Universal - Aug 25 2002

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Clues Answers
"Coffee, Tea ___?" ORME
"Come again?" WHAT
"Diff'rent Strokes" actor Coleman GARY
"L.A. Law" actress DEY
"To Live and Die ___" INLA
"What's the big ___?" IDEA
''Black as --- was crow'' EER
--- roll (doing great) ONA
A spy may crack it CODE
Actor's prompt CUE
Apparitions PHANTASMS
Arcade flub TILT
Asian Mr. SRI
Astern AFT
Atlas abbr. until 1991 USSR
Be of use to AVAIL
Betelgeuse, e.g. STAR
Big Bopper hit CHANTILLYLACE
Boorish RUDE
Bud's bud LOU
Burdened beast ASS
Came about AROSE
CAT scan alternative MRI
Ceremony RITE
Certain tub contents OLEO
Chick's pronouncement CHEEP
Chief Norse god ODIN
Chuck TOSSAWAY
Clear as a bell LUCID
Climbed SCALED
Compassionate gp. SPCA
Confidence games SCAMS
Court orders WRITS
Crumb MORSEL
Decision-making group JURY
Deface MAR
Description of a fine texture ASSMOOTHASSILK
Diddley and Derek BOS
Digital readouts LCDS
Disconcert FAZE
Diva's solo ARIA
Do some waiting SERVE
Egyptian snakes ASPS
Eleventh-hour LATE
Entomologist's apparel? YELLOWJACKET
Escaped GOTOUT
Eschew AVOID
Essential part PITH
Evergreen YEW
Expand unnecessarily PAD
Extend your issues RENEW
Fermented cider APPLEJACK
Fetid RANK
Fidgety ANTSY
Film crew's locale SET
Fine follower ARTS
Floating refuges ARKS
Follower of Caesar? SALAD
For fear that LEST
Fox rival ABC
Free and clear, as a mortgage PAIDUP
Fuming IRATE
Fuzzy fruit KIWI
Gambler's card game FARO
George Sand's "Elle et ___" LUI
Gerald's predecessor SPIRO
Give it a shot TRY
Go on the road TOUR
Great AONE
Guitar forerunner LUTE
Gung-ho ARDENT
Hair apparent? WIG
Has status RATES
Hit from Grandpa's day OLDIE
Hit the buzzer? SWAT
Hog heaven BLISS
How to drink hot tea SIPIT
Clues Answers
Improvisational style SCAT
Inside the foul line FAIR
Involved with INTO
Iron follower CLAD
It may have a liner on it OCEAN
It might be old HAT
It's not free of charge ION
It's offered in a hospital CARE
It's right on track RAILROADTIE
Jam component? AUTO
Jazz singer Torme MEL
JUDGE DEEM
Kidney bean PINTO
Kilmer of ''The Saint'' VAL
Knight ride STEED
Know-it-all SMARTYPANTS
Large beer glasses SCHOONERS
Like some fishing DEEPSEA
Liz Taylor film NATIONALVELVET
Luge, for one SLED
Madrid museum PRADO
Menhaden kin SHAD
Metallurgist's material ORE
Midway alternative OHARE
Minimum LEAST
Mo. for peridots AUG
Monopoly purchase HOUSE
More faddish TRENDIER
Most egregious WORST
Motifs PATTERNS
Nanki-___ (''Mikado'' role) POO
Navy noncoms CPOS
One of Smiley's people SPY
One who shapes metal SMITH
Pair of nines? ENS
Pantry item CAN
Part of 60-Across SOVIET
Peeved SORE
Peoples of southern Africa BANTU
Pernod flavoring ANISE
Piece of music NOTE
Piggy bank feature SLOT
Pin attachment CLASP
Place for preserves JAR
Poet St. Vincent Millay EDNA
Press URGE
R&B singer Turner TINA
Range SCOPE
Ready to be drawn ONTAP
Real man? MCCOY
Reykjavik's nation ICELAND
Rice dishes PILAFFS
Rod or Martha STEWART
Sax-playing Simpson LISA
Seep OOZE
Shinto temple gateway TORII
Singer with Louis and Duke ELLA
Slightly tainted GAMY
Slip LAPSE
Snob STUFFEDSHIRT
Staged knockout DIVE
Start to grow SPROUT
Stay dry? TEETOTAL
They're reserved? LETS
Time Warner buyer (Abbr.) AOL
Trade assn.? NYSE
Twist in pain WRITHE
View from Discovery EARTH
Volleyball stats KILLS
Weasellike swimmer OTTER
Whiffs ODORS
Window base SILL
Word with juvenile or kangaroo COURT
Worked the registration table, perhaps TOOKNAMES
You may step on it PATH
Zilch NONE
___ reflection UPON