USA Today - Oct 22 2012

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Clues Answers
"Buona ___" (Italian greeting) SERA
"Now we can finally begin!" ATLAST
"Owner of a Lonely Heart" band YES
1944 Normandy event DDAY
Actor Mineo SAL
Aviation prefix AERO
Beat with a whip FLOG
Big Ben's three III
Big rig SEMI
Breed of terrier SKYE
Build ERECT
Capital on the Baltic Sea RIGA
Checklist detail ITEM
Cherry and ruby REDS
Cook's protection MITT
Cracker Jack bonus TOY
Cultural value system ETHOS
Culture medium AGAR
Dance with high kicks CANCAN
Disturbance ADO
Do a judge's task HEAR
Don Quixote's squire SANCHO
Doughboy's weapon RIFLE
Downward dog discipline YOGA
Eight performers OCTET
Extra layer in winter? RIME
Farewell, Italian-style CIAO
Felon CRIMINAL
Feudal laborers SERFS
First name among jazz legends ELLA
First word in many letters DEAR
Florida marsh bird EGRET
Four-footed friends PETS
Global economic org IMF
Grounds sign KEEPOFFTHEGRASS
Group of key personnel CADRE
Grows one's food LIVESOFFTHELAND
Guinness or Waugh ALEC
If one's angry, it's up DANDER
Clues Answers
Improvisional tunes RIFFS
Inexperienced person NAIF
Jane Austen novel EMMA
Knife handle HAFT
KO caller REF
Leftover piece of iron SCRAP
Lex Luthor's sidekick in "Superman" OTIS
Like an uncleaned hearth ASHY
Like week-old bread STALE
Men-only STAG
Mini feature? HEM
Moral standards ETHICS
More prevalent RIFER
More quick to the helm YARER
Move upward ARISE
Newsworthy period of history ERA
Nutmeg-based spice MACE
Parting words BYES
Peter the Great, e.g TSAR
Pillow covering SHAM
Pitchblende, e.g ORE
Send forth EMIT
Set up the tents ENCAMPED
Shore eagle ERNE
Spaces with skylights ATRIA
Subject of media coverage EVENT
Tandoor, for one OVEN
Temperamental performer DIVA
The "Say Hey Kid" MAYS
Thing to do before bed TURNOFFTHELIGHT
Tree that provides wickers OSIER
Unit of eight computer bits BYTE
Unit of flux TESLA
Unwelcome glance LEER
Watched intently EYED
Wear away ERODE
What the fat lady sings? ARIA
Word with "hired" or "fired" YOURE
Worthy of worship SACRED