USA Today - Dec 12 2017

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Clues Answers
"Be well!" TAKECARE
"Charleston Rag" composer Blake EUBIE
"GoodFellas" Oscar winner JOEPESCI
"Oh no!" YIPE
"The Ed Sullivan Show" lineup ACTS
Aaron with MLB's rookie home run record JUDGE
Air Force truant, for short AWOL
Arid Mongolian expanse GOBI
Auto glass option TINT
Avoid wedding expenses, in a way ELOPE
Backsplash piece TILE
Bad to the bone EVIL
Barely burn SINGE
Bench wood PINE
Bills in liar's poker ONES
Bothered incessantly ATEAT
Brad of "World War Z" PITT
California county affected by 2017 wildfires NAPA
Canine ailment caused by mites MANGE
Celebrity's aura CHARISMA
Chases down, as fly balls SHAGS
City in a 2014 Ava DuVernay movie SELMA
Clean Air Act, e.g ECOLAW
Clear a hurdle LEAP
Committed perjury, say LIED
Common mirror shape OVAL
Corn Belt state IOWA
Country that's nominally, but not actually, independent Puppetstate
Crude transport TANKER
Cyclical weight gain and loss YOYODIETING
Document in a safe, perhaps DEED
Dress that makes a bold statement SLINKYGOWN
Flowery verses ODES
Flu season protection SHOT
Follow, as advice HEED
Fraud or trespassing TORT
Gave the thumbs-up SAIDYES
Goody-goody PRIG
Gulf War missile SCUD
Clues Answers
Gullible sorts SAPS
Guys, slangily DUDES
Highly prized DEAR
Hissy fits SNITS
Home run hitter's gait TROT
Hooded serpent COBRA
Irritating sort TWIT
James of "Elf" CAAN
Like Advil or Motrin, briefly OTC
List shortener, for short ETAL
Long, hard trip TREK
Mall binge SPREE
Mark on a sunbather TANLINE
Mean mutt CUR
Nail ___ (power tool) GUN
Nebraska river to the Missouri PLATTE
New York subway scurrier RAT
One of a kiwi's vestigial pair WING
Org. opposed to fur farming PETA
Orkin or Terminix victim ROACH
Pasta whose name means "feathers" PENNE
Perform poorly, slangily STINK
Pontiac in a 1964 hit GTO
Relinquishes by treaty CEDES
Retro phone feature DIAL
Shapiro of "All Things Considered" ARI
Shorten or lengthen, perhaps ALTER
Singer of "Footloose" LORI
Site with PowerSellers EBAY
Sources of baseball bat wood ASHTREES
Spice obtained from nutmeg MACE
Squalid digs STY
Strong desires YENS
They're "copped" by defendants PLEAS
Tripped, as a mousetrap SPRUNG
Twiddling one's thumbs IDLE
Utter disaster TRAINWRECK
Wee Scot LAD
Whacked, so to speak SLEW