USA Today - Jul 2 2016

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Clues Answers
"Amazin'" team of 1969 METS
"I knew it!" AHA
"Lord of the Rings" beast ORC
"Rebecca" novelist du Maurier DAPHNE
"Roots" author Alex HALEY
"Understood!" ISEE
1964 Glenn Ford romantic comedy DEARHEART
Actress ___-Margret ANN
And others, for short ETAL
Apple commonly used in pies NORTHERNSPY
Baseball's Steroid ___ ERA
Begin a card game DEAL
Cambodian leader Lon NOL
Cavalryman HORSESOLDIER
Check for proper fit TRYON
Chow down EAT
College board members REGENTS
Creme-filled cookie OREO
Desktop symbols ICONS
Destroy beyond repair TOTAL
Dreadlocks wearer, perhaps RASTA
English school since 1440 ETON
Envelope insert (Abbr.) ENC
Fabric with diagonal ribs TWILL
Garment for Dracula CAPE
Geek Squad workers TECHS
Gen. Lee's nation CSA
Gives one's word ASSURES
Glowing review RAVE
Guns N' Roses singer ___ Rose AXL
Hammer end PEEN
Having a bluish-gray hue SLATY
Held a meeting SAT
In a furtive manner SLYLY
Island where Minos ruled CRETE
Leaves in the lurch DESERTS
Lhasa ___ (Tibetan breed) APSO
Like an ode LYRICAL
Like old jeans FADED
Clues Answers
Lima's land PERU
Michaels of "SNL" LORNE
NBC CEO, 1981-86 GRANTTINKER
Nina of "Spartacus" FOCH
Olympic fencer's weapon EPEE
One-in-a-million RARE
Parched feeling THIRST
Part of an act SCENE
Part of mph PER
Perlman of "Cheers" RHEA
Poe's "Annabel ___" LEE
Political exile, for short EXPAT
Political pamphlet TRACT
Portraitist's stand EASEL
Rags-to-riches novelist Horatio ALGER
Ready for business OPEN
Recycled tire RETREAD
Redcap's workplace DEPOT
Reuben bread RYE
Ruby or topaz GEM
Sacrificial spot ALTAR
Savile Row wizard MASTERTAILOR
Small fry TOT
Some govt. agents TMEN
Son of Henry Ford EDSEL
SpaceX CEO ___ Musk ELON
Speak irrationally RANT
Stress-free existence EASE
Support for a backyard swing TREE
Surfaces, as a street TARS
Take a snooze GOTOSLEEP
Taper off WANE
The Bard's river AVON
The Windy City, briefly CHI
Type, derogatorily ILK
Uta of stage and screen HAGEN
Vermin-eradicating pets RATTERS
World Cup cheer OLE
___ Doone (cookie brand) LORNA