USA Today - Dec 18 2017

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Clues Answers
"Do it, or ___!" ELSE
"No seats" initials SRO
"The queen of American folk music" ODETTA
"They misunderestimated me" speaker BUSH
"Twenty One" was one QUIZSHOW
"Vice Principals" channel HBO
"___ there, done that" BEEN
Aesopian equine ASS
Alternative meaning for the starts of 17- and 55-Across and 11-Down INSOLENCE
Authoritative order EDICT
Bedtime story opener ONCE
Birds in magic acts DOVES
Burlesque show wraps BOAS
Cause of a cold sweat FEAR
Chipmunk's facial feature CHEEKPOUCH
College of Cardinals selections POPES
Cone-bearing tree PINE
Convent head ABBESS
Daring skirt style MINI
Deceptive practice SHAM
Dire destiny DOOM
Early anesthetic ETHER
Einstein, famously THEORIST
Election-influencing org PAC
Far from klutzy ADEPT
Free from anxiety ATREST
Greek letter resembling a bisected "0" THETA
Groom oneself elaborately PRIMP
Hands in one's notice QUITS
Hazard for skaters THINICE
Headgear for a court jester FOOLSCAP
Healing ointment SALVE
Hockey or mob enforcer GOON
Insincere talk LIPSERVICE
It's no short story SAGA
Klutzy sort OAF
Knock silly DAZE
Land of colleens, poetically ERIN
Languish in prison, slangily ROT
Clues Answers
LeRoy Neiman's realm ART
Let up, as a storm ABATE
Licks or sprinkles, say WETS
Like a Mobius strip ENDLESS
Like Admiral Byrd's expeditions POLAR
Lindbergh, "the __ Eagle" LONE
Mocha coffee ingredient COCOA
Mountaineers' goals APEXES
Moviedom's Dr. Zaius, e.g APE
Notary's imprint SEAL
Partner of Siskel and Roeper EBERT
Peas, to pranksters AMMO
Pepper dispenser SHAKER
Risk getting bleeped CURSE
Rolled to a runway TAXIED
Scouring pad brand SOS
Send seductive signals FLIRT
Shakespeare's "Sadly . . ." ALAS
Sheriff Andy's fishing partner OPIE
Showed shock GAPED
Skein formation VEE
Spice in tandoori cuisine CURRY
Stew server LADLE
Strength of will GRIT
Succulent houseplant ALOE
Sunflower yield SEED
Synagogue reading TORAH
Teddy material LACE
The T. rex in "Jurassic Park," e.g CLONE
Tori at the piano AMOS
Twangy instrument MOUTHHARP
Visitor from beyond Earth ALIEN
Wall Street woe CRASH
What stoics seldom display EMOTIONS
What was buried in "Treasure Island" BOOTY
Winner's boast IRULE
Workplace watchdog org OSHA
Yardarm's place MAST
___ one's time (wait) BIDE