USA Today - Jan 15 2010

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Clues Answers
"Firebird" composer Stravinsky IGOR
"___ there, done that" BEEN
"___-Tough" (1977 film) SEMI
100 Cambodian sen RIEL
A freelancer may work on it SPEC
A plant disease EDEMA
Ancient AGEOLD
Animal fat SUET
Aquatic shocker EEL
Arbitrarily fine AMERCE
Attitude of self-importance EGO
Avoiding the draft? ALEE
Bug killer banned by the EPA DDT
Cellar dweller's place LAST
Certain hairdos AFROS
Choose a side COMMIT
Collins juice LIME
Coral lagoon spot ATOLL
Crime of a judge influenced by bribery BARRATRY
Distant FAROFF
Dropped a line in the water FISHED
Elevator innovator Otis ELISHA
Father, informally POPPA
Fictional Plaza Hotel girl ELOISE
Film with the line, "I've been slimed" GHOSTBUSTERS
Florentine angel's instrument ARPA
Flour grain WHEAT
Govt. purchasing org. GSA
Has a go at TRIES
Has a hankering YENS
Hottest time of the year MIDSUMMER
In the thick of AMONG
Inflate, as expenses PAD
Informal letter signoff BEST
Instrumental silencer MUTE
Kid-lit's Snicket LEMONY
Law book contents STATUTES
Clues Answers
Lend ___ (listen) ANEAR
Letterman's stupid ___ tricks PET
Look angry or sullen LOUR
Lot in life FATE
Mannheim misters HERRS
Marsh bulrush TULE
Medium condition? TRANCE
Merchant ship capacity TONNAGE
New York canal ERIE
Not of the church SECULAR
Number that's its own square root ONE
Pick-up-sticks game NIM
Piece of verified information FACT
Replace with ellipses, e.g. OMIT
Seal the juices in, as a steak SEAR
Seven-grain alternative RYE
Shortage of punch ANEMIA
Six-line sonnet section SESTET
Skillet FRYINGPAN
Skimpy skirts MINIS
Small keg of beer PONY
Smoky European peak ETNA
Some despised women HOMEWRECKERS
Songstress Yoko ONO
Strike-avoiding activity TALKS
Summer or Shalala DONNA
Sure-footed work animal ASS
Teacher portrayed by Kaplan KOTTER
The world's biggest desert SAHARA
Theater backdrops SCRIMS
Traveler Marco POLO
Uninvited guests PARTYCRASHERS
Unknown quote source, for short ANON
Wee colonists ANTS
Where bow meets arrow NOCK
Write thing PEN
Written composition ESSAY