Universal - Aug 8 2009

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Clues Answers
"A Christmas Carol" precipitation SNOW
"Cakes and ___" (Maugham novel) ALE
"Crikey!" GAD
"He who hesitates is lost," e.g. ADAGE
"Heartlight" singer Diamond NEIL
"Let's Make a Deal" options DOORS
"Love Songs" poet Teasdale SARA
"Peter Pan" pooch NANA
"Quiet on the ___!" SET
"Something ___, something ..." OLD
"The Count of ___ Cristo" MONTE
"Yes," at a wedding IDO
"___ it to the judge" TELL
A newt in its terrestrial stage EFT
About to explode IRATE
Act the drama queen EMOTE
Activity on a mat YOGA
Ad that falls out of a newspaper INSERT
Add, as weight PUTON
Allocate (with "out") METE
An anagram for "rats" TSAR
Ancient Andean settler INCA
Animal milk source TEAT
Assert confidently AVER
Australian cousin of the ostrich EMU
Basic precept TENET
Beautician's board EMERY
Big birdhouse AVIARY
Book review types LITERATI
Broadsides RAMS
Certain Arctic Circle inhabitant LAPP
Compass abbrs. NNES
Consumer Reports employee TESTER
Contour feather PENNA
Do post-production work EDIT
Electronics giant SONY
Emergency warnings ALARMS
Empty container weight TARE
Clues Answers
Full-price payer, at an amusement park ADULT
Group of people you can trust CIRCLEOFFRIENDS
Guttural, phonetically VELAR
Having wings ALATED
Hawaii's Mauna ___ LOA
Head start, e.g. EDGE
Intestinal obstruction ILEUS
It may be around a buck DOE
JFK info ETA
Kind of son or father STEP
Legal outs LOOPHOLES
Like standard loose-leaf sheets LINED
Pansy Yokum's boy ABNER
Positive pole ANODE
Quarter-round molding OVOLO
Remove the adipose part DEFAT
Rudy portrayer on "The Cosby Show" KESHIA
Seems right RINGSTRUE
Shish kebab necessity SKEWER
Simple means of transport ROLLERSKATE
Small, rounded hill KNOLL
Social blunder GAFFE
Space-saving abbreviation ETC
Stylish elegance ELAN
Symbol of royal power ORB
This has a pupil, but no teacher EYE
Tidy NEAT
Too much, in music TANTO
Warsaw Pact member EASTGERMANY
Washington's mount? VERNON
Web-service subscriber USER
What about half of all new babies are GIRLS
What gamblers figure ODDS
Wintry mix stuff SLEET
Word wailed in woe ALAS
Young hares LEVERETS
Your brain, in a PSA EGG
___ mode ALA