USA Today - Aug 13 2017

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Clues Answers
"Forty ___ and a mule" ACRES
"Funny Girl" composer Jule STYNE
"Meathead," to Archie Bunker SONINLAW
"Nolo contendere," e.g PLEA
"Sorry, no ___ do!" CAN
"The Road Back" novelist Remarque ERICH
1929 Literature Nobelist Thomas MANN
1941-44 attack on Leningrad, e.g SIEGE
Abbr. on food packages NTWT
Act the trencherman EAT
Ad-zapping TV adjunct TIVO
African language that gave us "mamba" ZULU
Alan of "The Four Seasons" ALDA
Artie of the Big Band Era SHAW
Barracks bed BUNK
Bell pepper color, often RED
Big name in glue ELMERS
Big name in raincoats and galoshes TOTES
Blast of wind GUST
Carpentry or ceramics CRAFT
CIA assassin played by Damon BOURNE
Craftsman product TOOL
D sharp's equivalent EFLAT
Displays, as the time SAYS
Dominoes piece TILE
Draftable, in a way ONTAP
Draftable, in a way ONEA
Eleanor who wrote "Ginger Pye" ESTES
Enjoys the sunshine BASKS
For a long, long time INAGES
Form a bond UNITE
Frightening-sounding houseplant MONSTERA
Gill opening SLIT
Gin partner, often TONIC
Hotfooted it SPED
Idyllic place in Genesis EDEN
Increased, as an investment GREW
Instrument on Guinness labels HARP
Ipanema's city, for short RIO
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Israeli city near Mount Carmel HAIFA
James who sang "Tell Mama" ETTA
Kind of energy from a farm SOLAR
Kit ___ Klub ("Cabaret" venue) KAT
Letter after theta IOTA
Like Elton John's costumes GAUDY
Lipton or Tetley packet TEABAG
Literary pal of Finn SAWYER
London theater at which "The Mikado" premiered SAVOY
Lone Ranger's trademark MASK
Monsoon season events RAINS
Much-hyped berry ACAI
Murdoch who was played by Judi Dench IRIS
NASDAQ counterpart NYSE
Noncommittal sort FENCESITTER
Offering "alternative facts" LYING
Pacific nation that includes Bikini Atoll MARSHALLISLANDS
Place for a place setting MAT
Politico Gingrich NEWT
Post-Oscars party, say GALA
Prefix similar to "contra-" ANTI
Sharply attired NATTY
Sheepskin-lined boot brand UGG
Skin care additive ALOE
Square dancers in skirts GALS
State boldly ASSERT
The fish of the zodiac PISCES
Tim of "Rob Roy" ROTH
TV show that spun off "Flo" ALICE
Use a paint stick STIR
Wails like a banshee KEENS
Wilson, lead vocalist in Heart ANN
Winslet of "Titanic" KATE
Word after jury or civic DUTY
World Series game sextet, for short UMPS
Yin's counterpart YANG
Zeppelin's docking spot MOORINGMAST
___ Strip (Mideast region) GAZA
___ Yards (home of the Orioles) CAMDEN