USA Today - Dec 11 2017

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Clues Answers
"Birthday" painter Chagall MARC
"I'm so fortunate!" LUCKYME
"It's ___ a hard day's night . . ." BEEN
"Please step in!" ENTER
Advil alternative ALEVE
Anticipatory periods EVES
Any of the "Scary Movie" movies FARCE
Area at one end of a church APSE
Ark groupings PAIRS
As an escort ALONG
Beasts in rice paddies OXEN
Began a hand DEALT
Cause of a puddle, perhaps LEAK
Center of campus activity QUAD
Chanced a citation SPED
Climbed the ranks ROSE
Container for an indoor palm URN
Container in a bargain basement BIN
Contaminant-free PURE
Conveyor of tears DUCT
Cylindrical Hershey's candy ROLO
Drill set items BITS
Far from clueless AWARE
Feature of a four-poster CANOPY
Finger-pointer on recruiting posters UNCLESAM
Fingerprinting fluid INK
Game show climaxes, often BONUSROUNDS
Grains in concrete SAND
Guinness World Records superlative MOST
Hall of "Let's Make a Deal" MONTY
Hawk's grippers TALONS
Head cheese, in large part MEAT
High roller's perk COMP
Home to the Hurricanes MIAMI
Hunter's garb, briefly CAMO
Ingredients in some bran muffins OATS
Initials in some courts-martial AWOL
International show, for short EXPO
Largest dolphin family member ORCA
Clues Answers
Late-July babies LEOS
Like Medusa's scalp SNAKY
Made the scene CAME
Main idea CRUX
Making out, in a way NECKING
Many a bayou dweller CAJUN
McKinnon of "Ghostbusters" KATE
Metronome's output STEADYBEAT
Mind-boggling spans EONS
Monopoly corner square JAIL
Muppet who's always 3 1/2 years old ELMO
Navigational hazard marker BUOY
Oil field structures DERRICKS
Olive in Popeye cartoons OYL
One who's attractive but not very intelligent EYECANDY
Out of the office AWAY
Playmate of Piglet POOH
Plea for help SOS
Port St. ___, Fla LUCIE
Roast VIPs MCS
Salad follower, often MAINCOURSE
Seascapes, statuary et al ART
Seldom seen RARE
Shares an edge with ABUTS
Ship-to-ship shout AHOY
Sides in an age-old "battle" SEXES
Slam dunk's point value TWO
Solitary sort LONER
SRO part ONLY
State of harmony UNITY
Take to task REBUKE
Tend to, as sauce STIR
There's no current in one OPENCIRCUIT
Tomato, technically FRUIT
Took from wild to mild TAMED
Treats with acoustic foam, say QUIETS
Vatican notables PONTIFFS
Where a 3-Down may be listed MENU
___ a one (none) NARY