USA Today - Mar 24 2017 Crossword Answer

USA Today - Mar 24 2017 Crossword Answer

Clues	Answers
"Battling Bella" of 1970s politics	ABZUG
"Gee, that's swell!"	NEATO
"Not so fast!"	WHOATHERE
"Roots" author Haley	ALEX
1976 KISS hit with orchestra backing	BETH
3-Down portion	CHOP
Abrupt turns	ZAGS
Admit openly	AVOW
An Andean condor's may exceed 10 feet	WINGSPAN
Apple tablet	IPAD
Approach, as for a loan	HITUP
Backyard barrier	FENCE
Baylor University city	WACO
Be remorseful about	RUE
Beyond repair	SHOT
Brewery name on an MLB stadium	COORS
Bubbly beverage	COLA
Checkroom item	COATHANGER
Comes within reach	NEARS
Cools one's heels	WAITS
Did some logging	SAWED
Dinette set item	CHAIR
Early automaker Ransom E	OLDS
Fighting tooth and nail	ATIT
Fuji outflow	LAVA
Gives a heads-up to	ALERTS
Gives approval to	BLESSES
Golden Rule word	UNTO
Guy pals, slangily	BROS
Hairpin turns, e.g	BENDS
Hardworking Aesopian character	ANT
Having great courage	PLUCKY
Hurricane Sandy recovery org	FEMA
Intel-gathering mission	RECON
It may have sidewalk seating	CAFE
It's between batter's boxes	PLATE
It's bid "arrivederci" in song	ROMA
It's verboten to vegans	MEAT
Jellyfish attack	STING

Clues	Answers
King Kong's kin	GORILLAS
Lawn-Boy's parent	TORO
Leaves the stage	EXITS
Lightbulb measures	WATTS
Like a watch with hands	ANALOG
Like comedy that pushes the envelope	EDGY
Lion, Tiger or Bear	PROATHLETE
Major effect	IMPACT
Many big band instruments	HORNS
Marx with a Tyrolean hat	CHICO
Name on a rap sheet	ALIAS
O. Henry twist	IRONY
Octopus's octet	ARMS
Off one's rocker	LOCO
On a grand scale	EPIC
Osso buco need	VEAL
Paparazzi's prizes	PHOTOS
Persona non grata, to a striker	SCAB
Place to use Easy-Off	OVEN
Pooh's feathered friend	OWL
Position in a hierarchy	RANK
Promise "kept" by 17-, 31-, 39- and 55-Across	OATH
Ready for strumming	STRUNG
Recreational sailor's auto attachment	BOATHITCH
Refuse to grant	DENY
Salt Lake City collegian	UTE
Send out	EMIT
Sign of summer	LEO
Skirt style in "Austin Powers" movies	MINI
Sleeps under the stars	CAMPS
Spritzer ingredient	SODA
Stick with a pin, say	BURST
Telecast signal component	AUDIO
Town on the Thames	ETON
Two-toed or three-toed slowpoke	SLOTH
Voter's enclosure	BOOTH
What Elmer Fudd did to "wabbits"	HUNT
Wind-up watch parts	SPRINGS
___ Four (the Beatles)	FAB