December 6 2017 - USA Today Crossword Answers
| Clues | Answers |
|---|---|
| "Agreed" | YES |
| "Bel Canto" novelist Patchett | ANN |
| "Fire away" | ASK |
| "Regrets, ___ had a few . . ." | IVE |
| 8-Down, e.g | HAT |
| Activist of a sort, informally | LIBBER |
| Airline to Oslo | SAS |
| All worked up | INASTATE |
| Alpha's opposite | OMEGA |
| Aromatherapy locale | SPA |
| Backspace over, perhaps | ERASE |
| Bibliophile's advice | READ |
| Bit of Morse code | DOT |
| BLT part | BACON |
| Brady with five Super Bowl rings | TOM |
| Budgetary excess | FAT |
| Coarse file | RASP |
| Common baseball bat wood | MAPLE |
| Common Core hurdles | TESTS |
| Control tower image | BLIP |
| Don Juan | ROUE |
| Drive forward | IMPEL |
| Early Michael Jackson hairdo | AFRO |
| Early tourney rounds | PRELIMS |
| Early word for a baby | DADA |
| Editors' reversals | STETS |
| Fairy tale's penultimate word | EVER |
| Game with hole cards | STUDPOKER |
| Gets under the skin of | IRKS |
| Go by car | MOTOR |
| Go nowhere | STAY |
| High-pressure situation | HOTSEAT |
| Highest Hawaiian peak | MAUNAKEA |
| Highlander's topper | TAM |
| Holders of checked garments | COATRACKS |
| Home for koi | POND |
| Hot and arid | SAHARAN |
| Introduces to the mix | ADDS |
| Italian city known for its cheese | PARMA |
| Jockey's ride | MOUNT |
| Monogram of early autodom | REO |
| Mule of song | SAL |
| One of four in postwar Berlin | SECTOR |
| Packed away | ATE |
| Pig's digs | PEN |
| Platypus nest item | EGG |
| Player-owner intermediary | AGENT |
| Plunderer's take | LOOT |
| President Alan Richmond portrayer in "Absolute Power" | GENEHACKMAN |
| President Jackson Evans portrayer in "The Contender" | JEFFBRIDGES |
| President James Marshall portrayer in "Air Force One" | HARRISONFORD |
| President Merkin Muffley portrayer in "Dr. Strangelove" | PETERSELLERS |
| Rapid blinking, e.g | TIC |
| Roxie's husband in "Chicago" | AMOS |
| See 4-Down | HAGUE |
| Smack hard | SWAT |
| Smart-alecky | WISE |
| Stand-up comic Gaffigan | JIM |
| Storage areas in stables | LOFTS |
| Super-duper | AONE |
| Taiwanese computer giant | ACER |
| Take a shot at | TRY |
| Take notice | SITUP |
| Takes steps | ACTS |
| Tampa Bay squad | RAYS |
| Theater or stadium areas | LOGES |
| To the extent that | ASFARAS |
| Use a pipe cleaner on | REAM |
| Vampire costume accessory | FANGS |
| Victim in Genesis | ABEL |
| Warren Buffett's Nebraska hometown | OMAHA |
| We all do this | AGE |
| With 48-Down, seat of the Dutch parliament | THE |
| WMD part | MASS |
| Words of empathy | ICARE |
| ___ Pizzeria and Grill | UNO |
| ___ Today | USA |
| ___-friendly ("green") | ECO |