USA Today - Jul 24 2013

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Clues Answers
". . . miss is as good as ___" AMILE
"Peter Pan" pirate SMEE
"Play" or "rest" follower AREA
"Poor me!" ALAS
"Who's the Boss?" character MONA
"___ Gotta Be Me" IVE
A circus lion may jump through one HOOP
Ab strengthener SITUP
Abscam, e.g STING
Amphitheater section TIER
Assembly of minks? COAT
Author Asimov ISAAC
Ballot options NOES
Basecoat SEALER
Behind the times PASSE
Bone in a limb ULNA
Bowling alley target TENPIN
Capture a king MATE
Certain Navy officer ENSIGN
Corinne Bailey and Charlotte RAES
Cosell interviewee ALI
Crosby's partner NASH
Deli delicacies LOXES
Dry run WADI
Dwarfed tree BONSAI
Eager beaver and then some DYNAMO
Egghead BRAIN
Endocrine gland ADRENAL
Foreign princess RANI
Full of current events NEWSY
Global financial org IMF
Grand ___ racing PRIX
Harvard's theater group HASTYPUDDING
It may be defended by a scholar THESIS
Its biggest attraction is on a list PISA
Its code is ORD OHARE
Like wood, in a way GRAINED
Lose one's cool ERUPT
Make watertight, in a way CAULK
Clues Answers
Means of control REINS
Military academy freshman PLEBE
Moby Dick's domain OCEAN
Ninety degrees from north EAST
Not present or future PAST
Offensive rush in basketball FASTBREAK
Old name in railroads ERIE
One with a safe job? YEGG
Part of Indochina LAOS
Peeve PIQUE
Piece in the paper ITEM
Plaster ingredient QUICKLIME
Plaster support board LATH
Pons song, perhaps ARIA
Posse member PURSUER
Public conveyance RAPIDTRANSIT
Punching bag in the throat, in cartoons UVULA
Return of a call? ECHO
Scoffing laughs HAHS
Scratches by (with "out") EKES
Showing no sign of slowing down SPRY
Shroud of mystique AURA
Stooge-struck POKED
Sunshine Cab driver Elaine NARDO
Surrounds ENGIRDS
T.S. Eliot's favorite animal? CAT
Takes legal steps SUES
Takes night courses? SUPS
Tea or coffee preference ICED
Test ore ASSAY
They go out and go steady DATERS
Three-horse open sleigh TROIKA
TV legend Spelling AARON
Usual phaser setting STUN
Violets-blue connector ARE
Went after treasure DUG
Womanizer? ESS
Word with "gossip" or "chatter" IDLE
Yonder lady HER