USA Today - Dec 2 2009

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Clues Answers
"Coming Out of the Dark" singer ESTEFAN
A handful of SOME
A loop doesn't have any ENDS
Alert to squad cars, briefly APB
AWOL's pursuers MPS
Barcelona bar food TAPAS
Be flush with ABUT
Be of use to AVAIL
Beast of burden PACKANIMAL
Borscht ingredients BEETS
Burn treatment ALOE
Bygone geographical inits. SSR
Casting choice? ROD
Certain money-handler BANKTELLER
Claymore cousin SABER
Clothing closure SNAP
Columbus or Sinbad, e.g. SEAFARER
Concern for Ace Ventura PET
Construction site sight, perhaps CRANE
Countrified "Scram!" GIT
Country diner sign EATS
Cultivate, as a garden TEND
Ding-dong BIRDBRAIN
Do away with SCRAP
Don't go quietly RESIST
Driver's shout? FORE
Eaves dropper? RAIN
Excalibur, for one SWORD
Fictional swinger TARZAN
Fixed portion RATION
Flat rate? RENT
Flies off the shelf SELLS
Follows a doctor's order SAYSAH
Gave one's blessing to OKED
Help with an inside job, maybe ABET
In a competent manner ABLY
In a group of AMID
Indigenous NATIVE
Invites out of the rain ASKSIN
Clues Answers
Is sure to be heard YELLS
Island chain? LEI
It's used for drawing STRAW
Kind of dwarf on high RED
Like Leif Eriksson NORSE
Make a sinner thinner? LISP
Make challah BRAID
Meal opener? OAT
Must-haves NEEDS
One in a zillion? ZEE
One of a noted geographical quintet ERIE
One place to take care of business BOARDROOM
Peeled parts RINDS
Political fundraiser, often GALA
Proximal NEARBY
Relaxes, as rules BENDS
Running jokes GAGS
Salesman's quest ORDER
Scapegoat FALLGUY
Seckel, e.g. PEAR
Second-highest in four-part harmony ALTO
Something ventured GUESS
Suddenly seize NAB
Swamp critter TOAD
Sweetums HONEYPIE
The one assigned to a bomb? STAR
Tierra ___ Fuego DEL
Title gal in an 1848 tune by Stephen Foster SUSANNA
Told too often STALE
Toxic spray DDT
Unwelcome spot STAIN
User-friendly picture ICON
Verbally attacked (with "into") TORE
Verde Valley resort SEDONA
Wake up and smell the coffee? ARISE
Walkie-talkie button SEND
Where to find Chad (Abbr.) AFR
Without ___ (pro-bono) AFEE
Word with "candle" or "numeral" ROMAN