USA Today - Aug 7 2014

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Clues Answers
"A ___ formality" MERE
"I'm listening . . ." GOON
"What have we here?" OHO
"___ the season to be jolly" TIS
Asiatic wild dog DHOLE
Aspiring veep RUNNINGMATE
Baby's diversion RATTLE
Ball hit on the screws LINER
Blood fluids SERA
Bond offerer, e.g ISSUER
Bring back burgers EATIN
Carry the day WIN
Cause of widespread firing? UZI
Challenges DARES
City on the St. Lawrence SOREL
Construct ERECT
Cornell of Cornell University EZRA
Crazies, south of the border LOCOS
Cut and paste EDIT
Dennis, for one MENACE
Did 37-Across yesterday? RACED
Doctor's pass-along REFERRAL
English noble EARL
Fail to leave STAY
Fearfully strange EERIE
Goes into debt OWES
Group of two DUAD
Gushes SPEWS
In a resentful way RANCOROUSLY
Insurance seller AGENT
Involving the ear OTIC
Is dog-tired? PANTS
It may provide child support? KNEE
James or Springfield RICK
Kind of tea PEKOE
Knock one's socks off AWE
Left on a cruise? PORT
Look ___ (visit briefly) INON
Middle middle DEES
Clues Answers
Miners' finds ORES
Minimal amount IOTA
Old term for nitrogen AZOTE
Olympic skater Kulik ILIA
One of a benevolent order ELK
Oscar role for Julia ERIN
Part of a minute SECOND
Parts SEGMENTS
Pastrami source DELI
Prefix with "type" LINO
Promos ADS
Pueblo people ZUNI
Put on board LADE
Raise, as produce GROW
Rehearse quickly RUNTHROUGH
Resistance units OHMS
Rid of grit DESAND
Russo in "Major League" RENE
Searching through destructively RANSACKING
Sentimental drivel GOO
Short math course? CALC
Shrek, notably OGRE
Skinny one's feature LANKNESS
Son of Seth ENOS
Soprano Lehmann LOTTE
Splices onto a plant ENGRAFTS
Stock exchange membership SEAT
Stockholm native SWEDE
Storm-tracking device RADAR
Taking to court SUING
There's none in asking HARM
They could be this puzzle's theme RACES
To the contrary RATHER
Visit habitually HAUNT
Weary travelers' stopovers INNS
When Caesar was killed IDES
World's longest river NILE
___ Bator, Mongolia ULAN
___ gum (thickening agent) GUAR