USA Today - Jul 18 2017

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Clues Answers
"Alternative ___" (bit of fake news) FACT
"Draft Dodger Rag" singer Phil OCHS
"Excuse me . . ." AHEM
"What a relief!" PHEW
"What ___ thinking?" AMI
"___ soup yet?" ISIT
Air France hub ORLY
All the rage INSTYLE
Beehive structure HONEYCOMB
Bert's pal on "Sesame Street" ERNIE
Big spender in Vegas HIGHROLLER
Bird with an olive branch DOVE
Bit of wax on a letter SEAL
Boorish sort CHURL
Carpetlayer's calculation AREA
Casualty in Genesis ABEL
Cause of writer's cramp, often SPASM
Changes, as puzzle clues EDITS
Core-strengthening exercises SITUPS
Cost of belonging DUES
Coumadin may prevent its formation CLOT
D.C. wheeler-dealers POLS
Davis of "Do the Right Thing" OSSIE
Defied the posted limit SPED
Dendrologist's interest TREE
Do a bakery chore KNEAD
Do well financially PROSPER
Dwindle, as public favor ERODE
Egyptologist's find TOMB
El Chapo, in the drug world KINGPIN
Email folder heading SENT
Equally matched EVEN
Falco of "Nurse Jackie" EDIE
Fish tales LIES
Get to second base, in a way STEAL
Gorsuch of the Supreme Court NEIL
GPS lines (Abbr.) RDS
He sang of Alice ARLO
Hulk of wrestling HOGAN
Clues Answers
In a heap PILED
It comes from the heart AORTA
Like an uncomfortable mattress, perhaps LUMPY
Like black ice SLICK
Long, arduous journeys TREKS
Measuring aid TAPE
Move hither and yon ROVE
Nickelodeon's target audience KIDS
On naval maneuvers, say ATSEA
Part of a movie trailer VIDEOCLIP
Personal manner MIEN
Pie cuts, essentially RADII
Pledge paddle's target REAR
Pollsters' discoveries TRENDS
Puccini title heroine TOSCA
Puzzle parts PIECES
Rec room missile DART
Relax in the tub SOAK
Rightmost column, maybe ONES
Run, but go nowhere IDLE
Seamless transition SEGUE
Seller's profit margin MARKUP
Sharif of "Doctor Zhivago" OMAR
Shrubs and vines in a forest, e.g UNDERBRUSH
Shut angrily SLAM
Soccer standout Hamm MIA
States confidently ASSERTS
Take a tumble TRIP
Take-a-number supermarket section DELI
Tenderhearted KIND
Through-the-keyhole glimpse PEEK
Verb in personal ads SEEKS
Weight watcher's buy SCALE
Wheaties box adorner ATHLETE
Wild place, stereotypically WEST
Word processing function under "Format" FONT
Workplace watchdog agcy OSHA
Zubin of the Israel Philharmonic MEHTA
___ Paulo, Brazil SAO