September 14 2017 - USA Today Crossword Answers
| Clues | Answers |
|---|---|
| "-zoic" time periods | ERAS |
| "Heavens!" to a texter | OMG |
| "Just a ___!" | SEC |
| "See ya" | BYE |
| Act that may warm up the crowd | OPENER |
| Actors' interaction | DIALOGUE |
| Add nutrients to | ENRICH |
| Alice's trip to Wonderland was one | DREAM |
| Allocate, with "out" | METE |
| Alt-country and emo, for two | GENRES |
| Any pro draft selection | AMATEUR |
| Atom short an electron, say | ION |
| Auditing org | IRS |
| Blitzing linebacker's success | SACK |
| Clairvoyant's trait, for short | ESP |
| Fabric purchase unit | YARD |
| Fidel's successor in Cuba | RAUL |
| Fleet of 12-Downs | ARMADA |
| Floral subject for van Gogh | IRIS |
| Force from office | DEPOSE |
| Frigate or cruiser | VESSEL |
| Garfield's dimwitted pal | ODIE |
| Gem of a Hawaiian volcano? | DIAMONDHEAD |
| Gem of a land? | EMERALDISLE |
| Gem of a restaurant chain? | RUBYTUESDAY |
| Gem of a singer? | PEARLBAILEY |
| Go from first to third grade, say | SKIP |
| Harrison who played Indiana Jones | FORD |
| High-speed WWW connection | DSL |
| Horses with flecked coats | ROANS |
| It may have a .doc extension | FILE |
| Jack who avoided fat | SPRAT |
| Letters before a pen name | AKA |
| Light-sensitive part of the eye | RETINA |
| List-shortening Lat. phrase | ETAL |
| Living, breathing creatures | BEINGS |
| Makes less thorny | EASES |
| Mike & ___ (candy brand) | IKE |
| Morally degenerate | SORDID |
| Mulls over, with "on" | DWELLS |
| Multicolored cereal | TRIX |
| Nike competitor | ADIDAS |
| Nintendo exercise game | WIIFIT |
| Not of the clergy | LAIC |
| Number equal to its square | ONE |
| One flavor in Sprite | LIME |
| Outpouring of criticism | UPROAR |
| Pester to no end | NAG |
| Poet Khayyam | OMAR |
| Prepared to make a sandcastle, e.g | DUG |
| Provides roadside service to | AIDS |
| Qatari leader | EMIR |
| Quaker pronoun | THY |
| Relax with a cocktail, say | UNWIND |
| Revises, as a will | AMENDS |
| Scottish monster, affectionately | NESSIE |
| Serpent on a pharaoh's headdress | ASP |
| Servant with many tasks | FOOTMAN |
| Shade similar to beige | ECRU |
| Sierra Nevada lake | TAHOE |
| Sign of sleepiness | YAWN |
| Sure thing in an election | SAFESEAT |
| Teeny-tiny | WEE |
| To and ___ | FRO |
| To boot | ALSO |
| Toffee bar from Hershey | SKOR |
| Tons and tons | OODLES |
| Trees that symbolize might | OAKS |
| Twisty pasta | ROTINI |
| USPS delivery from Netflix | DVD |
| Video chat device | WEBCAM |
| Vocal cords locale | LARYNX |
| Water- or wind-powered engine | TURBINE |
| Waterston of "Law & Order" | SAM |
| Words from a stadium beer vendor | ICECOLD |
| ___ nutshell | INA |