Universal - Jul 17 2012

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Clues Answers
"... ___ lender be" NORA
"By the ___ token ..." SAME
"Green Gables" girl ANNE
"Let it be," to a proofer STET
"Narc" suffix OTIC
36-inch units YARDS
African peninsula SINAI
Await approval PEND
Backing for plaster LATH
Be on the payroll EARN
Best-seller list entry TITLE
Big shindig GALA
Bolt attachment NUT
Bottom check box, often OTHER
Bread grain WHEAT
Certain wall decorators PAPERERS
Certify, as a college ACCREDIT
Church official below a priest DEACON
Church or college bigwig TRUSTEE
Crosswise to a ship's middle ABEAM
Deep-sea diver's gear SCUBA
Depend (with "on") RELY
Descartes or Coty RENE
Fannies REARS
Fat-nosed antelope SAIGA
Forest nymph of mythology DRYAD
Gangster's sidearm GAT
Give-go link ITA
Good farm soil LOAM
Gull-like birds TERNS
Hang with a close associate CHUMAROUND
Heavy hammer SLEDGE
Hi's mate, in the comics LOIS
Insulting gibe, e.g TAUNT
It may make a ewe turn BAA
Keeper of a house of ill repute BAWD
Leg bones TIBIAE
Legendary jazz singer Torme MEL
Light haircut request TRIM
Clues Answers
Like close sidekicks PALSYWALSY
Like some cuisine ETHNIC
Loa or Kea lead-in MAUNA
Long-lasting associations FRIENDSHIPS
Member of a pantry raid ANT
Metal tag on a shoelace AGLET
Method of pairing off for safety BUDDYSYSTEM
Midway guess ETA
Natural air conditioner TREE
Old wives' tales MYTHS
One standing in front of a king PAWN
Org. many lawyers belong to ABA
Part of Batman's garb CAPE
Petri dish contents, sometimes AGAR
Prefix for "brewery" MICRO
Pull-down item MENU
Ready for the operating room PREP
Respites for the road-weary INNS
Roadie's loads AMPS
Rod's associate REEL
Romanov ruler TSAR
Scot's word of denial NAE
See from afar ESPY
She's the dearest MOMMIE
Short newspaper piece ITEM
Spaced-out org.? NASA
Tested the weight of HEFTED
Things to draw from WELLS
Tide of minimum range NEAP
Typical Kuwaiti ARAB
Use inefficiently, as time WASTE
Verbalized ORAL
Very small amount IOTA
Watery castle barriers MOATS
West Point or Annapolis ACADEMY
Western Nevada city RENO
Wife of a raja RANI
Winged god of love EROS
Wrist bone ULNA