Universal - Jul 17 2010

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Clues Answers
"... abridging the freedom of speech, ___ the press ..." OROF
"Flashdance... What a Feeling" singer IRENECARA
"I Remember Mama" character NELS
"Smooth Operator" singer SADE
"The Merry Widow" composer Franz LEHAR
"The Wizard of Id" cartoonist Johnny HART
"___ bien!" TRES
"___ for apple" AIS
"___ guy walks into a bar ..." SOA
Actress Vivien or Jennifer Jason LEIGH
Ad ___ (to a sickening degree) NAUSEAM
Astronomical distances PARSECS
Attorney general under Reagan MEESE
Avg. STD
Barton of the Red Cross CLARA
Be in a cast? ACT
Black-and-white whale ORCA
Brunch, essentially LATEBREAKFAST
Bunyan tool AXE
Canadian sentence-enders EHS
Candlemaker's need (Var.) STEARINE
Catch, rodeo-style ROPE
Ceremonially impure UNCLEAN
Certain Arabian Peninsula inhabitant YEMENI
Chapters in a history book, perhaps ERAS
Chivas Regal, for one SCOTCH
Cold war superpower USSR
Company bought by Kmart SEARS
Directors Ang and Spike LEES
Discharge, as sweat EGEST
Eliminates RIDS
Ellie May Lester feature in "Tobacco Road" HARELIP
Expensively furnished POSH
Filthy ___ (loot) LUCRE
Fits into groups ASSORTS
French soldier of WWI POILU
Frigg's husband, in Norse myth ODIN
Ginger ___ (Canada Dry product) ALE
Clues Answers
Gown wearer GRAD
Hangs on a clothesline DRIES
Hotel amenity ICE
Hourly charge RATE
Hunchbacked assistant of horror films IGOR
Hymn-playing instruments ORGANS
In a hurry SWIFTLY
Inflatable floatables RAFTS
It's no liability ASSET
Kind of acid AMINO
Launch INITIATE
Leaning tower locale PISA
Madrid lady SENORA
N.J. summer clock setting EDT
Olive ___ (Popeye's sweetie) OYL
Pet that's really a plant CHIA
Pharmacist's sale DRUG
Product of caffeine pills ALERTNESS
Quick action in an emergency RAPIDRESPONSE
Rater's unit STAR
Recipe qty. TSP
Rick Astley hit, "Never Gonna Give ___" YOUUP
Rustic dads PAS
Says scornfully SNEERS
Shakespearean "over there" YOND
She's a deer DOE
Slender wedge SHIM
Sound and healthy HALE
Spoke scratchily RASPED
Synagogue platforms BEMAS
Tall and trim LANK
Tel. number add-on EXT
Three-wheeled taxi CYCLO
Ugly duckling, eventually SWAN
Wait for the green light IDLE
Wedding shower? RICE
What gofers go on ERRANDS
___-inflammatory ANTI