USA Today - December 24 2017 Sunday Crossword Puzzle Answers

USA Today Crossword Puzzle Solutions - Dec 24 2017 Sunday 

Clue	Solution
"A ___ pittance!"	MERE
"Cat Family" painter Jan	STEEN
"I forbid you!"	DONT
"Monsters, ___" (Pixar movie)	INC
"Roots" author Haley	ALEX
"Solve for x" subject	ALGEBRA
"Stupid is as stupid does," e.g.	ADAGE
"Terrif!"	FAB
"What'll ya ___?"	HAVE
___ Grey tea	EARL
___ Minella (Muppet monkey)	SAL
1945 flag-raising site, briefly	IWO
Adds a lane to, say	WIDENS
Bangers and ___ (British dish)	MASH
Battle of Trenton mercenary	HESSIAN
Bit of brainwork	IDEA
Boring tool	AUGER
Breaker of Ruth's record in 1961	MARIS
Bugs Bunny antagonist Yosemite	SAM
Carbon monoxide's lack	ODOR
Coffee named for a Yemeni city	MOCHA
Cut at a 45-degree angle	MITER
D-Day beach	OMAHA
De Gaulle's birthplace	LILLE
Decline, as stock prices	SAG
Doing nothing	IDLE
Early bird's victim	WORM
Farthest orbital point	APOGEE
Fritter away	WASTE
FWIW part	ITS
Gaggle members	GEESE
Gathering that may feature jousters	RENAISSANCEFAIR
Give a nudge to	PROD
Grace ender	AMEN
Hard disk or magnetic tape	RECORDINGMEDIUM
Heading under which "Cut" and "Copy" appear	EDIT
Heaven-sent food	MANNA
Highest Boy Scouts rank	EAGLE
Icy coating	RIME
In unison	ASONE
India's untouchables, e.g.	CASTE
It may say "Wipe your paws"	MAT
KGB counterpart, once	CIA
Like Crusoe, at first	ALONE
Like drive-thru window orders	TOGO
Like the first LPs	MONO
Liver secretion	BILE
Many a Wagner composition	OPERA
Marisa of "Spider-Man: Homecoming"	TOMEI
Microprocessor name since 1971	INTEL
Midwest or Northeast, to the U.S.	REGION
Napoleon and Amin, for two	EXILES
Nixonian hand signal	VEE
Nonprofit's URL suffix	ORG
Occupy the throne	RULE
Of folklore	FABLED
Oktoberfest vessel	STEIN
One of the first two MLB expansion teams	ANGELS
One of the Trump sons	ERIC
Pet food giant	IAMS
Poet ___ St. Vincent Millay	EDNA
Pompous sorts	ASSES
Portfolio item, in brief	IRA
River near the Uffizi Gallery	ARNO
Rock that's fracked	SHALE
Scientific calculator function	SINE
Sci-fi ability	ESP
Souffle needs	EGGS
Standard Windows typeface	ARIAL
Stat boosted by extra-base hits	SLUGGINGAVERAGE
Still in the running	ALIVE
Sugar-free, perhaps	NOCAL
Sundance showing	FILM
Tackles an assignment	HASATIT
Take-home figure	NET
T-shaped crosses	TAUS
Victorian or Elizabethan	ERA
Vietnamese seaport	HUE