USA Today - Jan 9 2012

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Clues Answers
". . . fifteen miles on the ___ Canal" ERIE
"Blueberry Hill" and "Abbey Road" SOUNDRECORDINGS
"____, crackle, pop" (Rice Krispies slogan) SNAP
Actor-director Welles ORSON
Alphabet sequence RST
Alter to make better AMEND
Appetite stimulants AROMAS
Armani perfume ONDE
Avoid capture by ELUDE
Batman, for Bruce Wayne ALTEREGO
Betraying no emotion STONY
Bleacher creature FAN
Blind ___ bat ASA
California raisin city FRESNO
Captain Hook's right-hand man SMEE
Casino game KENO
Chop suey sauce SOY
Chorus member BASS
City in Georgia or France MACON
Coarse speech RASP
Cold-cream ingredient ALOE
Collapse in the clutch CHOKE
Davenport's kin SETTEE
Deli favorite HAM
Disappear, as a snowman MELT
Do-well starter NEER
Double negative? NONO
Dropped in the mail SENT
Easy win ROMP
End to a magician's chant POCUS
Female opera singer DIVA
Fish-eating duck SMEW
Frisco football squad NINERS
Gentlemanly POLITE
Gorge CHASM
Has bills OWES
Hemmed and ___ HAWED
Hovering ALOFT
Illegal parkers' worry TOWERS
Clues Answers
It gets pumped IRON
It may be picked up in bars OLEO
It's on the watch DIAL
Italian beach resort LIDO
Legendary pirate captain KIDD
Like a gentleman's agreement ORAL
Like a long-shot's chances SLIM
Like one end of a pool DEEP
Make illegal BAN
Meddlers' probes NOSES
Mirrors' partner SMOKE
Moved along a cliff EDGED
Nelson or Mary Baker EDDY
Not buttoned OPEN
Not soft or saggy FIRM
Prefix with "normal" or "chute" PARA
Price tag info COST
Printings EDITIONS
River-mouth formation DELTA
Scented OLENT
Shaving wound NICK
Ship of Columbus PINTA
Sierra ___ LEONE
Site of the first Olympics GREECE
Some hearing aids EARTRUMPETS
Sound at the start of an MGM movie ROAR
Sweepstakes submission ENTRY
System used on a sub SONAR
They may be blown in games LEADS
They're popular on New Year's Eve NOISEMAKERS
Tokyo, in the past EDO
Try out for "American Idol" SING
Type of pitcher RELIEF
Vanish gradually FADE
Wander about ROVE
Was worthy of notice RATED
What little things mean ALOT
When it comes to bones, they're hip ILIA
Wine factor AGE