USA Today - Sep 26 2018 Wednesday Crossword Puzzle Answers

USA Today - Sep 26 2018 Wednesday  

Clues	Answers
'Let's talk' note	SEEME
'You just missed!'	ALMOST
7 or 10, in a 7-10 split	PIN
Added whipped cream to, say	TOPPED
Aquatic Disney princess	ARIEL
Batting practice structure	CAGE
Be the first act	OPEN
Blood-typing word (Abbr.)	NEG
Bonfire glower	EMBER
Brownish songbird	WREN
Car wash cycle	RINSE
Cher or Beyonce, e.g	DIVA
Coffeehouse recitation	POEM
Coils in sheds	HOSES
Comply with	OBEY
Corpulent 'South Park' kid	ERIC
Crop up	OCCUR
Device for an Apple Pencil	IPAD
Do penance	ATONE
Edinburgh natives	SCOTS
Effortless manner	EASE
Fall bloom	ASTER
Great Fire of Rome emperor	NERO
Hang around	STAY
Head for a treehouse	CLIMB
Heavy lifter	CRANE
Iced tea garnish	LEMONWEDGE
In charge of	OVER
Initials at 20-Across	SRO
Israel, biblically	ZION
Jared of 'Suicide Squad'	LETO
Lacking pizzazz	BLAH
Leave slack-jawed	AMAZE
Like a curious dog's head	ATILT
Liquid-Plumr target	DRAINCLOG
Locker room emanation	ODOR
Make good on	REPAY
Many a Woodstock hairdo	AFRO
Michael Jackson's 'kingdom'	POP
Military buffs' interests	WARS
Monica with a racket	SELES
Monthly Oil Market Report issuer	OPEC
Movie studio events	RELEASES
Neatnik's opposite	SLOB
Not as assertive	MEEKER
Off weeks, in football	BYES
On one's guard	ALERT
Parks who sparked a boycott	ROSA
Patronize a deli	EAT
Place for a perm	SALON
Pointed a finger at	BLAMED
Potentially ruinous	DIRE
Prell competitor	PERT
Protective atmospheric layer	OZONE
Puzzle on a place mat, perhaps	MAZE
Pyramids' high points	APEXES
Racetrack barrier	RAIL
Rod in a globe	AXIS
Run off to the J.P	ELOPE
Sales slip figure	TAX
Sam of Sam's Club	WALTON
Setting of a Bret Harte tale	POKERFLAT
Skating rink shape	OVAL
Slow-pitch pitches	LOBS
Some battery terminals	ANODES
Strait of Hormuz land	OMAN
Superlatively wise	SAGEST
Takes time off	RESTS
The Flintstones' pet	DINO
They sense scents	NOSES
Ticket scalpers' hopes	SELLOUTS
Tip sheet figures	ODDS
Tom, Dick or Harry	NAME
Toyota's upscale line	LEXUS
Traits of many 14-Acrosses	EGOS
Vodka/ginger beer drink	MOSCOWMULE
Wilson of 'Starsky and Hutch'	OWEN
Yield to wanderlust	ROVE