Universal - Sep 26 2008

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Clues Answers
"Back Street" writer Fannie HURST
"One Touch of Venus" star Gardner AVA
"The Wizard of Oz" prop OILCAN
''Norma'' and ''Turandot'' OPERAS
''Pull it,'' in proofreading DELE
''___ Vadis'' QUO
180 deg. from WSW ENE
Aberdeen fellow SCOT
Acting Field SALLY
Amusement spots of old PENNYARCADES
Animal that gives milk GOAT
Arched molding OGEE
Arizona city YUMA
Arrange in tiers LAYER
Athletic trainer's supply TAPE
Attack ASSAIL
Baglike structures SACS
Bagpipe sound DRONE
Baseball stat. RBI
Basic belief TENET
Be green, in a way RECYCLE
Became a dad SIRED
Belt maker's tool AWL
Best possible price FREE
Bible book before Nehemiah EZRA
Bit of eye makeup IRIS
Bloody Mary garnish CELERY
Bloom of the stage CLAIRE
Blue dye INDIGO
Boldness to a fault GALL
Bone featuring the radial notch ULNA
Book before Esth. in the Bible NEH
Breath mint target ODOR
Bring to ruin UNDO
Burn with hot liquid SCALD
Busch Gardens locale TAMPA
Calling CAREER
Candy bar nut ALMOND
Cathode's counterpart ANODE
Certain American dogwood OSIER
Changes to handle new conditions ADAPTS
Chef's ''in the style of'' ALA
Chin dimple CLEFT
Combines BLENDS
Company with a horse in its logo POLO
Compound in fireworks NITER
Cook-off figure CHEF
Cooked up schemes PLOTTED
Deity with goat's hooves SATYR
Demonstrates fallibility ERRS
Desi's homeland CUBA
Disaster relief, e.g. AID
Disrupt a player on the tee, maybe TALK
Don't leave the leaves RAKE
Draining effect? EDDY
Dry and crumbly MEALY
Elton's john? LOO
Even bigger HUGER
Father's Day gift recipient DAD
Fence materials? LOOT
Five-digit extension HAND
Flamboyant style ELAN
Flattered most sincerely APED
Fourth word in the "Star Wars" intro AGO
French gal pal AMIE
Give off, as radiation EMIT
Gloomy covers PALLS
Go beyond tanning FRY
Go commando? RAID
Grain husks CHAFF
Gulf north of Somalia ADEN
Harder to hunt down RARER
Henley Royal Regatta craft SCULL
Highly prized DEAR
Hip bones ILIA
Holiday kickoffs EVES
Household expenses UPKEEP
Institution in Philly DREXEL
Clues Answers
Iraqi port BASRA
It features a twist IRONY
It has a fire down below? HELL
Jeans alternatives CHINOS
Jessica of Hollywood ALBA
Jukebox forerunner NICKELODEON
Jukeboxes of old NICKELODEONS
Like an unswept hearth ASHY
Like Keebler workers ELFIN
Like our numerals ARABIC
Like some confessions ORAL
Like some grins SHEEPISH
Like some reports QUARTERLY
Lion's share MOST
Long-eared animal ASS
Make no longer made OLDS
Mao ___-tung TSE
Member of the lowest Hindu caste SUDRA
More green around the gills ILLER
Natural history museum piece RELIC
Ned Buntline effort DIMENOVEL
Ninja Turtle's hangout SEWER
Novelist Rand AYN
O-ring, e.g. GASKET
Obligated BOUND
One on the Mohs scale TALC
Opposite of "faster" EATER
Out-of-control kids BRATS
Outward tidal flow EBB
Pack it in QUIT
Pastoral setting LEA
Peeples of "Fame" NIA
Perfumes ESSENCES
Pinocchio's problem LYING
Politically incorrect clothing material FUR
Pressure unit TORR
Put in position SITE
Reach ATTAIN
Richard III's request AHORSE
Sack PILLAGE
Seal engraved on a ring SIGNET
Second photo in a testimonial ad AFTER
Self-descriptive letters ABBR
Shaft under the floorboard AXLE
Sharpshooter Annie OAKLEY
Sheet opening? RAP
Shin-kicker BRAT
Short-distance racers QUARTERHORSES
Shot of booze BELT
Sleeping girl in an Everly Brothers hit SUSIE
Small matter? ATOM
Speak one's mind OPINE
Stevedore's burden CARGO
Store-owning family on "Little House on the Prairie" OLESON
Story of Achilles ILIAD
Strauss of jeans LEVI
Swamp thing REED
Tentatively schedule (with ''in'') PENCIL
The Red Planet MARS
They come with balances due CODS
They fill the bill (and this puzzle's theme) CENTS
They make you yawn BORES
Tidy sum, slangily PRETTYPENNY
Time piece? ERA
Towels off DRIES
TV sleuth Peter GUNN
Type of singer? STOOLIE
Upper atmosphere layer OZONE
Watch word? TICK
Wet lowland FEN
Where David slew Goliath ELAH
Wolf chicken, e.g. EAT
Word of grace BLESS
Word with ''night'' or ''right'' ALL
Writer-critic James AGEE
You can cook with it GAS
Your sister's daughters NIECES
___ Bator (Mongolian capital) ULAN