Universal - Aug 12 2008

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Clues Answers
''Go Tell It on the Mountain'' novelist BALDWIN
''Now do you believe me?'' SEE
''Same here'' DITTO
''Zip your lip!'' SHUTUP
All, to start with OMNI
Beetle larvae GRUBS
Bengal tiger, occasionally MANEATER
Big name in frozen food SWANSON
Blessing BOON
Blowhard's offering BOAST
Boxing measurement REACH
Caustic cleaners LYES
Chi follower PSI
Congratulatory or consoling gestures PATS
Contend VIE
Criticize TAKEASWIPEAT
Crusty meal POTPIE
Deformed circles OVALS
Desire greatly (with ''for'') HOPEANDPRAY
Dies down EBBS
Disquiet UNREST
Emergency summoner PAGER
Famous tentmaker OMAR
FBI guys, e.g. GMEN
Froze solid ICEDUP
Gauge part, often NEEDLE
Geometric figure CONE
Gives the go-ahead OKS
Having heightened senses ALERT
High-jumping African ANTELOPE
Houdini, notably ESCAPEARTIST
Hyannis Port name TED
Incubus DEMON
It passes the buck ATM
Just fine AOK
Laundry sortings PILES
Leakey finds BONES
Like gentlemen's agreements ORAL
Made into leather TANNED
Clues Answers
Microbes GERMS
Misbehave (with ''up'') ACT
Not camera-ready? SHY
Not matching ODD
On clippers? ASEA
Org. that'll find a way AAA
Passe DATED
Plant that resembles an onion LEEK
Play to the camera MUG
Polka partner DOT
Prepares to catch the worm? GETSUPEARLY
Presidential run TERM
Protagonist of some Clancy books RYAN
Purloins STEALS
Ring victories, briefly KOS
Roman moon goddess LUNA
Royal flush component ACE
Smart fellows? ALECS
Something spotted in a tree OWL
Something sweeps sweep SOOT
Stereotypical ladder climber ELOPER
Stick on the slopes SKIPOLE
Talkative pet (Var.) MYNAH
Teapot ___ scandal DOME
The Bard's witch HAG
Toastmaster EMCEE
Torment BEDEVIL
Type of sax ALTO
Ukrainian, e.g. SLAV
Undertake WAGE
Units in an ER CCS
Utility bill datum USAGE
Valerie Harper role RHODA
Vocally ALOUD
What a trencherman does EATS
Word from a fan RAH
Work on galleys EDIT
Writer buried in Elmira TWAIN
Xena's horse ARGO