USA Today - Jul 8 2010

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Clues Answers
"Natal" or "classical" starter NEO
"The Alienist" author Caleb CARR
"___ be an honor" ITD
401(k) relative IRA
African corn MEALIE
Al ___ (pasta style) DENTE
Ancient Roman magistrate PRETOR
Apply oneself TRY
Asian weight units TAELS
Block brand LEGO
Bobby of hockey ORR
Booth in the theater EDWIN
Bring forth BEGET
Cause TRIGGER
Caviar, essentially ROE
Classified information? ADRATE
Cloister group NUNS
Computer key END
Conical cap wearers DUNCES
Construction crew, essentially ERECTORS
Cosmetics-testing org. FDA
Criticize severely SLAM
Curved bone RIB
Dakota dwellings (Var.) TIPIS
Detach, in a way UNHOOK
Didn't flunk PASSED
Drift down to the bottom SETTLE
Electrical reading device METER
Ending for Benz, not Mercedes ENE
ER personnel DOCS
Fragrant gum TOLU
From the top, again ANEW
Further shorten, as a board RESAW
Get away without delay LAM
Golf targets HOLES
Greatly regret RUE
Herring or snapper color? RED
Hindrance to fair judgment BIAS
Hunk of marble, e.g. SLAB
Clues Answers
Immune response trigger ANTIGEN
It can come before a million? THANKS
It may have a lead part ORE
Low-powered bikes MOPEDS
Mediterranean or Baltic, e.g. SEA
More aristocratic TONIER
Muscular fitness TONE
Music rights org. ASCAP
Negotiating in a no-nonsense way TALKINGTURKEY
Not in its original form REDONE
Nutritional minimum (Abbr.) RDA
Part of a squid's arsenal INK
Pearl harborer? OYSTER
Permeate IMBRUE
Prefix meaning "before" PRE
Prepare to seal, perhaps MOISTEN
Property payment RENT
Rabbit-sized rodent found in rainforests AGOUTI
Raising a false alarm CRYINGWOLF
Season to be jolly YULE
Sizable pork cut LOIN
Slalom turn shape ESS
Speak without restraint LETRIP
Specific talent KNACK
Suffix for "chariot" EER
Taking back one's words in humiliation EATINGCROW
Teensy bit IOTA
The NIH's home city BETHESDA
Trimming tool EDGER
Univ. with an annual mystery hunt MIT
Was almost out of stock RANLOW
What mos. become YRS
Wine vessel TUN
Winner at the Second Battle of Bull Run LEE
Word after "perched," often ATOP
Worshipped ADORED
Yanked TUGGED
___ cum laude SUMMA
___ out a living (barely makes it) EKES