USA Today - Dec 24 2011

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Clues Answers
''Ave!'' HAIL
''Aye aye, capitan'' SISI
''Bed'' or ''bath'' follower ROOM
''Bus Stop'' author INGE
''Hey Nineteen'' rockers Steely ___ DAN
''I don't give ___!'' ADARN
''If I ___ Hammer'' HADA
''My sentiments exactly!'' AMEN
''The Lady, or the Tiger?'' setting ARENA
''Where's ___?'' (kids' book) WALDO
''Zip-___ Doo-Dah'' from ''Song of the South'' ADEE
Abbreviates SHORTENS
Appearances MIENS
Baby powder base TALC
Beer parlor choice LITE
Bend FLEX
Cancellation stamp VOID
Cantaloupe, e.g MELON
City near Cleveland BEREA
Colleen LASS
Crowning point APEX
Disapproving word TUT
Driving up a wall ENRAGING
Duel memento CUT
Dutch dairy export EDAM
End of an exchange? TAT
First name among sitarists RAVI
Flexible PLIANT
George Washington composition, 1796 FAREWELLADDRESS
Glacial ridge ARETE
Hair-raising EERIE
Hitchcock classic, 1936 SABOTAGE
Idaho's nickname GEMSTATE
In a foul mood SNARLY
Jai ___ ALAI
Kangaroo's gait LOPE
Keats creation ODE
Clues Answers
Knight time? YORE
Lab projects TESTS
Like 10, 20 and 30 EVEN
Liquid-heating devices ETNAS
Local theaters NABES
Love, in Livorno AMORE
Marriage-minded fellow SUER
Military ploys EXITSTRATEGIES
Month before Iyar NISAN
More needy HUNGRIER
Needlefish GAR
Neil Simon film comedy, 1977 THEGOODBYEGIRL
New York Bay's ___ Island ELLIS
Nonessential facts TRIVIA
Noted seeker with a lamp DIOGENES
One with a wide-open mouth GAPER
Ones, twos and fives, e.g CASH
Parlor pieces SOFAS
Petty officer YEOMAN
Picks, picks, picks NAGS
Pitfall TRAP
Plant swelling EDEMA
Poor publication RAG
Prepare for a big day, in a way RESTUP
Radius's neighbor ULNA
Reached Dulles ALIT
Santa's helper ELF
Shapeless thing BLOB
Sign of remorse, maybe PANG
The Pineapple King DOLE
Top-drawer ELITE
Waterfront site PIER
Wee bit IOTA
Went sniggling EELED
Western women GALS
Yemen port ADEN
Yucatan setting MEXICO