USA Today - Jan 31 2015

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Clues Answers
"A Nest of Simple ___" (O'Faolain novel) FOLK
"Buffalo" Bill CODY
"Cheers" character NORM
"M*A*S*H" character RADAR
"Upon this rock" apostle PETER
A single time ONCE
African carnivore HYENA
Arabian Sea gulf ADEN
Archaeologist's milieu DIG
Author Loos ANITA
Bamako's country MALI
Beat the pants off TROMP
Becomes more complex, as a plot THICKENS
Boehm, for one FLUTIST
Booed JEERED
Card-game authority Edmond HOYLE
Chatter idly PRATE
Cheesemaker's product? MILKYWHEY
Chef's phrase ALA
Chocolate tree CACAO
Choice word ELSE
Christmas carols NOELS
Cleaning cloth RAG
Dental problem DECAY
English novelist Bagnold ENID
Father, informally DAD
Flaxlike fiber RAMIE
Flue collection SMUT
Fourth of July? WYE
Front for metric or bar ISO
Go backwards in time? EMIT
Gratuitous herb? FREETHYME
Hall of Famer Lajoie NAP
Having a hard time deciding TORN
He crosses the line SCAB
Inheritor right out of the shower? CLEANHEIR
Largest tree stump? SUPERBOLE
Loll about LAZE
Luxuriously soft and satiny SILKEN
Clues Answers
Machinations SCHEMES
Manner STYLE
Mighty trees OAKS
Mimicking one APER
More healthy-looking HALER
Nephrite JADE
Objects intuited but not seen NOUMENA
Olympic sword EPEE
One being exploited USEE
One who walks purposefully STRIDER
Pahlavi, for one SHAH
Parker and Waterman PENS
Part of a cheerleader's routine YELL
Participate in an auction BID
Plant swelling EDEMA
Poet St. Vincent Millay EDNA
Prado display ART
Put on the market OFFER
Refusals from the Pope? ROMANNOES
River of eastern Germany SPREE
Rugrat TOT
Rx measures DOSES
Scratch out a living EKE
Shaving-cream additive, sometimes ALOE
Singer Waters ETHEL
Stage of development PHASE
Star observer GAZER
Sting SMART
Stir up AGITATE
Straighten ALIGN
Tackle's partner BLOCK
The first "L" of L.L. Bean LEON
The sour taste of Robespierre's tenure? ACIDREIGN
Therefore THUS
They make spots ADMEN
Try to obtain SEEK
Unable to appreciate the symphony TONEDEAF
Wine classification SEC
___ of Troy HELEN