USA Today - Jan 5 2015

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Clues Answers
"1984" author George ORWELL
"Beloved" novelist Morrison TONI
"Comin' Thro' the ___" RYE
"Diction" starter PRE
"Fifteen Miles on the ___ Canal" ERIE
"Kapow!" BAM
"To be honest . . ." FRANKLY
"Twelve Days of Christmas" gift PIPERS
1961, for Barack Obama (Abbr.) YOB
Abrasive cloth EMERY
Albanian monetary unit LEK
Anagram for "shape" PHASE
Annoying IRKSOME
Arm wrestler's pride BICEP
Arranged a release, as from jail SPRANG
Arrive on shore, in a way WASHUP
Artist's prop EASEL
Aviator FLIER
Banana covering PEEL
Berth rite? SLEEP
Binges SPREES
Bring in a harvest REAP
Brook RILL
Butter and jam SPREADS
Camelhair color TAN
Cattle identifiers BRANDS
Cause of a bad trip? LSD
Certain gemstone OPAL
Champion's claim TITLE
Common sense? SMELL
Crucial KEY
Dance club equipment AMPS
Deer family member ELK
Depicted LIMNED
Deserving assistance NEEDY
Draw upon USE
Drink like a cat LAP
Eye-opening drink BRACER
Clues Answers
Fix beforehand PRESET
Fluish feeling AGUE
Fond du ___, Wisc LAC
Gumshoe TEC
Higher in authority OVER
Himalayan recluse YETI
Hyson, for one TEA
It leads to a deal ANTE
Junkyard canine CUR
Knee-to-ankle bone TIBIA
Least active IDLEST
Like many horror films GORY
Like newly made wine UNAGED
Los ___, N.M ALAMOS
Made illicit TABOOED
Model of perfection IDEAL
Name as a price ASK
Nutmeg cover ARIL
Office message MEMO
One of the Gabors EVA
Oxlike antelope ELAND
Profitable again BACKTOBLACK
Restraining HOLDINGBACK
Retreating TURNINGBACK
S-shaped molding OGEE
Small Indian hand drum TABLA
Some accidental singles BLOOPS
Statement of belief CREED
Strapped accessory HANDBAG
Straw, to a camel? BACKBREAKER
Table leavings SCRAPS
Unsmiling SOLEMN
Up to this time ASYET
Visitor from far away ALIEN
What some things are taken in? STRIDE
Winning margin EDGE
Worshipped being DEITY
Years ___ (in the past) AGO