USA Today - Dec 24 2014

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Clues Answers
"Beauty and the Beast" heroine BELLE
"Pine Tar" George BRETT
"So there you ___!" ARE
"What ___ to be the problem?" SEEMS
Alex Haley classic ROOTS
Amos or Spelling TORI
Anti-friction device BALLBEARING
Approximately ORSO
Artistic judgment TASTE
Attack-trained military unit STRIKEFORCE
Automotive pioneer FORD
Barney's pal FRED
Be under par, healthwise AIL
Blood-drive contributor DONOR
Children's story opener ONCE
Christmas tree decoration CANE
Climber's challenge ALP
Clobbered, biblically SMOTE
Colin Powell's service branch ARMY
Epps of "House M.D." OMAR
First, as a voyage MAIDEN
Foot bottom SOLE
Frat letter BETA
Geographical regions AREAS
Hammer and saw, for two TOOLS
Has high regard for RESPECTS
Having no light DARK
He hit .420 in 1911 COBB
Hideo who pitched NOMO
Highly energetic person BALLOFFIRE
Hole in a Vegas machine SLOT
Huck Finn carrier RAFT
Hunter S. of literature THOMPSON
Hydroxyl compound ENOL
It's needed to row, row, row your boat OAR
Jazz locale UTAH
Jimmy played by Jack Nicholson HOFFA
John Irving's "A Prayer for ___ Meany" OWEN
John who might be anybody DOE
Clues Answers
Kitchen utensil CORER
Laundry unit LOAD
Legal order DECREE
Like the wash cycle SOAPY
Minor TEEN
Mom-and-pop hotels INNS
Mystery writing awards EDGARS
Nonsense syllable of song TRA
Nullify, as a law STRIKEDOWN
Open, as a gift UNWRAP
Parachutist's danger zone TREETOPS
Pennant quest RACE
Pitcher's grip improver ROSIN
Pitchfork-shaped letter PSI
Place of business PREMISES
Prayer-ending word AMEN
Put up a building ERECT
Royce's collaborator ROLLS
Scarlett's skirt type HOOP
Shaver's gel alternative FOAM
Silent assents NODS
Singer Domino FATS
Skip past OMIT
Small songbird WREN
Sound from the stadium crowd ROAR
Sphere with a map GLOBE
Strike a stance POSE
Strong emotion HATE
Swedish pop group ABBA
Take to the cleaners BILK
Tango quota TWO
They cross the plate SCORERS
They have heads and tails COINS
Toots BENDERS
Type of acid BORIC
Use a flutter kick SWIM
Vocal quality TONE
___ Kong HONG
___ Stanley Gardner ERLE