USA Today - Aug 18, 2015 Tuesday Crossword Puzzle Answer

USA Today Crossword Puzzle Solution - Aug 18, 2015 Tuesday

Clue	Answer
"Beowulf" beverages	MEADS
"Idylls of the King" character	ENID
"Legal" prefix	PARA
"Smart" guy	ALEC
"What'd I tell ya?"	SEE
"You there?"	HELLO
2002 Winter Olympics locale	UTAH
A-list	ELITE
Archaeological site	DIG
Avoid	ESCHEW
Balderdash	TRIPE
Bandy words	SPAR
Become independent	SPREAD ONES WINGS
Better an edge	HONE
Blah	DRAB
Bulrush, e.g.	SEDGE
Burn a meaty surface	SEAR
Capital and largest city of Ghana	ACCRA
Capital of Norway	OSLO
Cereal killer	ERGOT
Cogwheel adjuncts	PAWLS
Conflicted	TORN
Corny place	IOWA
Correct a tire pull	ALIGN
Court plea, for short	NOLO
Cropped photos?	PICS
D.C. title	SEN
Dark suit	SPADES
Dealer's nemesis	NARC
Deodorant's place	UNDERARM
Eat like a rat	GNAW
Emulate an eagle	SOAR
Exhale sadly	SIGH
Eyes, poetically	ORBS
Fired from cover	SNIPED
Fool's lack	SAPIENCE
Four-door auto	SEDAN
Goatish glance	LEER
Greek cross	TAU
Habitat for some wild animals	LAIR
Handed-down history	LORE
Health spot	SPA
Improvise on the ivories	NOODLE
Inexperienced	GREEN
It can lead to higher costs	INCREASED DEMAND
Kind of colony	PENAL
Kind of hockey shot	SLAP
Kiss, for the fancy	OSCULATE
Lifeguards, often	RESCUERS
Lifted, so to speak	STOLE
Like a board	STIFF
Matterhorn, e.g.	ALP
Missing from the Marines, e.g.	AWOL
No honest fellow, he	LIAR
Nursery item	CRIB
Nut with caffeine	KOLA
P.I., e.g.	TEC
Pharmacist's sale	DRUG
Pilot's announcement, briefly	ETA
Porcelain pitcher	EWER
Portable liquor bottles	FLASKS
Quickie Spanish courses	TAPAS
Red-haired orphan	ANNIE
Regrets	RUES
Russian ruler before 1917	TSAR
Shrek, e.g.	OGRE
Side squared, for a square	AREA
Some TV offerings	DRAMAS
Surrealist Magritte	RENE
Taxi rider	FARE
Thai currency	BAHT
They leave empty-nesters	GROWN UP CHILDREN
They make collars	COPS
Turkish generals (var.)	AGHAS
TV's billingual explorer	DORA
Young winged god of the Greeks	EROS