Ink Well xwords - Dec 16 2011

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Clues Answers
'And away ___!' WEGO
'Garfield Minus Garfield' character ODIE
'I need ___' (Friday afternoon words) ABEER
'Quantum Leap' star Scott BAKULA
'Revenge is ___ ...' ADISH
'We'll teach you to drink deep ___ you depart': Shak ERE
'___ tree falls ...' IFA
1976 Steve Miller Band single (*cartoonist) FLYLIKEANEAGLE
Armband snake ASP
Barrett profiled in 'Songs in the Key of Z' SYD
Benjamin CNOTE
Big name in 1980s denim BUGLEBOY
Bluegrass State sch EKU
Bolivian pack animal ALPACA
Brisk RAPID
Broke down, in a way WEPT
Bryson who paired with Céline on 'Beauty and the Beast' PEABO
Cheater's downloads ESSAYS
Construction cone PYLON
Cookie with parallel chocolate disks OREO
Couple ITEM
Course that might maximize wk. opportunities ESL
Craft with probes on board, apparently UFO
Dapper gent's accessory TIECLIP
Enlighten EDIFY
Fifth-century Chinese dynasty WEI
Follow-up album, perhaps (*director) VOLUMETWO
Fox hideouts DENS
Friends again, on Facebook READDS
Gave the go-ahead for OKED
Gem mined in Myanmar RUBY
Get cleaned out GOBROKE
Gibson of increasingly strange box office flops MEL
Go through life AGE
Had a frog in one's throat? ATE
Harmonious TONAL
Clues Answers
House shape with a steeply sloped roof AFRAME
In-flight catalog with an 'upside-down tomato garden' SKYMALL
It might help you let off some steam VALVE
Jay-Z song that samples 'Try a Little Tenderness' OTIS
Juliet's cousin TYBALT
Letters for the names 'buried' in this puzzle's theme answers RIP
Likely words from one with a strong hand IRAISE
Mexican restaurant freebie SALSA
MFer SOB
Miner's discovery ORE
NBC bust about paramedics TRAUMA
Noted Alzheimer's sufferer Ronald REAGAN
NYT alternative WSJ
One-named R&B singer with 'Always on Time' ASHANTI
Org. involved in the 1981 air traffic controllers' strike FAA
Pad Thai vessels WOKS
Palindromic family nickname SIS
Person in need of rehab, say ALKY
Places for planting BEDS
Prepares to fire AIMS
Refers indirectly ALLUDES
Relatively cheap wine option, often HOUSERED
Removed by eroding ABLATED
Ski slope transport TBAR
Soul-sucking endeavor in a bad economy (*CEO) JOBSEARCH
Spreadable stuff? RUMORS
Sturdy and powerful (*rapper) HEAVYDUTY
The Upper House, briefly SEN
Trail left by an animal SPOOR
Turkish city known for its kebabs ADANA
Use a Brillo pad on SCOUR
Watch chain FOB
Whiskey grain RYE
Word repeated in 'Ring Around the Rosie' ASHES
Words on some checks (*First Lady) FORDEPOSITONLY
___-friendly ECO