USA Today - Feb 12 2015

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Clues Answers
"Hard ___!" (helm command) ALEE
"Hey . . . over here!" PSST
"Nail" anagram LAIN
Abbreviation for some generals RETD
Accustom to hardship (var.) ENURE
Addams butler LURCH
Annie, and others ORPHANS
Australasian parrot LORY
Avant-garde word form NEO
Basketball venue ARENA
Be the king REIGN
Bear in the air URSA
Beggar's request ALMS
Big name in oil HESS
Blood lines from the heart AORTAS
Bored feeling ENNUI
Cheech or Chong persona HIPPIE
China's ___ of Four GANG
Chocolate source CACAO
Completely botch RUIN
Croquet stakes PEGS
Cultural value system ETHIC
Different from UNLIKE
Distinct features of a problem ASPECTS
Distinctive flair ELAN
Enjoys the kiddie pool WADES
Exclamation of disgust PHOOEY
Exploit USE
Features of many TV dramas SHOCKINGENDINGS
Films with "casts of thousands" EPICS
Fire bugs ANTS
Full of backtalk SASSY
Give permission to ALLOW
Harbor vessel SCOW
Heavy weight? TON
Holiday tune NOEL
Horse preceder, at times CART
Hubbubs ADOS
Clues Answers
Impolite dinner sound SLURP
Knot-tying site ALTAR
Lip-___ (pretend to sing) SYNC
Luxury spread CAVIAR
Man known for double takes? NOAH
Man of the cloth PASTOR
Martin and Cain DEANS
Northern diving bird AUK
Not a mystery KNOWN
Not quite a quartet TRIO
Nutmeg covering ARIL
Ork, for one PLANET
Perch for a bighorn CRAG
Person's distinctive quality AURA
Popular street name MAIN
Port of Rome, long ago OSTIA
Precede (with "to") LEADUP
Proceeded stealthily CREPT
Promissory note, of a sort IOU
Public boulevard PASEO
Puzzle solver's shout AHA
Quick food shop DELI
Rug type AREA
Seaweed variety KELP
Secrecy fabric? VEIL
Signature melody THEME
Spock's feature EAR
Spy's name, often ALIAS
Story's first word ONCE
Swine swill SLOP
Tandoor-baked bread NAAN
The financially savvy make them meet ENDS
Type of spray NASAL
Uncle Remus offering TALE
Unexpected thing left at your door SURPRISEPACKAGE
What horrible performances can produce STUNNEDSILENCES
Work in a pawnshop LEND
Yoked groups TEAMS