USA Today - Nov 23 2016

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Clues Answers
"Cold, hard" money CASH
"Show Boat" author Ferber EDNA
"The Pit and the Pendulum" writer POE
"The Simpsons" character Disco STU
72, for many courses PAR
A state of matter SOLID
Bad day for Caesar IDES
Between ports ASEA
Blacken on a grill CHAR
Bricklayers' burdens HODS
Bud in a baked ham CLOVE
Building build-on ELL
Cartoon purveyor of anvils and tornado kits ACME
Church area with a semi-dome, perhaps APSE
Conversation starter HELLO
Cops' org PBA
Cover-up of sorts VEILOFSECRECY
Dynasts of yore TSARS
Egg cells OVA
Eponymous jeans maker LEVISTRAUSS
Evening news, typically LIVEBROADCAST
Examine carefully VET
Fairly divided PRORATA
FAQ part ASKED
First murder victim ABEL
Flinches, say REACTS
Food Network figure CHEF
Frisbee, essentially DISK
Fund, as a fellowship ENDOW
Gangster's gun GAT
Gardener's tool SPADE
Genesis of an invention IDEA
Grab a bite EAT
Grassy expanse LEA
Hall's "Maneater" partner OATES
Hamlet, e.g DANE
Home to part of Azerbaijan ASIA
Hooters mascot OWL
iPhone button HOME
Clues Answers
Irritating to the nose ACRID
James Comey's org FBI
Japanese city trashed by Godzilla OSAKA
JFK postings ETAS
Lennon's lady ONO
Like a child of two cousins INBRED
Like-minded voting group BLOC
Lunar crevice RILL
Lush area of the Sahara OASIS
Make a decision RULE
Monastery head ABBOT
New York strip, e.g STEAK
Newly minted USN officer ENS
One of the Gulf States OMAN
Part of some suits VEST
Port in a storm, so to speak HAVEN
Prefix with con or classical NEO
Reason to ask "Who am I?" AMNESIA
Reel's partner ROD
Relating to form MODAL
Riyadh resident SAUDI
Roger with seven Wimbledon wins FEDERER
Rolled-out lawn SOD
Safe from harm INVIOLATE
Same old, same old RUT
Scatter, as seed SOW
Smartphone no TEL
Smooth, like 007 SUAVE
Snowbird's destination SUNBELT
Soothing succulent ALOE
Take forcibly WREST
They're from hell EVILSPIRITS
Throws in ADDS
Tropical getaways ISLES
VIP's protector BODYGUARD
Visibly frightened ASHEN
Way off or on RAMP
Work on a turkey or pumpkin CARVE
Xenophobe's fear ALIEN