USA Today - Sep 16 2019

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Clues Answers
'Delta of Venus' author Nin ANAIS
'My gal' of song SAL
'Tomorrow' musical ANNIE
'Who ___ that masked man?' WAS
Absorbs, as a loss EATS
Advance, in a way LEND
Antiperspirant type AEROSOL
Any 'Star Wars' movie EPIC
Arbor Day plantings TREES
Backtrack, on a PC UNDO
Banquet tribute TOAST
Belmont Stakes entrant HORSE
Carbon-12 and carbon-14 ISOTOPES
Cause of some weather advisories SUSTAINEDWINDS
Chile's northern neighbor PERU
Cluttered state MESS
Coke and Pepsi, to each other SUBSTITUTEGOODS
Comfy footwear OLDSHOES
Compensate for OFFSET
Compete like Usain Bolt SPRINT
Concrete-strengthening rod REBAR
Courtroom figs DAS
Deliver a tirade RANT
Droop, like a bouquet WILT
Errant drive's destination ROUGH
Fiddler's tune REEL
Give up, as a right WAIVE
Gyro wraps PITAS
Hard on the eardrums LOUD
Herb in stuffing SAGE
High-society folks ELITE
Hulking sort BRUTE
Icicle spot EAVE
Iditarod, notably SLEDRACE
In the direction of TOWARD
Javelin trajectory ARC
Kibbles 'n Bits competitor ALPO
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Lather (and a hint to this puzzle's theme) SUDS
Like an American in Paris ABROAD
Like an escaped convict ONTHELAM
List shortener, briefly ETAL
Make even tighter RETIE
Meat in Irish stew MUTTON
Mention in a footnote CITE
Michelin product CARTIRE
Mireille of 'The Catch' ENOS
NPR part RADIO
Odometer, e.g GAUGE
Paella morsel MUSSEL
Pineapple giant DOLE
Pooch with a curly tail PUG
Realtor's goal SALE
River past the Louvre SEINE
Ruhr industrial city ESSEN
Scrapped, at NASA NOGO
See 11-Down ALDA
Shaq of hoops fame ONEAL
Skim milk's virtual lack FAT
Spots for flocks LEAS
Subdues with a zap TASES
Swiped item CARD
Sword material STEEL
Take the soapbox ORATE
Tarot or palm reader SEER
Temporary insanity, e.g PLEA
They're chewed by ballplayers SUNFLOWERSEEDS
Took charge of RAN
Totally stumped ATSEA
Touchdown stat ETA
Turnip or parsnip ROOT
With 62-Across, 'M*A*S*H' star ALAN
Word after cutting or leading EDGE
Word before bride or paint WAR
Words of refusal IWONT