The Chronicle of Higher Education - Sep 23 2011

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'The only animal that blushes,' per Twain MAN
'___ Mutual Friend' (Dickens novel) OUR
1950s campaign-button name IKE
1953 Best Original Score winner LILI
Allen of the Vermont Republic ETHAN
Anton ___ ('Ratatouille' critic) EGO
Asmara resident ERITREAN
Automotive pioneer Benz KARL
Beaker filler SOLUTION
Big name in absurdism CAMUS
Blushing a bit REDDISH
Border ABUT
Browser entry, for short URL
Cappuccino feature FOAM
Cartoon squeal EEK
Collection of aphorisms SUTRA
Comparable (with) ONAPAR
Curly-tailed dogs AKITAS
Doc ___ (Spider-Man foe) OCK
Doozy PIP
Downloadable illustrations CLIPART
Edible plant also called 'rocket' ARUGULA
Except if UNLESS
Face cards? IDS
Famous dying words ETTU
Foot soldiers' weapons of old PIKES
Fur from South America NUTRIA
German preposition UBER
Go out to eat? HUNT
Hop on the bandwagon JOINUP
In direct confrontation TOETOTOE
Infamous Wallachian prince VLAD
Ink used in four-color printing CYAN
Intelligence org NSA
Italia : e : Deutschland : ___ UND
JFK and LBJ, e.g INITS
Junta leader JEFE
Kashmir tourist purchase RUG
L.A.'s ___ College of Art and Design OTIS
Laid back ATEASE
Largest U.S. labor union NEA
Clues Answers
Latter part of the morning FORENOON
Learn a lot, say CRAM
Leaves penniless ROBS
Less common? SNOBBIER
Like fresh concrete UNSET
Like some dens PANELED
Literally, 'arts person' GEISHA
Literally, 'big root' DAIKON
Literally, 'divine wind' KAMIKAZE
Literally, 'empty orchestra' KARAOKE
Literally, 'great prince' TYCOON
Literally, 'if it must be so' SAYONARA
Literally, 'soft technique' JUJITSU
Literally, 'squad leader' HONCHO
Literally, 'thing to wear' KIMONO
Literally, 'tray gardening' BONSAI
Magazine staples ADS
Meantime INTERIM
Monster serpent slain by Apollo PYTHON
Most suspicious LEERIEST
N-E-W-S item? VANE
Names on falsified papers ALIASES
Oatmeal-cookie tidbit RAISIN
Obedience-school command SIT
Pack (off) SEND
Passover fare MATZOH
Reason to play more TIE
Reggae precursor SKA
Rococo ORNATE
Second-smallest cont EUR
Slaughter of baseball ENOS
Slip into DON
Small combo TRIO
Some toothpastes GELS
Statistician's discovery TREND
Teetotalers' opposites SOTS
Troubled region NOGOAREA
Well-covered ground? OILFIELD
Witchy woman CRONE
Yellowstone roamer ELK