USA Today - Feb 27 2018

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Clues Answers
". . . the ___ of defeat" AGONY
"And others," briefly ETAL
"Damn Yankees" temptress LOLA
"Island in the Sun" novelist Waugh ALEC
"Maybe later" NOTNOW
"Moving right ___ . . ." ALONG
"Opposites attract" is one ADAGE
"Uncle Tom's Cabin" girl EVA
Analyze in grammar class PARSE
Aptly named Nissan CUBE
Ballpark officials SCORERS
Banjoist Fleck BELA
Beat a hasty retreat LAM
Begin a cruise SETSAIL
Beyond salvation LOST
Brubeck's "Take ___" FIVE
Caen's river ORNE
Cloak-and-dagger figure SPY
Deviled eggs morsel CAPER
Does a general's job LEADS
Exchange verbal zingers SPAR
Fix, as a seam RESEW
Fizz flavoring SLOE
French Sudan, today MALI
Gets into shape TONESUP
Gin cocktail, for short COLLINS
Grab a snack NOSH
Had down cold KNEW
Hard shot, in hockey SLAP
In ___ straits (desperate) DIRE
Is a big success GOESFAR
It's invested by experts SMARTMONEY
Kegs' contents ALES
Labor leader I.W ABEL
Lagoon's boundary ATOLL
Lesley of "60 Minutes" STAHL
Lettering that stands out BOLDPRINT
Litter castoff, often RUNT
Lizzie Borden's weapon AXE
Clues Answers
Mah-jongg piece TILE
Many a smartphone photo SELFIE
Marie with two Nobels CURIE
Movie pal of Stitch LILO
Much of a produce aisle FRESHFRUIT
North of Iran-Contra, familiarly OLLIE
One of the Aldas ALAN
One to look up to ICON
One way to commute RAIL
One-pot entree STEW
Optimist's words ICAN
Paintballer's outfit, for short CAMO
Perry in the Trump Cabinet RICK
Persuade with smooth talk COAX
Philippine tongue TAGALOG
Pointy-hatted garden statuette GNOME
Protractor's measurement ANGLE
Puts into like groups ASSORTS
Racket or club part GRIP
Sailors' patron saint ELMO
Salary max CAP
Sikorsky of aviation IGOR
Sin ___ (penalty box) BIN
Sulfur dioxide feature ODOR
Swimmer's woe CRAMP
Tends to the sauce STIRS
Touch base after a flyout TAGUP
Toupees, slangily RUGS
Toy that "sleeps" YOYO
Visual aid on an easel FLIPCHART
Wagon train puller MULE
Waze display MAP
Website for auction snipers EBAY
Wed like Romeo and Juliet ELOPE
Whacks, mob-style OFFS
Word before pointer or printer LASER
Word with mixed or social MEDIA
___ Club (Costco rival) SAMS
___-nighter (cramming session) ALL