USA Today - Aug 10 2020

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Clues Answers
'First off . . .' ONE
'Hocus Pocus' star Midler BETTE
'I Fall to Pieces' singer Patsy CLINE
'Muy ___' ('Very good') BIEN
'Neat!' SWELL
'The Good Place' actress Maya RUDOLPH
'You take that back!' HEY
'___ right up!' STEP
Aboveboard ONTHELEVEL
Actress Hatcher TERI
Applies with a cotton ball DABS
Arial Bold, e.g FONT
Authoritative orders EDICTS
Bending out of shape WARPING
Bit of creativity IDEA
Bitter beer IPA
Black-and-white sea predator ORCA
Bonobos and gibbons, e.g APES
Bowl or plate DISH
Budget-analyzing exec CFO
Campervans, etc RVS
Casual shirt TEE
Catchy tune BOP
Cook in fat FRY
Core HEART
Covetousness ENVY
Day of the ___ DEAD
Denim pioneer Strauss LEVI
Destroy RUIN
DVR brand TIVO
Episodic programs SERIALS
Flotsam and Jetsam in 'The Little Mermaid,' species-wise EELS
German automaker AUDI
Goes with ESCORTS
Grain-based milk option OAT
Halt STOP
Hang after washing DRIPDRY
Have a Vegas wedding, maybe ELOPE
Heard but not seen, perhaps OFFSCREEN
Clues Answers
Holds a grudge toward RESENTS
In the heavens ONHIGH
LGTBQ magazine OUT
Lightning units BOLTS
Loyal follower DISCIPLE
Made do COPED
Mathematician Descartes RENE
Musical with the characters Skimbleshanks and Mr. Mistoffelees CATS
Outermost tree layer BARK
Positive publicity HYPE
Powerful hockey strike SLAPSHOT
River transport RAFT
Russian denial NYET
Scatters STREWS
Sci-fi vehicles UFOS
Similar AKIN
Singer-songwriter Kiyoko HAYLEY
Ski resort pass LIFTTICKET
Small cut SNIP
Sounds of disapproval TSKS
Spoiled BAD
Stick like glue ADHERE
Sudden problem SNAG
Summary RECAP
Take a load off SIT
Title for MLK (Abbr.) REV
Twosome DUO
Unboxes, maybe OPENS
Unpleasant scent ODOR
Unpleasantly damp DANK
Very short or very long period of time, depending on context HOTSECOND
Was familiar with KNEWOF
Way in the distance AFAR
White heron EGRET
Winter clock setting in L.A PST
___ and breakfast BED
___ Miss OLE
___ no good (scheming) UPTO
___ process (14th Amendment protection) DUE