USA Today - Apr 5 2004

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Clues Answers
"Aida" backdrop NILE
"For ___ in My Life" (Stevie Wonder) ONCE
"There's ___ day dawning . . ." ANEW
A way to discourage DETER
Army reconnaissance transports SCOUTCARS
Author Wiesel ELIE
Be in control WEARTHEPANTS
Beanery offering EATS
Become allied UNITE
Book protection DUSTJACKET
Browning's Ben Ezra, e.g. RABBI
Bullring "Bravo!" OLE
Byte fraction BIT
Certain thick-piled rugs RYAS
Church part APSE
Cleopatra's love Antony MARC
Conundrum POSER
Dark, poetically EBON
Debate side PRO
Debate subjects ISSUES
Deceived MISLED
Detecting device RADAR
Egyptian cobras ASPS
Epps, the actor OMAR
Famed fed NESS
Fast waters RAPIDS
Feeling one's oats PERT
Fury IRE
Garden soldiers ANTS
Go on a pension RETIRE
Harness races TROTS
Hasn't ponied up OWES
Heavyweight champ from 1937-49 LOUIS
Hilton Head Island, for one RESORT
In ___ (existing) ESSE
Ins ELITE
Invite ASK
Island roof material THATCH
Clues Answers
Israel's Peres SHIMON
Keeps folks in stitches SEWS
Mai ___ cocktail TAI
Metal-stamping tools DIES
Metier STRONGSUIT
Nichols or Wallace MIKE
Nickname for Springsteen BOSS
Noted Harper's Bazaar illustrator ERTE
Parent's warning DONT
Parts of mins. SECS
Peter Fonda role of '97 ULEE
Pompous person STUFFEDSHIRT
Printer's blue-green CYAN
Pub staple ALE
Put to the test TRIED
Rash reaction? ITCH
Register a sale? RINGUP
Ring bearer? FIANCE
Secret information ARCANA
Selfish one's exclamation MINE
Seventh heaven CLOUDNINE
Sgt. Preston's grp. RCMP
Soaks up sun BASKS
Some are blind SPOTS
Spanish crowd? TRES
Stadium levels TIERS
Swampland FEN
Take tea SIP
They have crosses to bear ALTARS
They may be collared PETS
Tickle one's funny bone AMUSE
Vertex ACME
Videotaped over ERASED
View from Jidda REDSEA
With force AMAIN
Wound INJURE
___ avis RARA
___-cone (summer treat) SNO