USA Today - Dec 8 2017

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Clues Answers
"As a bonus . . ." PLUS
"Moby-Dick" weapon HARPOON
"On my honor!" NOLIE
1/20 of a ream QUIRE
5-millimeter-thick Oreos THINS
A bunch of MANY
Able to accept a date FREE
Accessory worn near the navel BELTBUCKLE
African lake, or its country CHAD
All lathered up SUDSY
Anthony's former radio cohost OPIE
Aphids, to ladybugs PREY
Appliances that may get stoked FURNACES
Ask urgently BEG
Blockage-relieving tube STENT
Casaba covering RIND
Chain with gooey, 880-calorie rolls CINNABON
Clod choppers HOES
Comments from Groucho QUIPS
Cornfield call CAW
Crown-wearing elephant of kid-lit BABAR
Cubes in cocktails ICE
Cuisine with dirty rice CAJUN
Dispensers at coffee bars URNS
Dominated, in sports slang OWNED
Emission standards org EPA
Engaged in, as a trade PLIED
Enjoyed a smorgasbord ATE
Feeder visitor BIRD
Floaters in fjords FLOES
Froot Loops alternative TRIX
Guthrie at Woodstock ARLO
Headwind for a westbound flight JETSTREAM
Home of the Baylor Bears WACO
Homes to brooders COOPS
Homes to tadpoles PONDS
Honolulu welcome ALOHA
In a frenzy AMOK
Insect in a colony ANT
Clues Answers
Insignificant upturn BLIP
Inspire joy in ELATE
Joint not covered by capri pants ANKLE
Levine of "The Voice" ADAM
Like boudoir photography SEXY
Like dessert wines SWEET
Mousetrap morsel CHEESE
Name on the 2008 Republican ticket PALIN
New Haven collegians ELIS
Offer an answer RESPOND
Oktoberfest quaff ALE
One in scoring position, perhaps BASERUNNER
One of three articles in English THE
Part of LAPD LOS
Personal schedule, so to speak DANCECARD
Political convention venue ARENA
Prepares to land DESCENDS
Press pass datum NAME
Pretzel shape KNOT
Pulls vigorously TUGS
Purposely pass over OMIT
Sarcastic "Just kidding!" NOT
Sat down with MET
Satirists' creations SENDUPS
Seward Peninsula seaport NOME
Sleeping car feature BERTH
Sorrowful interjection ALAS
Source of donated blood VEIN
Spiteful remark BARB
Sprint site TRACK
Superb rating AONE
Trellis climbers VINES
Turkey's capital ANKARA
Visits dreamland, briefly NAPS
Waterboards, many contend TORTURES
Wichita natives KANSANS
Windborne toys KITES
Wooer's dozen ROSES
Word that can precede the first parts of 17- and 54-Across and 11- and 33-Down FAN