USA Today - Dec 5 2017

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Clues Answers
"Annie's Song" singer JOHNDENVER
"Beg pardon . . ." AHEM
"Ditto for me" SOAMI
"Holy ___!" MOLY
"La ___ en Rose" VIE
"Losing My Religion" band REM
"Oh! Heavenly Dog" title role BENJI
"The Pit and the Pendulum" author POE
"Time After Time" singer Lauper CYNDI
"Weekend Edition Sunday" airer NPR
"___ Boys" (Alcott novel) JOS
Accelerator bits IONS
AMEX counterpart NYSE
Any of the cities found in 17- and 56-Across and 11- and 24-Down CAPITAL
Apartment building VIP, informally SUPE
At full speed, poetically AMAIN
Bagel variety SESAME
Bald tire's lack TREAD
Big name in bleach CLOROX
Bit of hair gel DAB
Bit of subterfuge RUSE
Boardwalk or mall activities STROLLS
Breakfast or brunch orders OMELETS
Carrey of "A Christmas Carol" JIM
Classic Ford LTD
Common sprain site ANKLE
Deceptive move in fencing FEINT
Elephant-eating bird of myth ROC
Emerson, Lake and Palmer was one TRIO
For-instances EXAMPLES
Formation larger than a butte MESA
Freaking out INAPANIC
Full of guile WILY
Gait slower than a canter TROT
Game show group PANEL
Go no further STOP
Golf club part GRIP
Haberdashery accessory TIECLASP
Hallucinogen-yielding cactus PEYOTE
Clues Answers
Inflatable safety device LIFEVEST
Laura who wrote "Eli's Comin'" NYRO
Leader chosen by cardinals POPE
Leather-punching tools AWLS
Like burping at the dinner table, say RUDE
Lunch holder BAG
National bird of Australia EMU
One on a pedestal IDOL
One World Trade Center topper SPIRE
Pompeo of "Grey's Anatomy" ELLEN
Presidential term, to historians ERA
Pundit's piece, briefly OPED
Quaker product OATS
Rejoinder to "Ain't" ISTOO
Remove impurities from CLEANSE
Ronny Howard TV role OPIE
Round before a final SEMI
Sacred beetles of Egypt SCARABS
Sauce with dim sum SOY
Singer with the 2009 No. 1 hit "Country Boy" ALANJACKSON
Slow as molasses POKY
Son of Prince Valiant ARN
Sound from a sty OINK
Subscription-based broadcasting PAYTV
Sword's superior, proverbially PEN
The Italian Stallion of moviedom ROCKY
Thumbs-down vote NAY
Toothy expressions GRINS
Top hat accompaniment TAILS
TV portrayer of Wild Bill Hickok GUYMADISON
Utensils used as percussion instruments SPOONS
Visibly ashamed RED
Voodoo charm MOJO
What an insignia signifies RANK
Women's U.S. Open champ of 1979 and 1981 TRACYAUSTIN
Word before lion or cow SEA
Zuckerberg and Bezos, for short CEOS
___-bitty ITTY
___-G suit ANTI