USA Today - Sep 27 2018 Crossword Answer

USA Today - Sep 27 2018 Crossword Answer

Clues	Answers
New hire, often	TRAINEE
Not snookered by	ONTO
One of a 1492 trio	PINTA
One with the know-how	EXPERT
One-eighties, slangily	UEYS
Parts of royal flushes	TENS
Quiet 'Hey, you!'	PSST
Ritter of country music	TEX
Rock from which slate is formed	SHALE
Rocket's deviation	YAW
Rolltop, e.g	DESK
Rooney of 'The Social Network'	MARA
Saharan watering holes	OASES
Saucer mate	CUP
Scottish herding dog, informally	SHELTIE
Scuff up, say	MAR
Sean of '50 First Dates'	ASTIN
Shah of Iran's fate	EXILE
Shoplift, e.g	PILFER
Shortly, to a bard	ANON
Some toy dogs, briefly	POMS
State with 'Famous Potatoes' plates	IDAHO
Sweetie pie	HON
Take up or let out	ALTER
Talk like a tosspot	SLUR
Talk trash about	BASH
Teen fave	IDOL
Term of address, to Uncle Remus	BRER
The 'P' of the S&P 500	POORS
The Eiger's range	ALPS
The Kardashians' matriarch	KRIS
Tree with shimmering leaves	ASPEN
Tweak, as text	EMEND
Ultimatum ender, perhaps	ELSE
Water-to-wine site	CANA
When doubled, a trumpet effect	WAH
Whole bunch	SLEW
Witch's concoction	BREW
___-do-well	NEER

Clues	Answers
'All bets ___ off!'	ARE
'Darn it!'	HECK
'It's obvious now!'	ISEE
'Star Trek' helmsman	SULU
'The Bambino' of baseball	RUTH
'You and I' in a sentence, e.g	COMPOUNDSUBJECT
400-meter loop, perhaps	LAP
Abductor in tabloids	ALIEN
About as expected	PARFORTHECOURSE
Artful dodges	RUSES
Beats it	SCRAMS
Bowl over	AWE
Camper's utensils	MESSKIT
CEO or CFO	EXEC
Classic daiquiri fruit	LIME
Cocktail garnished with mint leaves	MOJITO
Component of concrete	SAND
Credit union offerings	IRAS
Crew leader, briefly	COX
Drummer who famously replaced Best	STARR
Early 'Star Trek' starship description	ENTERPRISECLASS
Europe's tallest active volcano	ETNA
Exploitative sort	USER
Gladiator's milieu	ARENA
Go sky-high, as prices	SOAR
Hardly wordy	TERSE
Indian, Brave or Chief	PRO
Israel's legislature	KNESSET
Job for Ellery Queen	CASE
Kosher's Muslim counterpart	HALAL
Like all but one prime number	ODD
Like much testimony	ORAL
Linney of 'Ozark'	LAURA
Luger or marathoner	RACER
Most August births	LEOS
Most lean and sinewy	WIRIEST
MVP part	MOST
Need a bath badly	REEK
Nerve cell's impulse transmitter	AXON