USA Today - Jul 18 2013

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Clues Answers
"A Death in the Family" author James AGEE
"Contrary to popular belief . . ." ODDLY
"Mistake by the lake" lake ERIE
"You never ___ it so good!" HAD
Afrikaners BOERS
Ali's "Rumble in the Jungle" supporters ROPES
Allocate (with "out") METE
Ankle injury SPRAIN
Any Time? ISSUE
Arbitrator's goal DEAL
Archaeological site RUIN
Ares' area WAR
Aurelius of Rome MARCUS
Bach composition MOTET
Baffled ATSEA
Bag with handles TOTE
Ball-whacking sport POLO
Balladeer's accessory LUTE
Barricade of sharpened trees ABATIS
Big-eyed and wise OWLY
Boiling blood IRE
Circuit AMBIT
Clinton's secretary of defense COHEN
Clouds, as the mind FOGS
Congo neighbor RWANDA
Deal a mighty blow SMITE
Diffuse OSMOSE
Downy duck EIDER
Drop, as a vowel sound ELIDE
Easy, as on crime SOFT
Elite TOPDRAWER
Exact revenge on GET
Fraternity letter TAU
Give an endorsement to BACK
Glorify EXALT
Graceful seabird ERNE
Great multitude HOST
Heater component COIL
Highlander family CLAN
Clues Answers
Import duty, e.g TARIFF
Impulse transmitter AXON
Israeli port HAIFA
Jellyfish appendage TENTACLE
Joan of Arc's alleged crime HERESY
Keep after HOUND
Method for detecting submarines SONAR
Missouri-to-Maine dir ENE
Monte ___ CARLO
Mutilate MAR
NASCAR driver Busch or Petty KYLE
NBA official REF
No longer waiting for the doctor SEEN
Old Russian despot TSAR
Ostrich look-alike RHEA
Part of a favorable impression? BESTFOOTFORWARD
Picked out CHOSEN
Portend FOREBODE
Pot, in the past REEFER
Prop for Rembrandt EASEL
Pursue wild geese? CHASE
Rabbit relatives HARES
Radio City Music Hall fixture ORGAN
Really, really good FIRSTRATE
Resounding response ECHO
Robert of "Airplane!" HAYS
Rogen of "The Guilt Trip" SETH
Same old, same old RUT
Sheepdog, by training HERDER
Small, slender gull TERN
Some babies SHES
Space-race participant USSR
Suspicious FISHY
Theme MOTIF
Thwarts, as a villain FOILS
Triple-decker cookie OREO
Tut's fertility goddess ISIS
Withdraw gradually WEAN
___ for tat TIT