USA Today - Sep 13 2011

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Clues Answers
"... with a cast of ___" THOUSANDS
"48 Hrs." actor NOLTE
"Lobby" or "novel" ending IST
"Melrose Place" actor Rob ESTES
"___ la vista, baby!" HASTA
"___ Lang Syne" AULD
"___ Misérables" LES
'80s "Star Wars" plan SDI
1986 Sigourney Weaver thriller ALIENS
1995 Dodgers pitching phenom Hideo NOMO
A nonproductive tenant? IDLEROOMER
Affirmative moves NODS
Art trailer DECO
Baby's first word, often MAMA
Balcony barrier PARAPET
Blows one's horn TOOTS
Blubbers CRIES
Brass or bronze, e.g ALLOY
Buddy and binary, e.g SYSTEMS
Buttocks RUMP
Christmas hours in NYC EST
Crucial trial ACIDTEST
Do-to-do journey SCALE
Does 85 rather than 55 SPEEDS
Earnhardt of NASCAR DALE
Editor's scribble STET
Empire conquered by Cortes AZTEC
Fencing ploy THRUST
From Oslo NORSE
German border river ODER
Graceful seabird TERN
Grown grigs EELS
Guinness of the stage ALEC
Hearty libations ALES
Hero's hangout DELI
Hoodwinked DUPED
It's outside of your house YARD
Lazy Susan, e.g TRAY
Legally binding command DECREE
Clues Answers
Like a long shot's chances SLIM
Like some lips or change LOOSE
Line of stitches SEAM
Little guys TADS
Lopsided engine parts CAMS
Made some beds? HOED
Marriage locale ALTAR
Matador's foe TORO
One of the Muppets ELMO
One seeking Mr. Right? DEARHUNTER
Out-of-this-world org.? NASA
Passion ZEAL
Per capita EACH
Per ___ (salary term) ANNUM
Performs basic arithmetic ADDS
Physics 101 topic ATOM
Polynesian dance HULA
Pumpjack output OIL
Race length, perhaps MILE
Rear admiral's org USN
Sea of France MER
Sergeant or corporal NCO
Shakespearean stage device ASIDE
She, in Rome ESSA
Show's host EMCEE
Suspicious story TALE
Tall spars MASTS
They may be heard after bonehead plays LECTURES
Three, in Milan TRE
Topped liberally, as with gravy SMOTHERED
Typical reply to "Que pasa?" NADA
Vehicle that never loses a wheel SLED
What a contested will might do? SPLITHEIRS
Wheelhouse direction ALEE
Will Rogers? POETLARIAT
Yodeler's range? ALPS
___ as directed USE
___ cum laude SUMMA
___-jongg MAH