USA Today - Oct 4 2005

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Clues Answers
''Candide'' author VOLTAIRE
Abound TEEM
Above, to poets OER
Adds on AMENDS
Affirmatives YEAS
Alphabet trio CDE
Ballroom dance SAMBA
Bannister and Coe, e.g. MILERS
Capital of Idaho BOISE
Carefree episode LARK
Cask TUN
Catch one's breath REST
Char a bit SEAR
Common park features STATUES
Cry from a damsel in distress, perhaps RESCUEME
Cynic's retort IBET
Dagwood's wife BLONDIE
Desert plants CACTI
Deviate from a course YAW
Dog in ''The Thin Man'' ASTA
Dorm alternative FRAT
Erie, for one CANAL
Fancy tie ASCOT
Farthest ebbs, at the shore LOWTIDES
Fixes REPAIRS
French Mrs. MME
Frogman DIVER
German surrealist Max ERNST
Greek god of war ARES
Harry's wife BESS
Hot spot OVEN
Isolated from others ALONE
Japanese capital YEN
Junior, to Senior NAMESAKE
Kilns for drying hops OASTS
Kind of poker STUD
Kirk's engineer SCOTTY
Knocked the socks off of AWED
Landlocked African nation MALI
Clues Answers
Leaves alone LETSBE
Local center of authority COUNTYSEAT
Local official record-keeper TOWNCLERK
Mouth off RANT
Move furtively CREEP
Muzzleloader accessory RAMROD
Offended HURT
Orally ALOUD
Part of a suit CARD
Picketer's replacement SCAB
Pods used in soups OKRA
Present-day Persia IRAN
Raggedy doll ANN
Resided DWELT
River vortex EDDY
Rodgers and Hammerstein film of 1945 STATEFAIR
Rustic getaway COUNTRYINN
Schoolroom items DESKS
Snigglers' wrigglers EELS
Some are fake IDS
Start of a letter DEAR
Streisand film YENTL
Supporting FOR
Tattooist's array INKS
Teensy particle MOTE
Television pioneer John BAIRD
Tennis stadium name ASHE
They may be modified NOUNS
Time in London? TEA
Tournament term BYE
Trample OVERRUN
Type of tile MOSAIC
Union oath? IDO
Unthreatened SAFE
USPS itinerary RTE
Walking trees in ''The Lord of the Rings'' ENTS
What borrowers do OWE
With competence ABLY
___ gin fizz SLOE