USA Today - Aug 25 2004

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Clues Answers
". . . in the two ___ of the mercy seat" (Ex. 25:18) ENDS
". . . man ___ mouse?" ORA
"A Perfect Spy" novelist John Le ___ CARRE
"John Brown's Body" poet BENET
"Star Wars" role for Alec OBIWAN
"You gotta be kidding!" OHNO
"___ Lazy River" UPA
"___ my brother's keeper?" AMI
"___ on down the road" EASE
Absolutely reliable GOODASGOLD
Ancestors of CDs LPS
Author Joyce Carol OATES
Beginning or early stages ONSET
Board game square START
Britons' bangers SAUSAGES
Concorde, notably SST
Confirming phrase SOBEIT
Covert WWII org. OSS
Creaks and squeaks NOISES
Displayed baserunning skills SLID
Dropped fly, e.g. ERROR
Early release PAROLE
Ethereal LIGHTASAIR
Evening reception SOIREE
Far or Middle EAST
Far-reaching views VISTAS
Field of operation SPHERE
Flags TIRES
Fly or worm, on occasion LURE
Fruit-bearing tree LIME
Gets on the nerves of IRKS
Hawaiian dishes POIS
High-ranking NCO MSGT
How-___ (book genre) TOS
Humidor fill STOGIES
Ignore OMIT
Internet letters WWW
It may be on a bulletin board TACK
Clues Answers
Like Mary's lamb's fleece WHITEASSNOW
Long distance co. in 1101? MCI
Madras wraps SARIS
Mail delivery org. USPS
Make-double connector ITA
Mama bear, in Madrid OSA
Manipulate fraudulently RIG
Morally despicable ROTTEN
Mounted the soapbox ORATED
On the double! PRONTO
One of a knight's arms LANCE
Outspoken OPEN
Part of a ready trio ABLE
Pie topping MERINGUE
Pigeon shelters COTES
Place to find mountain gorillas UGANDA
Plenty GOBS
Pointed a finger at BLAMED
Santa ___, Calif. ANA
Scale note SOL
Scrap for Odie ORT
Shows delight BEAMS
Sleep inducers BORES
Some are armed SERVICES
Some are prime RIBS
Starship hit SARA
Successor to bad? WORSE
Swiss river into the Rhine AAR
Swoopes' gp. WNBA
They play in all the big games ATHLETES
They're in Toyland BABES
Time zone letters DST
Tina Turner portrayer Bassett ANGELA
Tough HARDASNAILS
Wavy lines, in comics ODOR
Wise folk SAGES
Work from Lichtenstein POPART
___-cone (summer treat) SNO