USA Today - Dec 26 2015 Saturday Crossword Puzzle Answer

USA Today Crossword Puzzle Solution - Dec 26 2015 Saturday

Clues	Answers
".. as much fun as a __"	BARREL OF MONKEYS
"Bus Stop" playwright	INGE
"Peanuts," e.g.	COMIC
"The __" (Sellers film)	BOBO
"The one that got away," e.g.	YARN
"The Outcasts of Poker Flat" author Harte	BRET
1760 yards	MILE
Abbreviated version	MINI
Alpha's opposite	OMEGA
Asks	POSES
Balcony area	LOGE
Bar Mitzvah, for one	RITE
Bean choice	LIMA
Beanery handout	MENU
Bomb, in Hollywood	FLOP
Carbon, black, e.g.	SMUT
Cartoonist Guisewite	CATHY
Centers of sports action	ARENAS
Cerment finisher's tool	TROWEL
Certain birthstone	OPAL
Chapter headings, e.g.	TITLES
Charles de Gaulle's onetime hat	KEPI
City on the Rhone	LYON
Cloth roll	BOLT
Cognizant	AWARE
Course deviation	YAW
Covered cupcakes	ICED
Diminish by degrees	ERODE
Does not exist	ISNT
European capital	OSLO
Event for proctors	EXAM
Fanny creator Jong	ERICA
Film editor's collection	TAKES
Fujimori's country	PERU
Get wind of	HEAR
Hide but not hair	SKIN
Hockey milieu	RINK
Homegrown	LOCAL
Horner's find	PLUM
It broke the camel's back	STRAW
It may have a "no pets" clause	LEASE
It voids warranties	ABUSE
It's often made in a fresh manner?	PASS
Kind of blanket	WET
Kind of shell	TACO
Lady of Spain	SENORA
Large quantity	SLEW
Large-scale entertainment	THREE RING CIRCUS
Larson of "The Far Side"	GARY
Lie in store for	AWAIT
Majestic	REGAL
Milo of "Barbarella"	OSHEA
Mythical mischief-maker	LOKI
Nears retirement	AGES
Not at home	AWAY
Notable time period	ERA
Noted nebula locale	ORION
Of the first water	AONE
Old flames	EXES
One who's up in baseball	BATTER
One with equal billing	COSTAR
Prepare for painting	PRIME
Ronstadt or Lavin	LINDA
Saltpeter	NITER
Sausage units	LINKS
Smeltery supply	ORE
Sommer of "A Shot in the Dark"	ELKE
Soprano's song	ARIA
Spanish gold	ORO
Stadium level	TIER
Television staple	SITUATION COMEDY
Texas city	WACO
Troy's other name	ILION
Twig	SPRIG
Up and about	ASTIR
Weep	BAWL
Word with intensive care	UNIT
You stand to lose it	LAP