Universal - Dec 11 2007

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Clues Answers
"'Twas the ___ before Christmas ..." NIGHT
"The Bathers" artist Pierre-Auguste RENOIR
''Entourage'' character Gold ARI
''Lost Horizon'' director CAPRA
''State'' starter TRI
''The ___ Before Time'' (1988) LAND
''Walk-off'' game-ender HOMER
''When in ___, do ...'' ROME
Abracadabra stuff MAGIC
Actor Hopkins, for one SIR
Ancient Persian governors SATRAPS
Beer choice LITE
Big name in chips LAYS
Big week in TV SWEEPS
Bjorn of tennis fame BORG
Brew, as tea STEEP
Bristle-like structure SETA
Bro, to sis SIB
Brown or black animal BEAR
Calendar heading DATE
Campus wheels DEANS
Chances ODDS
Chase away REPEL
Chubbier PLUMPER
Chute opener? PARA
Cinema sign EXIT
Cobbler's concerns SHOES
Cockney's location? ERE
Common settler? DUST
Conclusion END
Designer Wang VERA
Director's directive, perhaps ENTERONTHERIGHT
Displaying no emotion STONY
Drained of blood ASHEN
Drought-stricken ARID
Dumbarton denizen SCOT
Eastern newt EFT
Emulate a jester AMUSE
Equestrian sport POLO
Excessive, as force UNDUE
Feathery scarf BOA
Female monster LAMIA
Film-processing place LAB
First word of ''The Raven'' ONCE
Folks in a rut? PLOWERS
Formerly, in olden days ERST
Four-wheeled flop EDSEL
Georgetown player HOYA
Gets around? SPINS
Greek house letter ETA
Guard DOORKEEPER
Gush forth SPEW
Helpers when keys are lost LOCKSMITHS
Hirsute mystery man YETI
Hopeful lover's item PETAL
Humpback's kin SEI
Ignore CLOSEONESEYESTO
In the saddle, e.g. ATOP
In the wee hours LATE
Inexperienced one NAIF
Ingredient in many lotions ALOE
Inquires ASKS
Inventor Howe ELIAS
It may need correction ERROR
It might buy 31-Across PESO
It precedes "fast" and follows "home" STEAD
It returns your calls ECHO
It's taken in AIR
Kathleen Battle's bag OPERA
Language spoken in Vientiane LAO
Latvia's largest city RIGA
Leave out OMIT
Legions HOSTS
Like the Elks FRATERNAL
Litter's littlest RUNT
Long historical novel SAGA
Look after SEETO
Look ___ (investigate) INTO
Clues Answers
Main point GIST
Map dir. SSE
Mexican fare TACO
Mil. org. on campus ROTC
Mishmash or medley OLIO
Molar malady ACHE
Mongolian tent YURT
Monstrous, a la Shrek OGRISH
Mushroom-to-be SPORE
Muslim form of salutation SALAAM
Neeson of ''Kinsey'' LIAM
Not had by ONTO
Off the track ASTRAY
Off-white shade ECRU
One of the Pac-Man ghosts INKY
Opposite of separateness UNITY
Passengers' selections SEAT
Pasture animal SHEEP
Philbin of TV REGIS
Pinocchio's outstanding feature NOSE
Place for a cotillion BALLROOM
Poems of praise ODES
Possible roster ender ETAL
Price indicator TAG
Privileged person HAVE
Put in order ALIGN
Rajah's wife RANI
Receptive to new ideas OPENMINDED
Rich dessert TORTE
Rizzo in ''Midnight Cowboy'' RATSO
Runs off at the mouth GABS
Saturday night fella BEAU
Search for prey, e.g. PROWL
Segment of history ERA
Single-masted vessel SLOOP
Situated below NETHER
Snack for Chip or Dale ACORN
Social starter ANTI
Socially awkward ones GEEKS
Sodium ___ (table salt) CHLORIDE
Some barbershop quartet members TENORS
Speech carrier, in a way RADIO
Speech coach's challenge LISP
Stable sound CLOP
Stamen's counterpart PISTIL
Star search? ASTRONOMY
Store sign OPENFORBUSINESS
Symbol of bravery MEDAL
Think tank matter IDEA
Third bk. of the Bible LEV
Threadbare or tattered clothing RAGS
Tickled GLAD
Tiny amount, as of an element TRACE
To date YET
Train line list STOPS
Type of conjunctivitis PINKEYE
Type of reporter CUB
Typing instructor's concern KEYSTROKES
Uncomfortably full SATED
Unhidden OVERT
Unpleasant smell ODOR
Untruth LIE
Use a straw SIP
Vocal style ARIOSO
What so loudly we hail? TAXI
What two dots and two lines mean, in music REPEAT
White cliffs locale DOVER
Windows customer USER
Wolfe of crime fiction NERO
Wordless acknowledgment NOD
Wrap up SWATHE
Young hopper BUNNY
___ child (pregnant) WITH
___ in the bud NIP
___ sink SLOP
___ the Terrible IVAN
___ to (be a member of) BELONG
___-mo SLO