USA Today - Oct 6 2019

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Clues Answers
'Emma' novelist Austen JANE
Agile for one's age SPRY
Alaska gold rush town NOME
Archipelago part ISLE
Article of faith TENET
Battery in a wireless mouse AAA
Battlefield bravery HEROICS
Betsy in American history ROSS
Biblical tower site BABEL
Bit of body ink, informally TAT
Blue-haired Simpson MARGE
Broccoli ___ (bitter veggie) RABE
Catherine the Great, e.g EMPRESS
Cause to convulse with laughter SLAY
City east of Phoenix MESA
Coloratura's solo ARIA
Cuisine with nam tok THAI
Cultural doings ARTS
David Bowie's rock genre GLAM
Decline, as stocks SAG
Emerald Isle, in poems ERIN
Emphasized, like some type BOLD
Fictional sleuth Charlie CHAN
Fleece-lined boots UGGS
Flourless cake, perhaps TORTE
Form a scab CLOT
FWIW part ITS
Grain in some beers RYE
Guesstimate words ORSO
Hammerlock or headlock HOLD
Have coming DESERVE
Hiawatha's craft CANOE
Hindu noble RAJAH
Home to about 4.5 billion ASIA
Hot sauce brand TABASCO
In fine fettle HALE
Instigation for a prank, often DARE
John Dillinger, notably BANKROBBER
Like a bad apple, perhaps WORMY
Clues Answers
Loafer part SOLE
Martini garnish OLIVE
MBA candidate's subj ECON
Murray with four Grammys ANNE
Music festival lineup, for short SKED
Name in fine china LENOX
Name in shortening CRISCO
Not in the dark AWARE
On the road AWAY
Origami bird CRANE
Planet, to a poet ORB
Platter at a wine bar CHEESETRAY
Prefix like 'contra-' ANTI
Pub round ALES
Rises in anger REARSUP
Rustic stopovers INNS
Security officer's shelter GUARDSHACK
Shire of 'Rocky' movies TALIA
Sources of wisdom ORACLES
Spuds at a chophouse STEAKFRIES
Stick in a genealogy kit SWAB
Study all night, say CRAM
Surrealist Magritte RENE
Tex's pal PARD
The Beatles' 'Penny ___' LANE
They're splitsville EXES
Torah holders ARKS
Toys on strings KITES
Travolta chin feature CLEFT
Up to this point ASYET
Uses Redbox, say RENTS
Wasn't straight LIED
Weedy lot, e.g EYESORE
When checks are distributed PAYDAY
Whom Moe called 'Porcupine' LARRY
With no letup ONEND
Wonderland cake words EATME
Word on a handle PULL
Words to an old chap ISAY