October 4 2017 - USA Today Crossword Answers
| Clues | Answers |
|---|---|
| "911" city of TV and film | RENO |
| "Cheers" accountant | NORM |
| A bit of land in the ocean | ISLET |
| Archery need | ARROW |
| Assume command of | LEAD |
| Attachment to "chute" | PARA |
| Authorized stand-in | PROXY |
| Average print characters? | ENS |
| Avoid choosing sides | STAYINTHEMIDDLE |
| Beach, in Baja | PLAYA |
| Beige | ECRU |
| Bigger characters than 21-Down | EMS |
| Bus fare payer | RIDER |
| Cartoon shriek | EEK |
| Church word | AMEN |
| Coffee alternative | TEA |
| Comedian Idle | ERIC |
| Cough up some chips? | ANTE |
| Crazy guess | STAB |
| Descend down a mountain, in a way | RAPPEL |
| Din | NOISE |
| Distinctive smell | ODOR |
| Eve's mate | ADAM |
| Exodus commemoration feast | SEDER |
| Extremist's suffix | EST |
| Fancy mayonnaise | AIOLI |
| Fancy needle case | ETUI |
| Fat | FLAB |
| Feline defenses | CLAWS |
| Fertile place in the desert | OASIS |
| Freshen | RENEW |
| Genetic cell stuff | RNA |
| Geneva-to-Lucerne dir | ENE |
| Genus of some garden pests | APHIS |
| Glossy fabrics | SATINS |
| Guru's chant | MANTRA |
| Gush forth | SPEW |
| Hex | SPELL |
| Himalayan legend | YETI |
| Hunts after | SEEKS |
| It may start with "I swear" | OATH |
| It's often reserved for VIPs | FRONTROWSEATING |
| Largest empire in pre-Columbian America | INCA |
| Less insulated | DRAFTIER |
| Like the sky on July 4 | LITUP |
| Low dam | WEIR |
| Mediocre | SOSO |
| Molecule part | ATOM |
| Mothers, informally | MAS |
| Movie make-ups | CASTS |
| Naked | NUDE |
| Narrow passage of water | INLET |
| O'Hara's fictional home | TARA |
| Old Italian money | LIRA |
| Old theater name | ODEON |
| One reason to see a chiropractor | BACKEXAMINATION |
| One seeking interest, often | LENDER |
| One way to avoid a potential scene | WALKAWAY |
| Opera set in Egypt | AIDA |
| Photo finish option | MATTE |
| Physicist Niels | BOHR |
| Prefix with "physics" | META |
| Privy to | INON |
| Proverb | ADAGE |
| Seed cover | ARIL |
| Smell bad | REEK |
| Some Dodge trucks | RAMS |
| Some Serengeti antelopes | GNUS |
| Speechify | ORATE |
| Sports offic | REF |
| Sports venue | ARENA |
| Swedish currency | KRONA |
| Sweet pastries | TARTS |
| Tired | SPENT |
| Ventilate | AIR |
| Well-___ (rich) | TODO |
| Whichever | ANY |
| Yank | TUG |