USA Today - Sep 25 2019

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Clues Answers
'I'd rather not' PASS
'Match Game' host Baldwin ALEC
6-Across' 'O Patria Mia,' e.g ARIA
6-Across, e.g OPERA
Aged cheddar, e.g SHARPCHEESE
Appetite arousers AROMAS
Back-talking sort SMARTMOUTH
Beverage served in 'spots' TEA
Bit of sports trivia STAT
Bouncer's post DOOR
Breads for gyros PITAS
Brickell who's married to Paul Simon EDIE
Briny body SEA
Bugler's tune TAPS
Can't live without NEED
Carbo-loader's fare PASTA
Census form datum RACE
Chop shop delivery AUTO
Cookie in pie crusts OREO
Crime boss DON
Curbs, with 'in' REINS
Darkens, in a way DYES
Defaulter's loss, for short REPO
Docs' bloc AMA
Drooling toon canine ODIE
Easy mark SIMP
Extreme hardship RIGOR
Financially secure SET
Go like a kangaroo BOUND
Gopher's creation HOLE
Great Barrier Reef denizens EELS
Hoover Dam's lake MEAD
Hostage crisis group SWATTEAM
Hotel room tidier MAID
Hothead's trait QUICKTEMPER
In the clouds ALOFT
Is remorseful FEELSBAD
Jellyfish poison VENOM
Juicy gossip DIRT
Clues Answers
Just so-so TEPID
Kangaroo court penalties FINES
Klutzy sorts OAFS
Knock for a loop ASTOUND
La Brea gunk TAR
Like a 17-Across PERT
Like Rod Serling tales EERIE
Lo-cal beer word LITE
Meat in Spam PORK
Mocked, in a way APED
Moved out of VACATED
Notes in a poker pot IOUS
Old hat DATED
One in handcuffs, informally PERP
One of three toon nephews HUEY
One way to pay CASH
One-on-one Olympic sport EPEE
Optimist's perspective BRIGHTSIDE
Plastic in a wallet VISACARD
Prince Harry's school ETON
Regret bitterly RUE
Reporting to BELOW
Sailors' lure of myth SIREN
Salt lick visitor DEER
Simpson in Mensa LISA
Snifter feature STEM
Stand in for ACTAS
Streaks in marble VEINS
There are none in foxholes, it's said ATHEISTS
Throw in the towel QUIT
Toon TNT seller ACME
Tosses, as dice CASTS
Train robber's haul LOOT
Unable to decide TORN
Unwelcome IRS action AUDIT
Verdi work set in Egypt AIDA
Was worthy of EARNED
Web address part DOT
Wiesel with a Nobel ELIE