USA Today - Oct 21, 2015 Wednesday Crossword Puzzle Answer

USA Today Crossword Puzzle Solution - Oct 21, 2015 Wednesday

Clue	Answer
"__ the ramparts.."	OER
"By the __ token .."	SAME
"It's been __ pleasure!"	A REAL
"Really, ___ nothing"	ITS
"Understand?"	SEE
"Welcome" bearer	MAT
__ donna	PRIMA
__ for the books	ONE
A tense	PRESENT
Absorb, as costs	EAT
Advertise on TV	SPONSOR
Backs of necks	NAPES
Bar mitzvah appetizer	KNISH
Before, at the beginning	PRE
Before, of yore	ERE
Biblical verb	DOEST
Bighead's problem	EGO
Birds in gaggle	GEESE
Bit of body art, slangily	TAT
Blaster's stuff	TNT
Blueprint detail, in short	SPEC
Bunny's tail	SCUT
Cairo is its capital city	EGYPT
Cash recipient	PAYEE
Cereal eater's implement	SPOON
Cereal glass bristle	AWN
Certain newsstand	KIOSK
Chicken __ king	ALA
Classic introduction?	NEO
Coal holders	BINS
Color	HUE
Compass direction	NORTH BY WEST,SOUTH BY WEST, WEST BY NORTH, EAST AND WEST
Cultural value system	ETHIC
Darkly obscure	MURKY
Doorframe	JAMB
Dutch cheese	GOUDA
Emulate a dog's tail	WAG
Encourage	EGGON
Florist's cutting	STEM
Forty winks	NAP
Greek "P"	RHO
Healthy and vigorous	LUSTY
Improve, as wine and cheese	AGE
It starts at the heart	AORTA
It's caught outside bakeries	AROMA
It's just over a foot	ANKLE
Lisa of note	MONA
Long-tailed songbird	PIPIT
Magazine monthly	ISSUE
Native hawkeye	IOWAN
Nice and friendly	AMIABLE
Olympic hopeful	ATHLETE
Outbreak	ONSET
Paper units	REAMS
Pine tree substance	RESIN
Prolonged assault	SIEGE
Push and shove	JOSTLE
Red, white and blue initials	USA
Relatives of 15-Across	FETAS
Responds to stimuli	REACTS
Rich	MONEYED
Romney of politics	MITT
Rumple, as hair	MUSS
Set straight	ALIGN
Signal of distress	SOS
Thai money	BAHTS
Theft protection	PADLOCK
They may be glossed over	LIPS
They show you are you	IDS
Toast choice	WHEAT
Wailer of folklore	BANSHEE
What a tugboat does	TOWS
What makes men mean?	ANA
Whiskered swimmer	CATFISH
Writer's inspiration	MUSE