USA Today - December 24 2019 Tuesday Crossword Puzzle Solutions

USA Today - Dec 24 2019 Tuesday  

Clues	Answers
'I'm a ___, I'm in distress, I can handle this. Have a nice day.' ('Hercules' line)	DAMSEL
'OK, why not'	SURE
'Ol' Blue Eyes' Frank	SINATRA
'Westworld' actress Thompson	TESSA
Actor Mahershala	ALI
Apple drink	CIDER
Asset for a quarterback	ARM
Beam of light	RAY
Big name in computers	DELL
Boarded, as a train	GOTON
Bright side of an unfortunate situation	SILVERLINING
Casino cube	DIE
Change the color of	DYE
Container toppers	LIDS
Counterparts of nephews	NIECES
Counting everything	INALL
Cozy breakfast area	NOOK
Cupid's Greek counterpart	EROS
Dallas City Hall architect	IMPEI
Fallon's 'Tonight Show' predecessor	LENO
Fashionable	CHIC
Feels unwell	AILS
Fender flaw	DENT
Filled with horror	AGHAST
Fuzzy leather	SUEDE
Grandson of Eve	ENOS
Hammer or handsaw	TOOL
Intended	MEANT
iPhone assistant	SIRI
It might make a private remark public	HOTMIC
Keep safe	PROTECT
Like lemons and limes	SOUR
Luxury item in a wallet	PLATINUMCARD
Make a mistake	ERR
Meat-slicing locale	DELI
More, en Califas	MAS
Natural soother	ALOE
Nightmare, e.g	DREAM
Not a soul	NOONE
Number on a store shelf	PRICE
Objectify with a look	OGLE
Official decree	EDICT
Partridge's tree, in a Christmas carol	PEAR
Passed along, as an unwanted present	REGIFTED
Place for a hat	HEAD
Plumber's target	CLOG
Police alert, briefly	APB
Prank show first hosted by Ashton Kutcher	PUNKD
Reason to cram	TEST
Representative	AGENT
Reusable grocery bag	TOTE
Segment before the title sequence	COLDOPEN
Shiny reward for a job well done	GOLDSTAR
Signing, as a deal	INKING
Skiing locales	SLOPES
Snooty type	SNOB
Sound of spilled milk	SPLAT
Spanish appetizers	TAPAS
Speck in the sea	ISLE
Speed demon's body part	LEADFOOT
Spoken	ORAL
Sports venue	STADIUM
Stairwell rod	RAIL
Stories passed down	LORE
Swerved	VEERED
Tackle together	TAGTEAM
They may clash at work	EGOS
Triathlon, for one	RACE
TV journalist Curry	ANN
Very dry	ARID
West African nation home to Accra	GHANA
Word by a coin slot	INSERT
___ chart	PIE
___ jeans	MOM
___ journey (arc that begins with a call to adventure)	HEROS
___ out a living (got by)	EKED