USA Today - Sep 9 2013

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Clues Answers
"Help ___ the way!" ISON
"Honey do" list item TASK
"Yes, captain" AYE
"___ playing our song" THEYRE
:-) SMILEY
Abbrs. in company names INCS
Acrobatic devices TRAPEZES
Affleck's Best Picture ARGO
Bank contents MONEY
Become quite depressed SINKINTODESPAIR
Black-and-white cookie OREO
Botanical anchor ROOT
Build, as a monument ERECT
Calorie-rich dessert TORTE
Caped evader? TOREADOR
Capitol dome CUPOLA
Cliquish ELITE
Comparatively unfriendly ICIER
Control ___ (obsessive type) FREAK
Cookbook phrase ALA
Crumbly clay mixture MARL
Dart here and there FLIT
Degree of considerable degree NTH
Deplete (with "up") USE
Disgusting NASTY
Edelweiss-adorned peak ALP
Foals' mothers MARES
Forever, it seems EONS
Frequent morning surprise ALARM
Gas containers TANKS
Gave a stock answer? MOOED
Get a glimpse of PEEKAT
Gold doubloons in watery graves, e.g SUNKENTREASURES
Good fruit with an unattractive name UGLI
Gravelly voice feature RASP
He's out of stocks and bonds FREEMAN
Herr's "better half" FRAU
Hills without peaks MESAS
Ill-mannered type LOUT
Clues Answers
It may be cardinal or deadly SIN
Killer whale ORCA
Legendary Mel, baseball's "Little Giant" OTT
Like the preferred evil? LESSER
Makes tidy NEATENS
Man in a red suit SANTA
Member of a secret order MASON
Old Roman robe TOGA
On-off connector AND
Oscar Wilde's homeland EIRE
Oscar winner Paquin ANNA
Paranormal showman Geller URI
Perilous RISKY
Powerful ray MANTA
Rapunzel's "ladder" HAIR
Reacted to a gut punch SANKTOONESKNEES
Remedy CURE
Responses to revelations AHAS
Second to ___ (tops) NONE
Situated on ATOP
Slugs do it OOZE
Smart ___ (wise guy) ALECK
Snipers' place NEST
Take in less takeout? DIET
Thickener made from seaweed AGAR
Took a gander at EYED
Truant's game HOOKY
Upscale eatery CAFE
Vessel for a famous couples cruise ARK
Warrior of myth ARES
What a shirt collar covers NAPE
What a womb contains FETUS
What many a pop song has HOOK
Window cleaner's blemish STREAK
Word with "martial" or "liberal" ARTS
Word with "rug" or "code" AREA
You might put some money in it IRA
___ close for comfort TOO
___ D.A ASST