Universal - Dec 4 2009

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Clues Answers
"As I was saying ..." ANYWAY
"Gulliver's Travels" brutes YAHOOS
"In 25 words or ___ ..." LESS
"Tarzan" star Ron ELY
"The Divine Comedy" river LETHE
"The Good Apprentice" author Murdoch IRIS
180 degrees from WSW ENE
Abates EBBS
Act greedily, in a way GRAB
Act like a hot dog PANT
African wading bird IBIS
Alternative to "return" on a keyboard ENTER
Antiquated person FOSSIL
Arctic seabirds SKUAS
Atlantic City edifices HOTELS
Audible dance TAP
Beached, as a ship AGROUND
Camera's eye LENS
Cantina appetizer TAPA
Central feature CRUX
Certain annual gift BIRTHDAYPRESENT
Cling COHERE
Common start to a book title THE
Cotton sheets BATTS
Cousin of a mandolin, briefly UKE
Crown prince, e.g. HEIR
Cut down a bloated budget PARE
Darer's phrase DOIT
Dissent in Dumfries NAE
Do flattener HAT
Econ. yardstick GNP
Exorbitant prices, essentially RIPOFFS
Having problems letting go LIVINGINTHEPAST
Impact noise THWACK
In the way of ALA
Island near Maui LANAI
Isolate, in a way ENISLE
It's heard from a herd MOOS
It's no no-brainer ENIGMA
Clues Answers
Land with much sand EGYPT
Lickety-split APACE
Lies close and warm SNUGS
Long test answer ESSAY
Low-cost stopover HOSTEL
Member of Canada's Upper House (Abbr.) SEN
Michael J. Fox film BACKTOTHEFUTURE
More than a hint of mint SPRIG
Noisy public fight SCENE
Noncitizen ALIEN
Not busy IDLE
Of unusually great size EPIC
One sib BRO
Pending, as a legal decree NISI
Picture that can be dragged ICON
Play producer STAGER
Praline nut PECAN
Prefix with "impressionism" or "classical" NEO
Quetzalcoatl worshipper AZTEC
Remove, in a way UNPEG
Shylock's offering LOAN
Small Indian hand drum TABLA
Space cadet YOYO
Sprites PIXIES
Start of Cain's famous question AMI
Stew containers POTS
Take off a wool coat SHEAR
The world's largest river, in volume AMAZON
Top-Flite support TEE
TV's "___-Team" THEA
Uncle Sam poster word YOU
Volcanic output LAVA
Waterfall byproduct SPRAY
Where Christ the Redeemer stands RIO
Where to find favors PARTY
Without a doubt SURE
Woes of the world ILLS
Woman of Oman ARAB
Word in a March 17 slogan ERIN