USA Today - Feb 5 2016 Friday Crossword Puzzle Answer

USA Today Crossword Puzzle Solution - Feb 5 2016 Friday

Clues	Answers
"Before" in old poems	ERE
"The Old __ Bucket"	OAKEN
"You did __ nice job"	AREAL
__-toe	TICTAC
__-town (the Windy City)	CHI
Apply in a hurry	SLAPON
Apply liniment	RUB
Atlas blow-up	INSET
Basement pumps	SUMPS
Beverage made from distilled cider	APPLEJACKCANDY
Bird bill	NEB
Bring home the bacon	EARN
Brownish gray	TAUPE
College bookstore stock	TEXTS
Comparatively quick-witted	KEENER
Copacabana setting	RIO
CPA, in slang	BEANCOUNTER
Cradle locale, in a lullaby	TREETOP
Creature created by Lewis Carroll	SNARK
Dazzling	STELLAR
Devastation	HAVOC
Dollar value	COST
Dress for the choir?	ENROBE
Famous cookiemaker	AMOS
Fancy pourer	EWER
Far from tame	FERAL
Font features	TYPEFACES
Fresh out of the oven	HOT
Further shorten, as a board	RESAW
Future chicks, to a nerd	OVA
Gibson the tennis legend	ALTHEA
Gin-flavoring fruit	SLOE
Give a speech	ORATE
Grandpa on "The Simpsons"	ABE
Guitarist Van Halen	EDDIE
Haggard songwriter?	MERLE
Have a feeling about	SENSE
Hens' homes	ROOSTS
Journey to Mecca (var.)	HAJ
Large clam	CHERRYSTONE
Last syllables	ULTIMAS
Late-night hour	ONE
Like a ball in play	FAIR
Macho	MANLY
Majors in old television?	LEE
Michael Caine's address	SIR
More likely	APTER
Mountain basin	CWM
Move emotionally	STIR
Multi-speaker system	STEREO
Name in the Beatles' inner circle	ONO
Of the flesh	CARNAL
One of the sexes	MALE
One standing in a parlor?	FLOORLAMP
One way to earn an Oscar	ACT
Oppositional prefix	ANTI
Portly, plus	OBESE
Rafter's need	OAR
Rankle	VEX
Ready to be served	ONTAP
Reveal dramatically	UNVEIL
Ring champ Mike	TYSON
Rolaids rival	TUMS
Rose petal oil	ATTAR
Rugrat	TYKE
Sailing the waves	ATSEA
Sharp weapon	LANCE
Ship's captain	SKIPPER
Sidekick	PAL
Socrates' T	TAU
Tenth of 12, for short	OCT
Undo, as laces	LOOSEN
Velvety growth	MOSS
What a retrovirus contains	RNA
Whip mark	WEAL
Whistle pellet	PEA
Woman's undergarment	BRA
Young boys	LADS