shrine to remember ALAMO
The "A" in CAT scan AXIAL
There are 10 million in a joule ERGS
Timber wolf LOBO
Toward the tiller AFT
Tram loads ORES
Trig function SINH
Waikiki acquisition SUNTAN
Weighed in TIPPEDTHESCALES
Woe for one in a cast ITCH
Words with "tone" or "poor example" SETA
Worship of graven images IDOLATRY