USA Today - Sep 18 2016

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Clues Answers
"High Hopes" insect ANT
"Oedipus ___" REX
"Rats!" DARN
"Unsafe at Any Speed" author NADER
100-meter runners, e.g DASHERS
1974 grant to Nixon PARDON
Airline with King David Lounges ELAL
Airliner safety threat BIRDSTRIKE
Ambulance letters EMS
Arrive at ORD or LAX LAND
Ballpark officials SCORERS
Bar mixer COLA
Bartender's late-night cry LASTCALL
Baseball yearbook listing ROSTER
Black-tie bash GALA
Blackthorn berries SLOES
Buffalo's waterfront ERIE
Cleaned one's plate ATE
Close forcefully SLAM
Composer Stravinsky IGOR
Criticized vehemently BLASTED
Debutante's date ESCORT
Do a sheepdog's job HERD
Doggy bag treats TBONES
Dredged area, maybe RIVERBED
Electrical power network GRID
Elon Musk's auto company TESLA
Emphasis on syllables WORDSTRESS
Exhausted, slangily WIPED
Fight card venue ARENA
Food in a trough SLOP
Former "America's Got Talent" judge HOWARDSTERN
Frozen waffle brand EGGO
Genesis son ABEL
Gimlet or screwdriver TOOL
Good buddies PALS
Grid great Sayers GALE
Hunter S. Thompson's journalism style GONZO
In good order NEAT
Clues Answers
Lacking courage TIMID
Like a sourball TART
Like funny money BOGUS
Lincoln's Confederate counterpart DAVIS
Lowly laborer PEON
Many scoutmasters DADS
Mary of "The Maltese Falcon" ASTOR
Mineral in spinach IRON
Needing salt and pepper, maybe BLAND
Nest egg initials IRA
Northern neighbor of Tex OKLA
Political exile, briefly EXPAT
Pre-deal payment ANTE
Pungent-smelling ACRID
Put the kibosh on END
Reacts to a black light GLOWS
Rice-sized pasta ORZO
Rock's Jon ___ Jovi BON
Shock jock Don IMUS
Smart-alecky PERT
Sonata finale, often CODA
Star in Orion RIGEL
State that may be slipped into COMA
Summoned the butler RANG
Tarantula feature HAIR
The underworld HADES
Thin puff of smoke WISP
Thirsty tot's request WAWA
Took the gold WON
Transvaal trekker BOER
Vowel sound in "rain" LONGA
Weigh station deduction TARE
Whack with a pledge paddle, say HAZE
Where to buy used vinyl RECORDSTORE
Willie Nelson hair feature BRAID
Without peer ALONE
Word in some newspaper names GAZETTE
___ ceiling (corporate barrier) GLASS
___ Little ("The Wire" stick-up man) OMAR