USA Today - Oct 27 2011

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Clues Answers
"If all ___ fails . . ." ELSE
"One of Us" singer Joan OSBORNE
"The Joy of Cooking" co-author Rombauer IRMA
"___ Misbehavin'" AINT
Ad-libber's asset WIT
Advise strongly URGE
All of America's uncle SAM
All-night dance party RAVE
Andrea ___ (liner that sank in 1956) DORIA
Area between shoulders ROAD
Audacity NERVE
Beaver building DAM
Became a member JOINED
Become less intense ABATE
Boxing ring encloser ROPE
Breathe in short gasps PANT
Canoeing challenge EDDY
Cherub, e.g ANGEL
Collar NAIL
Columnist Coulter and rocker Wilson ANNS
Connect these to complete a picture DOTS
Contributes another thought ADDS
Cooped clucker HEN
Decent, so to speak CLAD
Delivered from danger SAVED
Director Ang or Spike LEE
End to be attained GOAL
Exclamation of sudden disappointment OHNO
Fast-moving wind GALE
Flightless bird of South America RHEA
Flint striker's creation SPARK
Former Attorney General Edwin MEESE
Fourth-largest country in size (Abbr.) USA
Freestanding kitchen workspace ISLAND
Fresh guy's comeuppance SLAP
Haute ___ (style of horse training) ECOLE
Hawaiian Islands porch LANAI
Hematite, for one ORE
Heroine of "La Boheme" MIMI
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Illusory paintings OPART
In reserve (slang) ONICE
Iranian ruler exiled in 1979 SHAH
Item found among brown needles PINECONE
Justice replaced by Rehnquist HARLAN
Keep time, in a way CLAP
Largest Irish county CORK
Lends a hand to AIDS
Like a sombrero's brim BROAD
Like hopeless situations NOWIN
Like some post-grad exams ORAL
Like week-old bread, possibly STALE
Lord's love LADY
Lucidity's opposite OPACITY
Madame Curie MARIE
Making beds and dusting, for a maid DUTIES
Many-tiered dessert LAYERCAKE
Mysterious pattern in a wheat field CROPCIRCLE
Natural riser HEAT
Nebraska's capital before Lincoln OMAHA
Norwegian king and saint OLAF
Paragon of blindness BAT
Persistently annoying PESKY
Pertaining to the lungs' air sacs ALVEOLAR
Place for Reds and Browns OHIO
Places where they've seen you coming CLIPJOINTS
Ruthless CUTTHROAT
Salad verb TOSS
Shakespeare's stomping ground AVON
Singer LaBelle PATTI
Sizable HEFTY
Spicy, salted sausage SALAMI
Stolen goods receiver FENCE
The "f" in f-stop FOCAL
Turn away AVERT
Units of electrical resistance OHMS
Vast waterways OCEANS
Verdi's "D'amor sull'ali rosee," e.g ARIA
You won't find them in ATMs ONES