USA Today - Dec 6 2004

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Clues Answers
"American Idol" runner-up AIKEN
"Jose Jimenez" comedian DANA
Accumulate gases on the surface ADSORB
Admit openly AVOW
Atlantan that may go out of bounds FALCON
Author Morrison TONI
Bitter ACERB
Bottom-heavy shape PEAR
Coffee center KONA
College credit UNIT
Contents of a Paris grid RUES
Corpulent Crosby? THEBIGBING
Crawford cudgels? CINDYCANES
Creative, innovative group VAN
CSA soldier REB
Dirty Harry portrayer CLINT
Do tar work SWAB
Doctrine TENET
Domino preceder or Minnesota follower FATS
Doughnut, perhaps SNACK
Dynamic introduction AERO
Exxon predecessor ESSO
False identity COVER
Follow ENSUE
Fuss ADO
Gems, slangily ICE
Georg Buchner's "Leonce and ___" LENA
Grade beginning RETRO
Gulf or Canal SUEZ
Hard or soft attachment WARE
Heated conflict SETTO
Hotbed? STEAMEDCRIB
Indonesian island JAVA
Intrude BREAKIN
It could come after you ARE
Japanese martial art KENDO
Junior SON
Kind of curl SPIT
Kind of division LONG
Clues Answers
Kind of pattern TEST
Kind of rate or suspect PRIME
Led GUIDED
Lively BRISK
Minister in the military PADRE
Name in a Stephen Foster song title SUSANNA
Neck and neck EVEN
New England college town ORONO
New Testament chronicle ACTS
Novelist Shaw IRWIN
Object of worship IDOL
Ogled LEERED
Painted Desert locale ARIZONA
Penalizes through pay DOCKS
Prayer beads ROSARY
Problem that breaks out ACNE
Questionnaire box, perhaps NONE
Red-coated cheese EDAM
River near Siegen, Germany EDER
Sailing technique JIBE
Santa's first name KRISS
Saxon starter ANGLO
Searched for bugs SWEPT
Seat of King Olaf's rule OSLO
Serviceable UTILE
Shah's former domain IRAN
Shoshonean language UTE
Silver salmon COHO
Split REND
State AVER
Sulfur attribute ODOR
Take the top off, in a way UNCAP
The Confessor and G. Robinson EDWARDS
Think Toronto's terrific? LIKEONTARIO
Thrashes DRUBS
Very much a fan of INTO
Wander RAMBLE
Word with hand or rags GLAD
Word with jump or goggles SKI