USA Today - Oct 1 2004

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Clues Answers
"Don Juan" poet BYRON
"Paradise Lost" pit ABYSS
. . . three men in ___ ATUB
Adz or awl, e.g. TOOL
Angelic features HALOS
Appearance LOOK
Arnold's early hangouts GYMS
Baker of the blues ANITA
Battery option AAA
Brightly banded cobra KRAIT
Call-day connector ITA
Cheese concoction MELT
Clue for 17, 26 and 44-Across YOUCANCRACKTHEM
Comeback REPLY
Croquet wicket HOOP
Cry of triumph HAH
Daily routine HABIT
Daredevil specialty RISK
Decides OPTS
Deplanes, in a crisis EJECTS
Discern SEE
Dwindles EBBS
Each state has one MOTTO
Eye angrily GLARE
Farm fashion OVERALLS
Faucets TAPS
Garment edges HEMS
Glad-hand GREET
Grace finale AMEN
Greatest degree NTH
Impassive STOIC
It protects bank accts. FDIC
K following MART
Kicking partner ALIVE
Laugh at derisively JEER
Links hazard TRAP
Lower the lighting BEDIM
Make suitable ADAPT
March Madness grp. NCAA
Clues Answers
Mark alternative EURO
Mayberry resident OTIS
Moving quickly and energetically SPRY
Of late RECENTLY
Optimistically upbeat ROSY
Out of whack ATILT
Overgrill CHAR
Oyster's abode BED
Pack in CRAM
Part of a plot? ACRE
Pilgrimage to Mecca HAJJ
Pitt movie inspiration ILIAD
Pleasant interludes IDYLS
Prefix for dynamics AERO
Pride's sound ROAR
Putin's former org. KGB
Road fees TOLLS
Rock gear AMPS
Role for Valerie RHODA
Saharan stopover OASIS
See 59-Across CODENUTSAFECASE
See 59-Across JOKEEGGBOOKDOOR
See 59-Across SMILEWHIPMIRROR
Sellouts, for short SROS
Ship's deck POOP
Ship's sail JIB
Shot up GREW
Soothing emolient ALOE
Take ___ (acknowledge applause) ABOW
Tenth of a score TWO
Theatrical kick-off ACTI
Toady's answer YES
Valleyspeak word LIKE
Vote in favor AYE
What Jay and Ray do RHYME
White House initials DDE
Words of dismay OHDEAR
Yuletide visitors MAGI
Ziti, for example PASTA