USA Today - Feb 26 2009

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Clues Answers
''Beetle Bailey'' creator Walker MORT
''Genius ___ percent inspiration . . .'' ISONE
''I'm foundering!'' SOS
''It's ___ a Paper Moon'' (Fitzgerald standard) ONLY
''Obviously!'' DUH
''___ the Chief'' HAILTO
Article for Mozart EINE
Assay GRADE
Author of ''Steppenwolf'' HESSE
Bewildered LOST
Bottom-of-the-page material FOOTER
Breathe laboriously WHEEZE
Bride's concern GOWN
Canadian oil co. ESSO
Capri has a famous one GROTTO
Carriage drawn by a single horse SHAY
CBS part, briefly SYST
Chick follower? PEA
Cleopatra's executioners ASPS
Close for security SEAL
Cool off like a boxer PANT
Count in French COMTE
Dark orange-yellow TOPAZ
Easy run LOPE
Eccentric old man COOT
Egyptian Christians COPTS
Electrical unit FARAD
Ernie of golf ELS
Eschew going Dutch SHOULDERTHECOST
Espy SPOT
Fish deposit ROE
Fork-tailed marine birds TERNS
Four-time Grammy winner Schifrin LALO
Gas in incandescent lamps, perhaps ARGON
German dessert TORTE
Group after varmints POSSE
Guesstimate words ORSO
Hanger in a closet COAT
Having a goatee and beret, say ARTY
It may be taken with a raised hand OATH
Clues Answers
Japanese coin SEN
Kind of unusual day? MOST
Lets RENTS
LL.D. holder ATTY
M and F COED
Major league family name ALOU
Moonfish OPAH
Name on airport signs AVIS
Nocturnal primate LORIS
Nonexpert, as an opinion LAY
Nurture FOSTER
Old masters used them OILS
Opposite of hard time ASLAPONTHEWRIST
Paul Gallico's ''Mrs. ___ Goes to Paris'' ARRIS
Play Pictionary DRAW
Precipitateness HASTE
Present but unseen LATENT
Presidential dog FALA
Prevent through intimidation DETER
Remains to be seen? ASHES
Riata end NOOSE
Scrub ABORT
Something you didn't know NEWS
Speak without forethought SHOOTFROMTHEHIP
Spray distributor FTD
Startling announcement? BOO
Sticker stat APR
Subterranean soldiers ANTS
Supper served by a swineherd SLOP
The middle Simpson sibling LISA
They come calling AVON
They may line the aisles PEWS
Three-toed creature RHEA
Turbine part ROTOR
Turns hides into leather TANS
U-ey from WSW ENE
Undisturbed? SANE
WA-to-VA direction ESE
What many incumbents do RERUN
You have to be upfront with it ANTE