USA Today - November 1 2017 Wednesday Crossword Puzzle Answers

USA Today Crossword Puzzle Solutions - Nov 1 2017 Wednesday 

Clue	Solution
Pepsi, to Coke	RIVAL
Barbershop powder	TALC
Honey-cured deli items	HAMS
___ acids (food supplement ingredients)	AMINO
It has Earth’s highest and lowest points	ASIA
Passing notice	OBIT
Old bomb of a car	RUSTBUCKET
Modest skirt style	MAXI
Summer Olympics sword	EPEE
Betsy in American history	ROSS
Utility company device	METER
Site of an 1836 siege	ALAMO
Ships that supply refineries	OILERS
Gossip’s fodder	DIRTYLAUNDRY
Fish-tailed Disney character	ARIEL
"___ big to fail"	TOO
Hula dancer’s accessory	LEI
Mother of striped cubs	TIGRESS
The Onion staffers	WRITERS
Braying beast	ASS
Word before quotes or guitar	AIR
Date night option	MOVIE
"House of Wax" star, 1953	VINCENTPRICE
The Onion’s genre	SATIRE
False front	GUISE
Do better than show	PLACE
Milwaukee Bucks head coach Jason	KIDD
Serpents on Egyptian relics	ASPS
Word that can follow the last parts of 17-, 26-, 45- and 60-Across	LIST
A batter may beat one out	INFIELDHIT
Start of a play	ACTI
Eartha who sang "C’est Si Bon"	KITT
Off the leash	LOOSE
Rain cats and dogs	TEEM
Handicrafts website	ETSY
Word before Team or Act	DREAM
"Antiques Roadshow" adjective	RARE
Response to "Still sleeping?"	IMUP
Two-jawed device	VISE
Feeder at a termite mound	ANTEATER
Soft toss or shot	LOB
Port near Seattle	TACOMA
Invites to a 44-Across, say	ASKSOUT
Tweaks the truth	LIES
Scratching-post user	CAT
Hardly handsome	HOMELY
Drop in intensity	ABATE
Boy-meets-girl event	MIXER
Shows signs of life	STIRS
River to the Caspian Sea	URAL
Russian orbiter that docked with Atlantis	MIR
Lovett with four Grammys	LYLE
Sulfur dioxide has a pungent one	ODOR
Statistician’s fodder	DATA
"Bearded" bloom	IRIS
Fixes, as a fight	RIGS
These days	NOW
Eshkol of Israel	LEVI
A half-brother of Barron	ERIC
"That clears it up"	ISEE
Of sound mind	SANE
(Not my error)	SIC
Misbehavers, in a cute way	IMPS
"The ___ Song" ("Carmen" highlight)	TOREADOR
Passes along, as a present	REGIFTS
Clue’s Mr. Boddy, e.g.	VICTIM
Road rage, say	IRE
It may result in an R rating	NUDITY
Sandcastle destroyer	TIDE
Snowball fight sound	SPLAT
She fell down a rabbit hole	ALICE
Take a tidbit of	TASTE
Make a muffler, say	KNIT
One of a Foot Locker pair	SHOE
Site of a famous bell tower	PISA
Wind-up watch part	STEM
Mike’s partner on candy boxes	IKE
Many an honorary deg.	LLD