Universal - Jan 12 2010

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Clues Answers
"For" votes AYES
"Hi!" on the high seas AHOY
"Isn't that cute!" exclamations AWS
"Jeopardy!" host ALEX
"Lady Sings the Blues" star ROSS
"Minute" or "hour" lead-in PER
"Mr. Holland's ___" (Richard Dreyfuss film) OPUS
"Norma ___" (Sally Field film) RAE
"The Stepford Wives" writer Levin IRA
"Totally cool!" AWESOME
252 wine gallons TUN
A bit more than a walk-on CAMEO
A handshake may clinch it DEAL
Acute SEVERE
Ankle bones TARSI
At C level? AVERAGE
Bars, in law ESTOPS
Between half and all MOST
Bride's new title MRS
Cable sports network award ESPY
Cato's eggs OVA
Certain tree decorations TINSELS
Chaucer offering TALE
Choice in fencing EPEE
City of Israel TELAVIV
Colorless, odorless gas used as fuel ETHANE
Common contraction IVE
Company that merged with Kmart SEARS
Correspondent who travels with troops EMBED
Cozy drink? TEA
Crab's sensor PALP
Darth Vader, as a boy ANI
Droop in the middle SAG
Entrance's opposite EGRESS
Extend a welcome to GREET
Fit together, as gears MESH
Full of good advice WISE
Good things to have in winter FOOTWARMERS
Holm oak ILEX
Clues Answers
Idealistic UTOPIAN
In need of tightening LOOSE
Inner enlightenment SATORI
Joad and Kettle PAS
Kind of bomb or clock ATOMIC
Lectern stand DAIS
Like a string bikini SCANTY
Like an old tree trunk GNARLY
Ma that says "maa" EWE
Main artery from the heart AORTA
Merchandise in the hold CARGO
Metrical feet IAMBI
Middle Eastern rice dish (Var.) PILAU
Mini-surge in business BOOMLET
Neglects to include OMITS
Neighbor of Libya NIGER
Old jet-set jet SST
One with a deed OWNER
One with a pole position? ELF
Opposite of fast EAT
Part of a stock exchange? MOO
Part of the eye RETINA
Pension starter? SUS
Positive feedback YESES
Quilters' gatherings BEES
Retail products co. NCR
Scholarship allowance STIPEND
Set up RIG
Small hairless caterpillars INCHWORMS
Some railway employers YARDMASTERS
Sticky stuff in La Brea TAR
Submit for judging ENTER
They catch acrobats, on a bad day NETS
Tinged with gold AUREATE
Wets the morning grass DEWS
White House assistant AIDE
Winona of "Beetlejuice" RYDER
York Peppermint ___ PATTIE
___-inflammatory ANTI