USA Today Crossword Puzzle Answer - Dec 25, 2014

 USA Today Crossword Puzzle Solution - Dec 25, 2014

Clue	Answer
". . . ___ woodchuck could chuck wood"	IFA
"Ed Wood" Oscar-winner Martin	LANDAU
"Fi" head	SCI
"I'm stumped"	GOTME
"The Big One"	WWII
"___ boy!"	ITSA
51-Down needs one	THEME
Add on	ANNEX
Aden's land	YEMEN
Advantage	EDGE
Afghan coin	PUL
Angry mood	IRE
Apartment dweller	RENTER
Astound	AMAZE
Backbones	SPINES
Be in a fretful mood	WORRY
Behind schedule	LATE
Bog	FEN
Bride's response	IDO
Brief summer month?	AUG
Busy as ___	ABEE
Busy month for the IRS	APR
C2H4	ETHENE
Cats-to-scat wordplay	ANAGRAM
Cellist's stroke	UPBOW
Circle segments	ARCS
Cont. north of Africa	EUR
Dark mood cause	GLOOM
Detail	ITEMIZE
Distiller Walker	HIRAM
Eaten up	GONE
Ecstatic mood	DELIRIUM
English exam finale, often	ESSAY
Experience a mood, e.g	FEEL
Fast way to JFK, once	SST
First capital of unified Italy	TURIN
Fourth year student	SENIOR
French farewell	ADIEU
Fruity drinks	ADES
Greenhouse occupants	PLANTS

Clue	Answer
Help a hoodlum	ABET
Hopeful mood	OPTIMISM
Impersonated	APED
In a dismal mood	SAD
In a happy mood	GLAD
In a low mood	DEPRESSED
In a melancholy mood	BLUE
In a tranquil mood	CALM
In an unfriendly mood	COOL
Jacob's father-in-law	LABAN
Jungle climber	LIANA
Land on Lake Victoria	UGANDA
Lenin's country	RUSSIA
Level	SHIM
Loosen, in a way	UNPIN
Manpower providers?	MEN
Moody	EMOTIONAL
Noble one	EARL
NYC art center	MOMA
Off ___ good start	TOA
On the safe side, at sea	ALEE
Onetime "American Idol" name	PAULA
Polite address	MAAM
Potter's need	SOIL
Printing flourish	SERIF
Requirement	NEED
Shannon and Monte	DELS
Shouts of disapproval	BOOS
Somewhat	ATAD
Stole	SWIPED
Strike out, as text	DELE
Swab target	EARWAX
Traces of color	TINGES
Trapped	UPATREE
Trevi Fountain locale	ROME
Tropical spot	ISLE
Walk feebly	DODDER
Whirlpool	EDDY
Will of "The Waltons"	GEER
___ Aviv	TEL