USA Today - Dec 31 2015

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Clues Answers
"Apollo 13" grp NASA
"Dig in!" EAT
"Hard ___!" (ship command) ALEE
"To ___ it mildly . . ." PUT
'49 defense alliance NATO
1/2 fluid oz TBSP
A famous Ali BABA
A ___ technicality MERE
And others, for short ETAL
Aphid victim ROSE
Arch supports? SOLES
Aspic need MOLD
Baby salamanders EFTS
Big name in car flops EDSEL
Bit of a sticky wicket? BRIAR
Block STYMIE
Brilliantly colored parrot MACAW
Caesar's worst day IDES
Central spot MIDST
Chance ___ (happen to meet) UPON
Charles de Gaulle's birthplace LILLE
Clad oneself in WORE
Close relative, for many SIS
Congressional helper AIDE
Cosmetics maven Lauder ESTEE
Cyclotron particle ATOM
Dec. 31 event, for some OFFICEBASH
Delhi dress SARI
Dimple site CHIN
Dramatic divisions ACTS
Encroach TRESPASS
Eye-fooling genre OPART
Ferry terminus, sometimes ISLE
Fill to the gills SATE
Fish in streams TROUTS
Follow a recipe direction STIR
Fudd's weapon RIFLE
Fuss in a Shakespeare title ADO
God with a hammer THOR
Clues Answers
Groups of three TRIOS
Illicit affairs LIAISONS
It starts on 49-Across RESOLUTION
Late-night host Conan OBRIEN
Life preserver? OBIT
Locked valuables box SAFE
Lose ground ERODE
Makes dainty in appearance PRIMS
Mistake removers ERASERS
Mount of high spirits STEED
Mountain feature RIDGE
Moves real estate SELLS
Movie house supplies REELS
New Year's Eve spot, for many TIMESSQUARE
Nine inches SPAN
Ocean fill SEAWATER
Oil from flowers ATTAR
Over the top (with "much") TOO
Parasol SUNSHADE
Part of a wedding reception TOAST
Peach containers CRATES
Pilot licensing org FAA
Power-drill accessory BIT
Pro ___ (in proportion) RATA
Purchase amount COST
Reneges WELSHES
Reptile without a tail? CROC
Scott Joplin's legacy RAGS
Small farm building SHED
Spread for a nice spread PATE
Stuck vehicle's need TOW
Ten Commandments pronoun THOU
There may be a spat about it SHOE
Throw in the towel QUIT
Vocal impertinence SASS
Waiter's weight TRAY
Wall-to-wall calculation AREA
When many celebrations start to wind down NEWYEARSDAY
Winged god of love EROS