December 7 2017 - USA Today Crossword Answers
| Clues | Answers |
|---|---|
| "Celeste Aida," e.g | ARIA |
| "Go Set a Watchman" novelist Harper | LEE |
| "Hello, Dolly!" Tony winner Bette | MIDLER |
| "My goodness!" | GOSH |
| "We Try Harder" sloganeer, once | AVIS |
| Average physique | MEDIUMBUILD |
| Avian harbinger of spring | ROBIN |
| Baby-sit | MIND |
| Banquet bestowal, perhaps | AWARD |
| Basement's use, often | STORAGE |
| Bassinet or berth | BED |
| Battery-powered smoke shop items | ECIGS |
| Be in arrears | OWE |
| Benghazi's land | LIBYA |
| Bespectacled Disney dwarf | DOC |
| Chevy's destination, in "American Pie" | LEVEE |
| Cold-weather drink | COCOA |
| Conical abode | TEPEE |
| Cut, as coupons | SNIP |
| Deck post topper | CAP |
| Elvis' signature expression | SNEER |
| Fairness-in-hiring agcy | EEO |
| Farmer's tanned area, typically | NAPE |
| Feature of most overalls | BIB |
| First-term congressman | FRESHMAN |
| Gift in a goody bag | FAVOR |
| Googol, e.g | LARGENUMBER |
| Group of like-minded voters | BLOC |
| Horse with a mottled coat | DAPPLE |
| Hotshot pilot or pitcher | ACE |
| In need of sanding or salting | ICY |
| In pieces | APART |
| Inflate, as a bill | PAD |
| Isn't fictional | EXISTS |
| Jared of "Dallas Buyers Club" | LETO |
| Kellogg's toaster waffle | EGGO |
| Kutcher who played Steve Jobs | ASHTON |
| Lenders' takebacks, for short | REPOS |
| Lew Wallace's "Ben-___" | HUR |
| Lopsided win | ROMP |
| Many DeMille productions | EPICS |
| Many Formula One racers | FERRARIS |
| Monopoly token | CAR |
| Ms. Durbeyfield of fiction | TESS |
| Name in escalators and moving walkways | OTIS |
| Nanakuli neckwear | LEI |
| Navigator's notes | LOG |
| Nickels and dimes | SMALLCHANGE |
| Nix as a possibility | RULEOUT |
| Org. in "Snowden" | NSA |
| Peak condition | TOPFORM |
| Pinball penalties | TILTS |
| Planet, to a poet | ORB |
| Popular brew, for short | BUD |
| Rancher's mark | BRAND |
| Run in the wash | BLEED |
| Salesperson's prospects | LEADS |
| Salon jobs, for short | PERMS |
| Seafood cocktail morsel | JUMBOSHRIMP |
| Serpent in "Antony and Cleopatra" | ASP |
| Shoestring neckties | BOLOS |
| Spew forth | EMIT |
| Spilled salt, to some | OMEN |
| Stash some cash | SAVE |
| Still to come | AHEAD |
| Stooge who lampooned Adolf | MOE |
| Tattle on, with "out" | RAT |
| Tensor or Tiffany | LAMP |
| Tijuana's locale, for short | BAJA |
| Totally louse up | BUTCHER |
| Veg out | RELAX |
| Viewpoint in an op-ed | OPINION |
| Water balloons, to pranksters | AMMO |
| Word after get or jet | SET |
| ___ cum laude | SUMMA |
| ___ Dei ("The Da Vinci Code" group) | OPUS |
| ___ Diamond Phillips of "La Bamba" | LOU |
| ___ fixation (stage of infancy) | ORAL |