USA Today - Dec 18 2013

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Clues Answers
"An idea whose time ___ come" HAS
"Get ___ to a nunnery" ("Hamlet") THEE
"Honor Thy Father" author Gay TALESE
"Well, ___ you something!" ARENT
157.5 degrees from N SSE
Abu ___ (Arabian sheikdom) DHABI
Acts pushy, in a way ELBOWS
Ascended, as from the grave RISEN
Balances on the brink TEETERS
Band offering SET
Before the present, before the present ERENOW
Begins to awaken STIRS
Betsy or Diana ROSS
Bird on a cap in Baltimore ORIOLE
Bumps on trunks KNARS
Cameo shape OVAL
Candy morsel for coughers DROP
Certain X or O TIC
Chicago Bears founder George HALAS
City thoroughfare STREET
Club that preserved Yosemite SIERRA
Color unlikely to clash ECRU
Cry at the bullfight OLE
Dhow sailor, perhaps ARAB
Does a darn good job? MENDS
Draw a blank FORGET
Eliminate REMOVE
Eloper's acquisition INLAW
Emotion of the miffed IRE
Employed USED
Endangered goose of Hawaii NENE
Fabled fast starter HARE
Fowl dance? THEFUNKYCHICKEN
Fowl dessert? GOOSEBERRYPIE
Gabriel of "The Usual Suspects" BYRNE
Girl Friday, e.g AIDE
Hankering YEN
Hawaiian Islands porch LANAI
Hearty party GALA
Clues Answers
Here's a verb for you ARE
Holiday, for one INN
In a bit, to the bard ANON
It's just fowl TURKEYGOBBLER
Keep the auction going REBID
Little Jack Horner's last words AMI
Lymph ___ NODE
Miner's bonanza ORE
More than occasionally OFTEN
Mythical first lady on Mount Olympus HERA
Negative particle ELECTRON
Not worth a dime USELESS
Old Common Market abbr EEC
Participated in cross country RAN
Pastry shop purchase ECLAIR
Perform incorrectly MISDO
Permitted by law LICIT
Planet, poetically ORB
Pledge of Allegiance word NATION
Punjab sect member SIKH
Santa's subordinates ELVES
Scottish topper TAM
Sound system of yesteryear HIFI
Spelling event BEE
Star of "M*A*S*H"? ASTERISK
Stranded stuff in cells RNA
Stuff in a robber-foiling pack DYE
Summer air circulator FAN
The "F" in FYI FOR
Therapeutic plants ALOES
Transactions DEALS
Trunk of the human body TORSO
Vehicles with caterpillar treads TANKS
Vessel for making lo mein WOK
Wartime entertainment grp USO
Wharf rodent RAT
Wine glass part RIM
Word of praise at the Met BRAVO
Word with "women's" or "ad" LIB