USA Today - Dec 16 2017

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Clues Answers
"Be Prepared" org BSA
"Iliad" and "Odyssey," for two EPICS
"What'd ___" (Ray Charles hit) ISAY
Act the siren TEMPT
After the buzzer LATE
Alley-___ (basketball play) OOP
Ann Lee, notably SHAKER
Avid fan, slangily NUT
Bargain basement tag figure SALEPRICE
Beat senseless KNOCKCOLD
Bentley of "Pete's Dragon" WES
Boardroom VIP, briefly EXEC
Boo-Boo's toon friend YOGI
Bricklayer's burden HOD
Canoeist's challenge RAPIDS
Chess player's "I win!" MATE
Cinnabon stand emanation AROMA
Citi Field player MET
Common soup legume NAVYBEAN
Congregation's response AMEN
Creche threesome MAGI
Cricket complement ELEVEN
Crops up ARISES
Curry or cardamom SPICE
Daughter of Muhammad FATIMA
Draw out, as a response ELICIT
Easing of tensions THAW
Elevator alternative STEPS
Expert, as in fashion MAVEN
Gave the once-over to EYED
Generator of automated Dear John letters? ENDINGMACHINE
Get the ball rolling START
Get the drift of SEE
Grad students' hurdles ORALS
Guitar, to a guitar god AXE
Handyman's letters DIY
Harper of "Breaking Bad" TESS
Hippies' digs PADS
Home to workers and drones HIVE
Clues Answers
Hopi home PUEBLO
Husking unit EAR
In the thick of AMID
Magazine for marketers ADWEEK
Martini's partner in winemaking ROSSI
Mary Quant skirt design MINI
More prevalent RIFER
Nomadic group HORDE
Not subject to change SET
Number on most Scrabble tiles ONE
Old King Cole request PIPE
Partner of Currier IVES
Pay after deductions NETWAGES
Place for a flag pin LAPEL
Port of Honshu OSAKA
Pose, in a way ASK
Pre-cable TV annoyance SNOW
Priest in I Samuel ELI
Salon workers, at times DYERS
See 16-Across ALE
Seemingly endless span EON
Set components, at the gym REPS
Skin cream additive ALOE
Smokes for Dr. Zaius? APECIGARETTES
Spinach eater of cartoons POPEYE
Stare slack-jawed GAPE
Sticky stuff GOO
Tartan wearers SCOTS
Tend to a failed delivery RESEND
Tinker Bell costume accessory WAND
Top job in the NHL? ICEPRESIDENCY
Top seeds may draw them BYES
Trickle through the cracks SEEP
What a sentry keeps VIGIL
With 56-Across, hoppy brew PALE
World Cup cry OLE
Yucatan natives MAYAS
___ vapeur (steamed) ALA
___-Ida (Tater Tots maker) ORE