USA Today - Dec 16 2016

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Clues Answers
"Candy is dandy . . ." poet Nash OGDEN
"Mr. Bean" actor Atkinson ROWAN
"On the half shell" bite CLAM
"Star Wars" princess LEIA
"Virtua Fighter" game company SEGA
2009 sci-fi movie that grossed over $2 billion AVATAR
Angst-ridden music subgenre EMO
Apia's land SAMOA
Assents on the briny AYES
ATV part ALL
Available if needed ONCALL
Berlin divider, once WALL
Bit of mock fanfare TADA
Blunt-tipped sword EPEE
Bridge seat EAST
Choice seats at the opera LOGE
Classic cola brand ROYALCROWN
Cockamamie SILLY
Crier's employer TOWN
Cry one's eyes out BAWL
Cubicle fixture DESK
Dermatologist's concern CYST
Descartes' "therefore" ERGO
Eggs on canapes ROE
Evidence of decay ODOR
Eye part that's useful in biometrics IRIS
Ferris wheel locale FAIR
Garden statuette GNOME
Ginger cookie SNAP
Gossipy sort YENTA
Ho-hum BANAL
Hora dancers' formation CIRCLE
Housefly's undoing SWAT
How gazpacho is served COLD
IHOP serving STACK
Infant's discomfort COLIC
Is in the hole OWES
Keep close tabs on TAIL
Late hours, in ads NITE
Clues Answers
Lewis who voiced Lamb Chop SHARI
Like diet soda LOWCAL
Links obstacle TRAP
Means justifiers, some say ENDS
Mouselike rodent VOLE
No longer stuck on OVER
Nobelist Wiesel ELIE
Org. that does PreChecks TSA
Oscar Madison, notably SLOB
Our genus HOMO
Paquin of "X-Men" movies ANNA
Pastoral expanse LEA
Paul Ryan hairline feature WIDOWSPEAK
Peachy-keen NIFTY
Perez of "Fearless" ROSIE
Philbin of TV REGIS
Piano key material, once IVORY
Pinochle play MELD
Pitchman's partner SHILL
Problem-solver's wear, figuratively THINKINGCAP
Put on the books ENACT
Rebel yell, e.g WARCRY
San Antonio battle site ALAMO
Soap opera set in Tuscany Valley FALCONCREST
Stimulant-yielding leaf BETEL
Symbol of purity HALO
Tarzan's chimp pal CHEETA
Terrorist group, to Obama ISIL
Tin can eater in cartoons GOAT
Tony and Oscar, for two AWARDS
Turkish metropolis ANKARA
TVA product (Abbr.) ELEC
Types in again REKEYS
Vaulters' needs POLES
Was in awe of FEARED
Well-informed about UPON
Zola heroine NANA
___ Island ("Jaws" town) AMITY
___ Tuesday (big primary day) SUPER