Usa Today Crossword Answers August 29 2017 Tuesday

USA Today - Aug 29 2017 Tuesday Crossword Puzzle Answers

Clue	Solution
Those on the payroll	STAFF
USAF truant	AWOL
Reaction to poison sumac	RASH
Car named for an inventor	TESLA
Job-related move, for short	RELO
Sound in an empty hallway	ECHO
Austrian composer Bruckner	ANTON
Penny-pinching	MEAN
Whodunit hint	CLUE
"So’s ___ old man!"	YER
Precarious position, so to speak	SHAKYGROUND
Celebrated in legend	STORIED
Rawls of R&B	LOU
Gerber baby food offering	STRAINEDPEAS
Earlier in the text	ABOVE
Webmaster’s creation	PAGE
Met, Net or Jet	PRO
Lingerie drawer item	SLIP
Most Syrians	ARABS
Have a hunch	FEEL
Particle with a " " or "-"	ION
Cask dregs	LEES
Claim, as insanity	PLEAD
Teen years, for many	AWKWARDSTAGE
Hoopla	ADO
Shake hands on	AGREETO
"The Italian Stallion" of moviedom	ROCKYBALBOA
Cultural funding org.	NEA
Up to the task	ABLE
Golden calf, e.g.	IDOL
Senate stints	TERMS
Eight bells at sea, perhaps	NOON
Formally hand over	CEDE
Unite in secret	ELOPE
Tapped barrels	KEGS
Peevish mood	SNIT
Eats by candlelight, say	DINES
Collar inserts	STAYS
Article of faith	TENET
Artificial turf prefix	ASTRO
Progressive Insurance spokesperson	FLO
taylorswiftweb.net, for one	FANSITE
Ill-fated fleet of 1588	ARMADA
Common pay period	WEEK
Facial cosmetics brand	OLAY
Giraffes have them	LONGLEGS
Win back, as losses	RECOUP
Anti-censorship org.	ACLU
Deliberately avoid	SHUN
Broke ground, in a way	HOED
Ship’s pronoun	HER
Patronized Lyft	RODE
SASE insert, perhaps	RSVP
"Not interested"	IPASS
Slap the cuffs on	NAB
Sword that lacks a cutting edge	EPEE
Neck of the woods	AREA
Word accompanying a pounded gavel	SOLD
Home to part of Egypt	ASIA
Lose, as a big lead	BLOW
Sty sound	OINK
Workout class set to music	AEROBICS
Roulette bet	RED
Cut and run	FLEE
Godiva’s title	LADY
Unsuitable for children, perhaps	PGRATED
Plays reveille for	WAKENS
Microsoft Surface, e.g.	TABLET
Of yore	AGO
Scandal-plagued energy giant	ENRON
Sun Devils’ city	TEMPE
Toon mirages	OASES
File crosser	RANK
Orchestra’s "tuning fork"	OBOE
Plumbing snake’s target	CLOG
Port of Yemen	ADEN
California zinfandel center	LODI
Manning with two Super Bowl rings	ELI