Universal - Aug 24 2005

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Clues Answers
''Gunsmoke'' star ARNESS
''It's ___ grand!'' BEEN
''Just the facts, ___'' MAAM
''Magnet and Steel'' singer EGAN
''Odyssey'' enchantress CIRCE
''Rag Mop'' brothers AMES
''The Tempest'' character ARIEL
''Tut-tut!'' ALAS
1968 Nobel Peace Prize winner Cassin RENE
Actor Leary DENIS
Alarm bells TOCSINS
Allotment word APIECE
An Atlas Mountains locale ALGERIA
Anti-extortion act letters RICO
Army command LEFT
Arrange with some effort ENGINEER
Artistic theme MOTIF
Bean and Cool J LLS
Begin lecturing TAKETHEFLOOR
Bestowed titles SIRS
Between a rock and a hard place INTROUBLE
Blurt out plaintively BLAT
Bo Derek film before ''10'' ORCA
Branch of biology BOTANY
Brunei coin SEN
Buddhist who has attained Nirvana ARHAT
Butter holder TUB
Career impediment GLASSCEILING
Cold War symbol THEBERLINWALL
Collier's entrance ADIT
Comedian Louis NYE
Completely unfamiliar ALIEN
Comply with orders OBEY
Construction wood PINE
Cuddly-looking critters KOALAS
Culex's cousin AEDES
Cut into INCISE
Daisy Mae's mate ABNER
Desperate housewife Hatcher TERI
Dewy WET
Does better than bogey the hole PARS
Does without SKIPS
Dr. and Collins PHILS
Dramatic intro TADA
Drawings that deceive OPART
Dressed to kill NATTY
Dry, as champagne BRUT
Earl Grey server TEASHOP
Emotionally detached ALOOF
Europe's tallest volcano ETNA
Familiar sound RING
Fish with a long snout GAR
Flood stage EBB
Former Surgeon General KOOP
Former World Series hero Hershiser OREL
Funny Rock CHRIS
Fur source OTTER
Give generously LAVISHED
Glimpse from afar ESPY
Hang out on the line AIRDRY
Hard to interpret OBSCURE
Hearty drink ALE
Hearty partner HALE
Home of Ulysses ITHACA
Hotsy-___ TOTSY
How some shall remain NAMELESS
Hung in there ENDURED
Indoor amusement PARLORGAME
It may be connected to Christ IAN
It may carry family and friends VAN
It's put before the carte? ALA
It's written on a check AMOUNT
Kind of rehearsal DRESS
Kind of talk PEP
King's superior ACE
Clues Answers
Kit item TOOL
Knights-in-training PAGES
Lamb's ''Essays of ___'' ELIA
Land ruled by King Guzzle MOO
Leaning type (Abbr.) ITAL
Lena of ''Havana'' OLIN
Like JFK or LAX INTL
Like yesterday's news PASSE
Madre's sister TIA
Medieval chest for valuables ARCA
Natural talent FLAIR
Neighborhood event GARAGESALE
Not at hand AFAR
One deep in thought MUSER
One of The Three Tenors PAVAROTTI
Opposed to, to 65-Across AGIN
Orchestra areas PITS
Pain in the back LUMBAGO
Part of Asia Minor IONIA
Pithy CONCISE
Polished-off EATEN
Possessing everything essential INTACT
Post-pressing wine residue MARC
Prefix meaning ''inner'' ENDO
Pretentious talk BOMBAST
Pseudonymous short-story writer SAKI
Pugilistic period ROUND
Quiet schoolroom STUDYHALL
Quiz answer, perhaps FALSE
Rip, but not Van Winkle TORN
Runs up the phone bill YAKS
Scott Turow novel ONEL
Scouts' supervisor, perhaps DENMOTHER
Shades of purple MAUVES
Simon's verb SAYS
Sisters' three ESSES
Sixth word of the Gettysburg Address AGO
Sleep inducers, once ETHERS
Slippery creature EEL
Some time ago ONCE
Song for the fat lady? ARIA
Sort of shower METEOR
Source of precedents CASELAW
Spanish finger food TAPAS
State with confirmation AVER
Subtleties NUANCES
Swell place? SEA
Switch positions OFFS
Tennis stadium in New York ASHE
They take the cake OVENS
They're taken out of ranges ORES
Think things over STEW
Toga party locale FRAT
Transparent resin LAC
Transportation mode RAIL
Twain, really CLEMENS
Ubiquitous synthetic ACETATE
Unattached SINGLE
Until all hours LATE
Utilized the mall BOUGHT
Valued deg. MBA
Warrior's mount STEED
Was awful STUNK
Western wolf LOBO
Wiggle room PLAY
Witches CRONES
Withhold, as funds DENY
Woe of Montserrat ASH
Word of assent OKAY
Word with ''ill'' or ''mild'' MANNERED
Word with camera or photo OPS
Word with tail or express PONY
X-ray supplement MRI
You can't take it with you ESTATE
___ erectus HOMO