USA Today Crossword Answer - Nov 30, 2014

 USA Today Crossword Answer - Nov 30, 2014

Clue	Answer
"American ___"	IDOL
"Amscray!"	SHOO
"Chances ___"	ARE
"Saturday Night Live" specialties	SENDUPS
"The very ___!"	IDEA
"What ___ can I say?"	ELSE
"___ you think it was?"	WHOD
Act of reparation	PENANCE
Allows to	LETS
Alumna bio word	NEE
American flag, affectionately	OLDGLORY
Annoy	PEEVE
Asian capital	HANOI
Be behind	OWE
Blueprint	MAP
Body treatment facility	SPA
Boozehound	TOPER
Bring on	HIRE
Campus military org	ROTC
Chocolate source	CACAO
Civil rights org	NAACP
Conflicted	TORN
Date tree	PALM
Depilatory brand	NAIR
Dresden's river	ELBE
Drink garnish	OLIVE
Duel weapons	PISTOLS
Dull, as writing	UNINSPIRED
Early pulpit	AMBO
Everyday	COMMONPLACE
Exodus commemoration	SEDER
Farm females	EWES
Feel regret	RUE
First name of late-night TV	DAVE
Flower holders	STEMS
Fly-fishing, among others	SPORT
Freckle	SUNSPOT
Gaelic name for Ireland	EIRE
Gehrig or Groza	LOU

Clue	Answer
Gym set?	REPS
Habitual	ACCUSTOMED
Handlebar attachments	GRIPS
Hindu god of destruction (var.)	SIVA
Interpreter of Judaic law	HILLEL
Intervals	GAPS
Jannings of "Quo Vadis"	EMIL
Jazz dates	GIGS
JFK overseer	FAA
LaBeouf of Hollywood	SHIA
Last part of a paint job	TOPCOAT
Lei locale	HONOLULU
Lug (var.)	SHLEP
Mine passage	SHAFT
Minus	SANS
Miracle on Ice loser of '80	USSR
More rational	SANER
Muslim chief	IMAM
Olympic sled	LUGE
Open spaces in a forest	GLADES
Open, as a bottle	UNCAP
Pack (down)	TAMP
Part woman, part bird of myth	HARPY
Pomade portion	GLOB
Prehistoric	OLD
Proven	ESTABLISHED
Radio operators	HAMS
Ratchet engager	PAWL
Rocky heights	TORS
Searched for prey, lion-style	PROWLED
Shape by whittling	SCULP
Some Greek consonants	NUS
Tear out, as a seam	UNRIP
Thousand ___, Calif	OAKS
Underhanded	LOW
United Nations agency (Abbr.)	ILO
Warty amphibian	TOAD
What an actor handles	PROP
___-Davis (pharmaceuticals)	PARKE