USA Today - Jun 21 2006

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Clues Answers
''Cry ___ River'' MEA
''Goodnight, ___'' (1950 hit) IRENE
''The significance being . . . ?'' AND
''___ for All Seasons'' (1966 film) AMAN
''___ Mia!'' MAMMA
Bed or home ending STEAD
Bring under control SUBDUE
Bygone leaders TSARS
Cardinals' cap insignia STL
Certain grandson III
Chapter explanation, e.g. ENDNOTES
Construction worker's craft, perhaps MASONRY
Country queen McEntire REBA
Course climax, often EXAM
Currency in Rome, once LIRE
Cycle starter UNI
Dark, poetically EBON
Denison denizen TEXAN
Displayed fear, in a way RAN
Frequented spots HAUNTS
Gawks RUBBERNECKS
Gay over Hiroshima ENOLA
Horse stall bedding, often STRAW
Island south of Sicily MALTA
It's needed for a stroke OAR
Jumping-off place? SPRINGBOARD
Large ocean vessel LINER
Last word of the Pledge of Allegiance ALL
Les ___-Unis ETATS
Like a raucous stadium crowd AROAR
Like a saved seat TAKEN
Like some discount clothes, briefly IRRS
Like some trigger fingers ITCHY
Linger aimlessly LOITER
London river THAMES
Mai ___ cocktail TAI
Make harmonious ATTUNE
Malay Peninsula's Isthmus of ___ KRA
Clues Answers
Many a CEO MBA
Most likely to elicit a pucker TARTEST
Mythical god of thunder THOR
North Carolina college town DURHAM
Not at the expected time LATE
On one's toes ALERT
One place to see a lavalava SAMOA
One way to give the cook a break EATOUT
One-time presidential candidate Elizabeth, politely MRSDOLE
Palindromic literary twin NAN
Paper holder, perhaps ELASTICBAND
Part of HUD URBAN
Partner of order LAW
Pertaining to bees APIAN
Philadelphia-to-Norfolk dir. SSW
Polynesian idol TIKI
Potential heiress NIECE
Radio woe STATIC
Raggedy doll ANN
Ritzy ride STRETCHLIMO
Shaker ___, OH HTS
Sharp or severe ACUTE
Sings like Tormé SCATS
State or sect starter TRI
Stone and Gless SHARONS
Strudel fruit, sometimes APPLES
Subjects of some jury deliberations DAMAGES
Took exception to DEMURRED
Tooth pullers' grp. ADA
Tots' attention-getters, perhaps TUGS
Two silkworms raced and ended in ___ ATIE
Type of cheese SWISS
Urchins GAMINS
Vestige TRACE
Went to Spago, e.g. DINED
West, of films MAE
With the wherewithal ABLE
Word with pool or port CAR