LAT Sat. 12/19 Barry C. Silk

[magus]

Snow today --- no paper  --- used Across Lite --- amazing program, and you get congratulations!
 
Hot pursuit?   ARSON
Army brass    BUGLE [literally]
Places for dips   POOLS [I thought chips & dip]
Coffee houses?    URNS
It heats up your food immediately    TABASCO [I thought toaster, but it's slow]
Like ens    NASAL [new approach to print spaces]

 
Familia member   TIA [The drink TIA Maria would have kept the puzzle in English.]

 
Think of it   IDEA  [IDEA is a noun while "think of it" is a verb phrase that could yield the idea (noun) but does not define it.  It seems the clue and answer don't match syntactically.]