USA Today - Dec 19 2013

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Clues Answers
"A Million Little Pieces" author James FREY
"Fantastic Four" actress ALBA
"Industry" is its motto UTAH
"Shoot!" RATS
"Sri" follower LANKA
A pop PER
Any minute ANON
Appear impressively large LOOM
Author of fiction? LIAR
Babbling waterway BROOK
Bills on birds NEBS
Blood of the gods, in Greek myth ICHOR
Brazen type HUSSY
Bring to a standstill ARREST
Characterized by heathy vigor LUSTY
Citrus fruit similar to a grapefruit UGLI
Common lotion ingredient ALOE
Computer command for the goof-prone UNDO
Condoleezza's predecessor COLIN
Decrepit SEEDY
Diagonal line SLASH
Eccentric individual KOOK
Emulate March COMEINLIKEALION
Enunciate STATE
Esso gasoline slogan: "Put a ___" TIGERINYOURTANK
Except if UNLESS
Excursion OUTING
Friction easer OIL
Hearing things? EARS
Hellenic vowel ETA
Hooked by a horn GORED
Horsewhip FLOG
How lottery winners react ELATEDLY
Humdinger LULU
It's cheap, proverbially TALK
Jazzy improvisation SCAT
Key West, for one ISLET
Lead-in for "cuisine" or "couture" HAUTE
Clues Answers
Long-range weapon, for short ICBM
Microwave feature TIMER
Nimble AGILE
Norwegian coast feature (var.) FIORD
Not of the clergy LAIC
Nothing to write home about SOSO
Old-time anesthetic ETHER
Perfumer's talent NOSE
Pitching staff leaders ACES
Place for a laptop, often DESK
Predatory mammal of old SABERTOOTHEDCAT
Readied for the Macy's parade INFLATED
Reddish-orange dye HENNA
Reprieve from the governor STAY
Sap-sucking plant pest APHID
Scot's tongue ERSE
Sheltered valley GLEN
Shepherd's stick STAFF
Simon Cowell's old show, familiarly IDOL
Spelling in some TV credits TORI
Spoken aloud; not written ORAL
Still a secret UNTOLD
Substitute bread spread OLEO
Tennis player's error FAULT
They're uttered with shudders UGHS
Ticket-price category ADULT
Time to give and get YULE
Took a nosedive FELL
Tut's fertility goddess ISIS
Voids partners? NULLS
Western timber wolf LOBO
Whiskey cocktails SOURS
Within AMID
Word with "pro" or "purpose" ALL
World Poker Tour contribution ANTE
Writer Ephron NORA
___ Allan Poe EDGAR
___ cum laude MAGNA