USA Today - Dec 29 2016

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Clues Answers
". . . man ___ mouse?" ORA
"Aw, shucks!" RATS
"Cutthroat Kitchen" competitor CHEF
"Grey's Anatomy" network ABC
"If you can't enlist, invest" investment WARBOND
"What's the ___?" ("Who cares?") DIF
Add to the staff HIRE
Advil alternative ALEVE
Airport shuttle, often VAN
Apple spray withdrawn in 1989 ALAR
Avoids, as capture EVADES
Bad way to run a boat AGROUND
Bawl out RAILAT
Beauty salon supply DYE
Caterer's dispenser URN
Cheez Whiz maker KRAFT
Combat group UNIT
Comment often made with an elbow nudge HINTHINT
Commonly shared PC files PDFS
Consigliere's boss CAPO
Cornered, as a wild animal ATBAY
Declutter TIDYUP
Defeated, barely EDGED
Deserving an X rating, perhaps LEWD
Do an impression of APE
Door attachment HINGE
Dramatist Coward NOEL
Exchanges good-natured taunts BANTERS
Feeling sad BLUE
Flight-related prefix AERO
Gazpacho or minestrone SOUP
Give a valedictory, say ORATE
Group of conifers with colorful berries YEWFAMILY
Hangs onto KEEPS
Hasty escapes LAMS
Hobbyist's wood BALSA
Holey footwear CROCS
In the past AGO
Interior designer's asset TASTE
Clues Answers
Japanese pitcher for the Texas Rangers YUDARVISH
Knock for a loop FLOOR
Laugh heartily ROAR
Maritime law-enforcing org USCOASTGUARD
Menu phrase ALA
Monotonous routine RUT
More apt to play hard-to-get COYER
Motivated to succeed DRIVEN
Mrs. Mertz on "I Love Lucy" ETHEL
Naval pronoun SHE
Parris Island training regimen BOOTCAMP
Part of a wall frame STUD
Pave over RETAR
Penny-pinching CHEAP
Period of poor performance OFFDAY
Play with, kitten-style PAWAT
Pollen gatherer BEE
Posting that may go viral YOUTUBEVIDEO
Provide funding for ENDOW
Put a stop to END
Quarterback Manning ELI
Rile up ANGER
Samuel of the Supreme Court ALITO
Sandwich breads RYES
Seat with a kneeler PEW
Set of beliefs CREDO
Shirt picturing a band, perhaps TEE
Show curiosity ASK
Skipper's place HELM
Smelling a rat LEERY
Snowman in "Frozen" OLAF
Spicy application to ribs, say DRYRUB
Stand the test of time LAST
Striking workers' tactic WALKOUT
Suffix with luncheon ETTE
Summons from the boss SEEME
Telegraphic code co-developer MORSE
The whole kit and caboodle ALL
Worse than bad AWFUL