USA Today - Oct 21 2015

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Clues Answers
"By the ___ token . . ." SAME
"It's been ___ pleasure!" AREAL
"Really, ___ nothing" ITS
"Understand?" SEE
"Welcome" bearer MAT
"___ the ramparts . . ." OER
A tense PRESENT
Absorb, as costs EAT
Advertiser on TV SPONSOR
Backs of necks NAPES
Bar mitzvah appetizer KNISH
Before, at the beginning PRE
Before, of yore ERE
Biblical verb DOEST
Bighead's problem EGO
Birds in a gaggle GEESE
Bit of body art, slangily TAT
Blaster's stuff TNT
Blueprint detail, in short SPEC
Bunny's tail SCUT
Cairo is its capital city EGYPT
Cash recipient PAYEE
Cereal eater's implement SPOON
Cereal grass bristle AWN
Certain newsstand KIOSK
Chicken ___ king ALA
Classic introduction? NEO
Coal holders BINS
Color HUE
Compass direction SOUTHBYEAST
Compass direction WESTBYNORTH
Compass direction NORTHBYWEST
Compass points EASTANDWEST
Cultural value system ETHIC
Darkly obscure MURKY
Doorframe JAMB
Dutch cheese GOUDA
Emulate a dog's tail WAG
Encourage EGGON
Clues Answers
Florist's cutting STEM
Forty winks NAP
Greek "P" RHO
Healthy and vigorous LUSTY
Improve, as wine and cheese AGE
It starts at the heart AORTA
It's caught outside bakeries AROMA
It's just over a foot ANKLE
Lisa of note MONA
Long-tailed songbird PIPIT
Magazine monthly ISSUE
Native Hawkeye IOWAN
Nice and friendly AMIABLE
Olympic hopeful ATHLETE
Outbreak ONSET
Paper units REAMS
Pine tree substance RESIN
Prolonged assault SIEGE
Push and shove JOSTLE
Red, white and blue initials USA
Relatives of 15-Across FETAS
Responds to stimuli REACTS
Rich MONEYED
Romney of politics MITT
Rumple, as hair MUSS
Set straight ALIGN
Signal of distress SOS
Thai money BAHTS
Theft protection PADLOCK
They may be glossed over LIPS
They show you are you IDS
Toast choice WHEAT
Wailer of folklore BANSHEE
What a tugboat does TOWS
What makes men mean? ANA
Whiskered swimmer CATFISH
Writer's inspiration MUSE
___ donna PRIMA
___ for the books ONE