USA Today - Aug 24 2004

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Clues Answers
"La Traviata" composer VERDI
"Silas Marner" author ELIOT
"That hurts!" YOW
''Got two fives for ___?'' ATEN
''Purple ___'' (Hendrix tune) HAZE
''___ c'est moi'' LETAT
160 square rods ACRE
1781 discovery URANUS
1976 film about Woody Guthrie BOUNDFORGLORY
2000 Olympics city SYDNEY
A Nike's perch TEE
Adam's apple location EDEN
Allege PURPORT
Anonymous UNKNOWN
Archaeologist's find RELIC
Arrange hair STYLE
Assess LEVY
Bandleader Shaw ARTIE
Barbarian SAVAGE
Battery type AAA
Be visibly dispirited MOPE
Beach-goer's catch RAYS
Bombard PELT
Bounders CADS
Brief in speech TERSE
Bring together UNITE
Broke STRAPPEDFORCASH
Capital of Lesotho MASERU
Certain Scots ERSE
Chapters in history ERAS
Checked out EYED
Classic treat OREO
Cocktail lounge with live music PIANOBAR
Condescended DEIGNED
Country on the island of Hispaniola HAITI
Country store? ATLAS
Cry of amused surprise OHO
Declines drugs? SAYSNO
Diocese SEE
Do a beanery chore BUS
Duffers' triumphs PARS
Dug up UNEARTHED
Duty IMPOST
Earned a warning, in a way SPED
Earthy deposit MARL
Ends of a midterm? EMS
English city known for mineral springs BATH
Epitome of grace SWAN
Erstwhile acorns OAKS
F, to the Board of Health UNSANITARY
F.D.R.'s work program CCC
Face-to-face exams ORALS
Famous Diamond HOPE
Far from the best WORST
Fashion name COCO
Father's word AMEN
Finish third SHOW
Former capital of Japan KYOTO
Garr of "Mr. Mom" TERI
Gene Vincent's ''Be-Bop-___'' ALULA
Get away from ELUDE
Give a hand AID
Hamelin musician PIPER
Hog haven STY
Important time span ERA
In the ball park CLOSE
Intentional loss DIVE
It doesn't take much? TREY
It has true grit EMERYPAPER
Kennel sounds YAWPS
Key contraction OER
Kind of vegetable ROOT
Kind of zone EROGENOUS
Clues Answers
Kitchen extension? ETTE
Knighted Guinness ALEC
LAPD alert APB
Letters on a rap sheet AKA
Like a bump on a log INERT
Loose ___ goose ASA
Many many OCEANS
Merchant vessel officer BOSUN
Mesabi Range yield ORES
Moneyed one HAVE
Mongolian tent YURT
More adept ABLER
More miffed SORER
Multitude SCAD
Mythical big bird ROC
Name in early TV DESI
Ninny SCHMO
Oater legend Lee Van ___ CLEEF
Oater prop RIATA
Oil and gas, for two GAUGES
Panache ELAN
Parker of ''Old Yeller'' FESS
Partner of fish CHIPS
Pass over OMIT
Perplexing path MAZE
Pocket tool PENKNIFE
Popular side dish COLESLAW
Pt. of MIT INST
Publishers Henry and Clare LUCES
Really nervous TIEDUPINKNOTS
Render harmonious ATTUNE
Sackcloth partner ASHES
Schmoozes HOBNOBS
Scott of a famous decision DRED
Send the check REMIT
She never got cold feet? MARCOS
Singer's sample DEMO
Skills FORTES
Small, low island CAY
Sneak attack RAID
Some degrees NTHS
Some food grains RYES
Some NFL linemen RTS
Start a second crop, e.g. RESOW
Start of an Everly Brothers hit SOSAD
Styptic pencil stuff ALUM
Surrendered to gravity SAGGED
Swiss beets CHARDS
Sword handle HAFT
Tell it to the judge PLEAD
Terse vow IDO
They may be deserted ISLES
Tim or Tara REID
To be, in Roma ESSE
Took a liking (to) COTTONED
Treasure cache TROVE
Treater's words ONME
Unearth again REDIG
Untouchables, for one CASTE
Visiting, so to speak INTOWN
Wait out a sentence SERVETIME
Washington follower ADAMS
Weevil's home BOLL
Welsh dog breed CORGI
Wild attempt STAB
Wine-taster's consideration AROMA
Word in "The Raven" NEVERMORE
Word with stick SLAP
Work without ___ (take chances) ANET
Wrap SHOULDERWARMER
Wrap CONCLUDEASCENE
Wrap LOWCARBSANDWICH
___ for oneself FEND