USA Today - December 2 2017 Saturday Crossword Puzzle Answers

USA Today Crossword Puzzle Solutions - Dec 2 2017 Saturday 

Clue	Solution
"Collect 'em all!" collection	SET
"Don't tread ___" (flag motto)	ONME
"Got it!"	ISEE
"Pet" annoyance	PEEVE
"r," in texts	ARE
"That hurts!"	YOW
"The Heart of Georgia"	MACON
"To a . . ." work	ODE
___ Leppard (quintet with a one-armed drummer)	DEF
Add tinsel to, say	ADORN
Argentite, e.g.	SILVERORE
Avian symbol of craziness	LOON
Bankrolls, informally	WADS
Beverages in floats	ROOTBEERS
Caked-on buildup	CRUD
Came up in conversation	AROSE
Captain Hook's nemesis, for short	CROC
Caravan mount	CAMEL
Carpetlayer's calculation	AREA
Chem or bio room	LAB
Cleveland who wrote "The Proper Bostonians"	AMORY
Competes in a state fair contest, perhaps	EATS
Crinkly vegetable	KALE
Cuisine with sriracha sauce	THAI
Divided into districts	ZONAL
Drop the curtain on	END
Event suggested by the starts of 17-, 35- and 40-Across	THEOLYMPICGAMES
Exemplar of redness	BEET
Fades out	EBBS
Feudal lord or subject	LIEGE
Fraternity initiation, e.g.	RITE
Gets blubbery	CRIES
Golf shoe feature	CLEAT
Got dressed for dinner, say	CHANGED
Guarantees, as an interest rate	LOCKSIN
Gym rat's music player	IPOD
Hang in the balance	PEND
Ill-mannered sort	BOOR
In the style of	ALA
Italy's fashion capital	MILAN
Like many zoo animals	CAGED
Many a reggae musician	RASTA
Mineral abundant in 21-Across	IRON
Not slouching	ERECT
Partner of healthy and wealthy	WISE
Period marked by the smelting of copper	BRONZEAGE
Poor dog's share, in rhyme	NONE
Prefix meaning "trillion"	TERA
Present unfairly	SLANT
Put down, slangily	DIS
Relative of an English horn	OBOE
Rock concert lineup	BANDS
Sch. south of Providence	URI
Scullers' gear	OARS
See 14-Across	ACID
Send to the Hill	ELECT
Silty formation	DELTA
Simon who sang "You're So Vain"	CARLY
Soap opera about the Carringtons	DYNASTY
Soup at a sushi bar	MISO
Stat for a starter or reliever	ERA
Steams up	RILES
Suffix that may denote wealth	AIRE
Suit's deg.	MBA
Title role for Benicio del Toro	CHE
Totally pointless	INANE
U.S. paper currency, 1863-1933	GOLDCERTIFICATE
Uninvited partygoer	CRASHER
Veronica of "Hill Street Blues"	HAMEL
Web surfer's stop	SITE
What you're trying to do now	SOLVE
Where garments often split	SEAMS
With 16-Across, component of most proteins	AMINO
Words of overconfidence, perhaps	ICANTLOSE
Wrecker offering	TOW
Yell after an errant drive	FORE
Zac of "Dirty Grandpa"	EFRON
Zero, at Wimbledon	LOVE