USA Today - Mar 23 2014

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Clues Answers
"As much fun as a ___!" BARRELOFMONKEYS
"Before," when before PRE
"Sacro" attachment ILIAC
"Tennis, ___?" ANYONE
15th of March IDES
Abrasive files RASPS
African fly pest TSETSE
Applied frosting ICED
Aviation branch AIRFORCE
Bacteria culture medium AGAR
Bald eagle's cousin ERNE
Batting average boosters HITS
Big and burly BARRELCHESTED
Bit of formal wear TIE
Bone that's part of a "cage" RIB
Bossy's bellow MOO
Botch up ERR
Brain of a PC CPU
British Gold Coast, today GHANA
British teacher's title SIR
Cash register drawer TILL
Cat calls YOWLS
Caterpillar-eating insect EARWIG
Cause to become hardened to (var.) ENURE
Chicken-king center ALA
Christmas season YULETIDE
Clad ATTIRED
Cool, in old slang HEP
Crumb toter ANT
Deity worshiped by the Canaanites BAAL
Do a second draft RETYPE
Doubtful IFFY
Drench, as flax or hemp RET
Drive bananas IRK
Earlier than, to poets AFORE
Emulate Bishop T.D. Jakes PREACH
First of three-in-a-row TIC
Former capital of Japan KYOTO
Group of troops UNIT
Clues Answers
Harp of yore LYRE
In need of a masseuse SORE
It makes a tale stale? ESS
It's usually uplifting BRA
Keanu Reeves role NEO
Large, grassy area LEA
Late 1930s dance hit BEERBARRELPOLKA
Leftover morsel ORT
Like some births BREECH
Look ___ (visit briefly) INON
Loud noise, as from cannon fire REPORT
Married miss MRS
Miss identification? SHE
Moral principles ETHICS
Most difficult to find RAREST
No longer on active duty, briefly RETD
Noah's construction ARK
One with a pole position? ELF
Open, as a bottle of aspirin UNCAP
Overdue LATE
Prefix with military or trooper PARA
Prepares in a teapot STEEPS
Public to-do SCENE
Quarter-note parts STEMS
Quick on the uptake APT
Ready for publication? EDIT
Saudi Arabian currency RIYAL
Secret Service agent's wear SHADES
Seems logical ADDSUP
Seventh heaven ECSTASY
Sheer, triangular scarf FICHU
Silly mistake GOOF
Spots on peacock feathers OCELLI
Stone paving block SETT
Study fast and hard CRAM
Vehicle with an aisle BUS
Walks leisurely AMBLES
What an analgesic treats PAIN
___ and dagger CLOAK