USA Today - Jan 5 2012

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Clues Answers
"Half," "quarter" or "eighth" follower NOTE
"Hems" partner HAWS
"Parsley, Sage, Rosemary and ___" THYME
"Swan Lake" attire TUTU
"That's disgusting!" UGH
"___ la vista, baby" HASTA
Abduct SNATCH
Abel successor? SETH
Alternative to grounding NOTV
Any of several kings of Norway OLAV
Appraisal amts ESTS
Approximately ORSO
Atmospheric layer with a "hole" in it OZONE
Bangkok native THAI
Bather's need SOAP
Become a whiter shade of pale FADE
Beefsteak or cherry TOMATO
Bird warble TRILL
Book with legends ATLAS
Brandi Chastain lost her shirt over one GOAL
Brief opening statement? INTRO
Calendar divisions MONTHS
Came down to earth ALIT
Chesapeake, e.g BAY
Does owl impressions HOOTS
Doesn't have a choice MUST
Emperor who fiddled while Rome burned NERO
Fancies LIKES
Female red deer HIND
Fox drama set in southern California THEOC
Functions perfectly WORKSLIKEACHARM
Gov't beef grader USDA
Grammar class subject, sometimes VERB
Haughty one SNOOT
Healing potion ELIXIR
Hebrew month before Nisan ADAR
Husband of 25-Across TIO
Israeli submachine gun UZI
It can be calculated after taking a survey AREA
Clues Answers
It was divided in 1889 DAKOTA
Kind of dog or Pie ESKIMO
Lengthy LONG
Lock of hair TRESS
Many times, in verse OFT
Medicinal amount DOSE
Milquetoast SISSY
Mischievous pranks DIDOS
Moistens flax RETS
More in need of a massage ACHIER
Mountainous walk HIKE
Need medical attention AIL
Not great, but not awful either SOSO
On a cruise ASEA
One way to become parents ADOPT
Padded gloves MITTS
Padre's sister TIA
Peak in the Cascades SHASTA
Prefix with "carp" or "biology" EXO
Prefix with "while" ERST
Prepare cherries for pie, e.g PIT
Princess' annoyance, in a fairy tale PEA
Proofreader's notation STET
Reading rooms DENS
Sega hedgehog SONIC
Setter fetter LEASH
Sphere or globe ORB
Tahoe device TBAR
They march in March IRISH
Throw down the gauntlet DARE
TV's Southfork Ranch locale DALLAS
Unintentional poker table signals TELLS
Up to UNTIL
Waste one's breath LABORTHEOBVIOUS
Way-back-when time YORE
Where one's proboscis may be TOTHEGRINDSTONE
With "play," it's easy as pie CHILDS
___ horse (old train locomotive) IRON
___ mater ALMA