USA Today - Dec 27 2018

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Clues Answers
'Great' kid-lit detective NATE
'I thought so!' AHA
'Nicely done!' GREATJOB
'Topaz' novelist Leon URIS
Above the strike zone HIGH
Amazon Echo's assistant ALEXA
Auctioneer's word GOING
Auto parts giant NAPA
Bear with a too-hard chair PAPA
Blood bank fluids SERA
Buffet stack PLATES
Call from the flock AMEN
Can't live without NEED
Chess pieces usually moved first PAWNS
Collision sound WHAM
Coloratura's delivery ARIA
Consequence of poor service NOTIP
Curled-upper-lip look SNEER
Dance done with hands held HORA
Day trip, say JAUNT
Debriefing info INTEL
Far from stuffy AIRY
Farm workers in pairs OXEN
Feature absent from generic products FRILL
Feeling of hunger PANG
Fiddler's tune REEL
Fries, at McDonald's SIDE
Give one's two cents OPINE
Harleys, to bikers HOGS
Harrow rival ETON
Held sway over RULED
Ho-hum BANAL
Holey, lightweight shoe CROC
Home plate umpire's wear CHESTPROTECTOR
Hot Wheels maker MATTEL
Icy Hot target ACHE
In vogue CHIC
Jason Bourne's org CIA
Clues Answers
Join the game, in a way ANTE
Jousters' contest TILT
Las Vegas hotel named for an Egyptian city LUXOR
Lawn party rental TENT
Lindsay of 'Mean Girls' LOHAN
Main railway route TRUNKLINE
Mallgoer's convenience TOTE
Many a Syrian ARAB
Many Little League coaches DADS
Monkey's place, in a game MIDDLE
Mueller's Russiagate investigation, e.g PROBE
Name on fairway mowers DEERE
Not taking no for an answer INSISTENT
Org. created by the 1933 Banking Act FDIC
Patio bug-killer sound ZAP
Place for a stent, perhaps AORTA
Plant trees and shrubs, say LANDSCAPE
Put an end to CEASE
Reacting to pollen, say SNEEZING
Ready to blow one's stack IRATE
Reptile with a hinged shell BOXTURTLE
Romney's 2012 running mate RYAN
S&L offerings IRAS
Sahara formation DUNE
Sail a zigzag course TACK
Served, as time DID
Sharif of 'Che!' OMAR
Snack with a Thin Bites variety OREO
Stat for Shohei Ohtani ERA
Summer who sang 'On the Radio' DONNA
Supped in style DINED
Tate Modern display ART
Tea with Indian spices CHAI
Temporary insanity, e.g PLEA
Tooth-extraction tool PLIERS
Totally botch RUIN
Traffic jam sound HORN
West Wing conference CABINETMEETING