USA Today Crossword Answer - Jun 27, 2014

 USA Today Crossword Solutions - Jun 27, 2014

Clue	Answer
"1-Adam 12," e.g	UNIT
"And now . . ." sayer	EMCEE
"How ___ I to know?"	WAS
"___ each life some rain must fall"	INTO
30.48 centimeters	FOOT
A ___ formality	MERE
Abbott and Costello, e.g	DUO
Age-determining stat	YOB
An organic compound	ENOL
Arabian nation	OMAN
Arbitrary command	UKASE
Become unfocused	BLUR
Black thrush (var.)	OUSEL
Bro or dude kin	HOMIE
Certain New Zealander	MAORI
Comparison word	THAN
Decorative toiletry case	ETUI
Deteriorates	ROTS
Dipstick wipers	RAGS
Drained of blood	ASHEN
Electric splitter?	ROOMIE
Estate home	MANOR
Flash	GLINT
Floors with a punch	DECKS
Forceful proclamation	EDICT
Fourth in a series of 12	APRIL
Grendel in "Beowulf," e.g	OGRE
Handed a line	CUED
Hardly hazy	ABUNDANTLYCLEAR
Hula accompaniments, briefly	UKES
In a higher place	ABOVE
It's not virtual	REALLIFE
Jamaican music genre	SKA
Job offering	EARLYRETIREMENT
Like Lady Godiva	NUDE
Like Santa's suit	SOOTY
Like some green gum	MINTY
Lowers, as a light	DIMS
Lucy van ___ of "Peanuts"	PELT
Made a chip shot	HOLED
Momentous	EARTHSHATTERING
Most stationary	STILLEST
Mugger repellent	MACE
Munch	CHOMP
Muslim ruler	EMIR
Neglects to include	OMITS
Norway seaport	OSLO
Nothing special	OKAY
Noticeably moist	HUMID
Obtain	COMEBY
Once and again	TWICE
One of the Three Rivers	OHIO
Plant parasite	MITE
Provide with lodgings	PUTUP
Pull strings	PLUCK
Pure as the driven snow	CHASTE
Recedes	EBBS
Riot or Homestead	ACT
Salon selection	DYE
Say somethin', e.g	ELIDE
Skirt style	MIDI
Someone like you	PEER
Sound from a sot	HIC
Splittable bit	ATOM
Sporting sword	EPEE
Stage that may need debugging	BETA
Standout facial feature	NOSE
Story that tops all others	ATTIC
Sundae topper	CHERRY
Tall shade trees	ELMS
They're "a-leaping" at yule time	LORDS
Vaults in Westminster Abbey	CRYPTS
Walkie-talkie user's word	OVER
Was not original	APED
Yosemite Sam adjective	ORNERY
___ on (put trust in)	RELY