Universal - Oct 2 2002

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Clues Answers
''A bird'' or ''a plane'' preceder ITS
''Why, certainly!'' YES
Annoying, as an insect PESKY
Bacon partner EGGS
Baskin-Robbins order CONE
Black EBON
Bring up REAR
Bull preceder, in the zodiac RAM
Bullock thriller SPEED
Calculus calculation AREA
Castle defense MOAT
Catch sight of ESPY
Caustic remark BARB
Changes ALTERS
Chill out RELAX
Close-ups show it DETAIL
Code name ROGER
Conductor's concern TEMPO
Consider DEEM
Deli order BLT
Energetic one DYNAMO
Fine-tune HONE
Fishing locale LAKE
Flanders of ''The Simpsons'' NED
Foam SUDS
Form a union WED
Full of guile SLY
Geometric surface PLANE
Give or take ABOUT
Give up THROWINTHETOWEL
Give up SOUNDTHERETREAT
Give up RAISEAWHITEFLAG
Grad ALUM
Heavenly bear URSA
Infuriate ANGER
Lentil dish DAL
Lepidopterist's equipment NET
Lotion base, perhaps ALOE
Lucy's sidekick ETHEL
Clues Answers
Makes a patsy of USES
Mitigated EASED
Move powerlessly COAST
Movers' supply BOXES
Mustang speeder SPUR
Need a bath desperately REEK
Notable time ERA
Part of a camisole STRAP
Playful aquatic critter OTTER
Poets of yore BARDS
Popular cookie brand OREO
Postpone TABLE
Puget Sound city TACOMA
Requisites NEEDS
River bus FERRY
Rod partner REEL
Salamanders NEWTS
Sea swallow TERN
Seductress in the ''Odyssey'' SIREN
Sign on a door PUSH
Sir Francis of the high seas DRAKE
Skip over ELIDE
Song of praise HYMN
St. Louis landmark ARCH
Supermarket section DAIRY
Surgeon's remains? SCAR
Tap the brakes SLOW
Thrive FLOURISH
Title for a Romanov TSAR
Title of nobility BARONESS
Top-of-the-line AONE
Tough fiber BAST
Unspoken TACIT
Wight or Avalon ISLE
Winter bug FLU
Wise guys SAGES
Woes ILLS
Worth a C, maybe SOSO
Wrap-up END