USA Today - Dec 18 2012

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Clues Answers
"Buona ___" (Italian greeting) SERA
"Hospital smell" chemical PHENOL
"Wherever you go, there you ___" ARE
17-1 baseball score, e.g ROUT
Attending dateless GOINGSTAG
Barbecue area PATIO
Bear with patience ABIDE
Beauty-pageant prop TIARA
Bewhiskered swimmer OTTER
Blows violently, as a storm RAGES
Bra feature STRAP
Brilliant thought IDEA
Cabbage with curly leaves KALE
Car scar DENT
Centrally located AMID
Close of "Fatal Attraction" GLENN
Copycat APER
Cosmetic additive ALOE
Dance instructor's call STEP
Deadbolts LOCKS
DVD forerunner LASERDISC
Eggs on PRODS
Eye swatter? LASH
Face-to-face exam ORAL
Farm enclosure PEN
Favorite in class PET
Fermented honey drinks MEADS
Feta source GOAT
Follow in the footsteps of EMULATE
For Americans, it's always last SURNAME
Forcefully, in poesy AMAIN
Former Mrs. Frank Sinatra AVA
Full-bodied quaff ALE
Half of a dancing duo PARTNER
Have a look-see TAKEAGANDER
Helper around the House AIDE
Humanoid of Jewish folklore GOLEM
Ireland county CLARE
Kitchen gadget RICER
Clues Answers
Leading man or lady STAR
Lessens, as discomfort EASES
Little eggs OVULES
Long-armed beast ORANG
Long-winded sales pitch SPIEL
Makeup mirror makeup GLASS
Maui dance HULA
More impolite RUDER
More on the ball SHARPER
No longer in fashion PASSE
Org. concerned with decay ADA
Particular sandwich cookie OREO
Psych final? OTIC
Question ASK
Raises ire IRKS
River to Donegal Bay ERNE
Rock for miners ORE
Santa ___, Calif ROSA
Shingle alternative TILE
Shoemakers' strips RANDS
Sidestep EVADE
Significant others? ALTEREGOS
Snorkeling site REEF
Some Dodge vehicles RAMTRUCKS
Spike to shuck CORN
Spread on the table OLEO
Squabble ARGUE
Successfully persuade SELL
Succumb to gravity SAG
Takes one's turn GOES
Trailers and mailers, essentially ADS
Traveler's need, maybe VISA
Vent opener? PRE
Wabbit hunter Fudd ELMER
Waver of a red cape BULLFIGHTER
What some writers work on SPEC
Writer Deighton LEN
___ Kong (Chinese port) HONG
___ Mountains (Europe-Asia dividers) URAL