USA Today - Jan 13 2012

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Clues Answers
". . . ___ he drove out of sight" ERE
"So that's how it is!" OHO
"Stand By Me" singer ___ King BENE
"The Sound of Music" extras NUNS
"When the moon hits your eye" emotion AMORE
"___ Always a Woman" (Billy Joel hit) SHES
"___ want for Christmas . . ." ALLI
Abandons bachelorhood WEDS
Act like a sponge ABSORB
Actor Vin DIESEL
Actress Macpherson ELLE
All the unemployed and some of the rich IDLE
Attractive lease on a big apartment? SUITEDEAL
Author Haley ALEX
Bill ___ (express affection) ANDCOO
Burger topper ONION
Captions type CLOSED
CEO's degree, perhaps MBA
Certain correspondents PENPALS
Columbus, Ohio inst OSU
Comb-over alternative TOUPEE
Cursor controller MOUSE
Deduction expert CPA
Defied gravity AROSE
Deranged CRAZED
Dog's foot PAW
Eleventh U.S. president POLK
Entry removal ERASURE
Fallen space station MIR
Fills with freight LADES
Godly one's trance? HOLYDAZE
Goya's duchess ALBA
Gradually wears away ERODES
Have significance MATTER
He portrayed Lawrence OTOOLE
Hispanic Americans LATINOS
Hoover Dam lake MEAD
Induce yawns BORE
Clues Answers
IRS checks AUDITS
It follows printemps ETE
It's worn on the bench ROBE
Jiffy SEC
Kimchi? SEOULFOOD
Like a phoenix out of the ashes ARISEN
Lo's partner BEHOLD
Loudness units SONES
Luau serving POI
Maker of peanut butter cups REESES
Medicinal plants ALOES
Mistreatment ILLUSE
Mythical continent ATLANTIS
Navy ___ (special forces group) SEALS
New Hampshire's state flower LILAC
Ninety-degree pipe joints ELLS
Not be well AIL
Not very many FEW
On guard ALERT
Paid, informally PONIEDUP
Petting-zoo animal LAMB
Photo ___ (campaign activities) OPS
Photographer's command SMILE
Pillsbury employees? FLOURPEOPLE
Prefer LIKE
Purposes USES
Rat-___ (Tommy gun sound) ATAT
Rocky's last name BALBOA
Shooting spot for Perdue's basketball team? FOWLLINE
Singing cowboy Ritter TEX
Some tach. readouts RPS
Stooge name MOE
Vegas or Atlantic City resort BALLYS
Vietnamese New Year's celebration TET
Whitney with a gin ELI
With masts fully extended AMAIN
You-here link ARE
___ Xing (street sign) PED