USA Today - January 5 2019 Saturday
| Clues | Answers |
| 'Beloved' novelist Morrison | TONI |
| 'Ben-Hur' or 'Troy' | EPIC |
| 'Talk Radio' playwright Bogosian | ERIC |
| '___ fair in love . . .' | ALLS |
| '___ the season . . .' | TIS |
| Abel who discovered New Zealand | TASMAN |
| Abrupt dissolution, as of a partnership | UNTIMELYEND |
| Add bling to | ADORN |
| Afternoon receptions | TEAS |
| Airport queue vehicle | CAB |
| Any of the Ivies | SCHOOL |
| Arboreal dwelling | NEST |
| At lunch, say | OUT |
| Be sweet on | ADORE |
| Berry of 'Cloud Atlas' | HALLE |
| Big fuss | ADO |
| Brian who co-wrote 'Heroes' with David Bowie | ENO |
| Bridge support | TRUSS |
| Cafeteria carrier | TRAY |
| Catchy part of a pop tune | HOOK |
| Cockpit readings | ALTITUDES |
| Common sign during a 1973 shortage | NOGAS |
| Cookie with flower designs | OREO |
| Crunchy lunch, for short | BLT |
| Debaters' focus | TOPIC |
| Deles' opposites | STETS |
| Engage in a cover-up, perhaps | LIE |
| Fall off, as popularity | ERODE |
| Find attractive | LIKE |
| Force out of office | OUST |
| Go ___ (flip out) | APE |
| Grunts and groans | NOISES |
| Gumbo veggie | OKRA |
| High-speed scene | CHASE |
| In short supply | SCANT |
| John on the Mayflower | ALDEN |
| Johnny, the 'Man in Black' | CASH |
| Lange of 'Crashing' | ARTIE |
| Lap dog, informally | PEKE |
| Long-winded sort | BLATHERER |
| Minuscule amounts | IOTAS |
| Mix with a swizzle stick | STIR |
| Part of a drummer's kit | HIHAT |
| Pencil-and-paper game | DOTS |
| Places to buy, sell and trade | MARTS |
| Places to graze | LEAS |
| Plant with fronds | FERN |
| Plaything that's skipped | ROPE |
| Plead innocent to | DENY |
| Pursuers of AWOLs | MPS |
| Quinn of 'Elementary' | AIDAN |
| Racetrack nail-biter | PHOTOFINISH |
| Rap sheet letters | AKA |
| RAV4 automaker | TOYOTA |
| Riverbank frolicker | OTTER |
| Robert who played Quint | SHAW |
| Rooms with recliners, often | DENS |
| Ruth's retired number | THREE |
| Saintly aura | HALO |
| Salary limits | CAPS |
| SAT part | TEST |
| Sax smaller than a baritone | TENOR |
| Sci-fi escape vehicles | PODS |
| Sign of sorrow | TEAR |
| Singer with the 2004 hit 'Burn' | USHER |
| Small town on a campaign trail | WHISTLESTOP |
| Smelling of suds | BEERY |
| Sparkling wine town | ASTI |
| Suitable for cacti | ARID |
| Sycophant's reply | YES |
| Tempter with a pitchfork | SATAN |
| Tennis great Laver | ROD |
| Vertical part of a stair | RISER |
| When the NYSE bell is rung | MARKETCLOSE |
| Word in cake mix ads | MOIST |
| Yes' rock genre, for short | PROG |
| ___ Lee cakes | SARA |
| ___-bah (pompous sort) | POOH |
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