USA Today - Nov 15 2005

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Clues Answers
''My ___ cooking is so bad . . .'' WIFES
''The King ___'' ANDI
A Mouseketeer ANNETTE
Absorb, as a loss EAT
Actress Daly TYNE
Affirm confidently AVER
An intense emotion HATE
Another marine bird ERNE
Arduous voyage TREK
As ___ (generally) ARULE
Away from the wind ALEE
Become prominent RISE
Break in the action LULL
Brilliantly colored flower AZALEA
British fellows SODS
Buckle opening? SWASH
Caesar's first name SID
Certain laundry worker IRONER
Clinical letters? HMO
Comic book barks ARFS
Dawning ONSET
Detailed accts. RPTS
Drained liquid from BLED
Eccentric DOTTY
Egg containers NESTS
End-of-the-wk. phrase TGIF
Exerts control PULLSTHESTRINGS
Faced with two undesirable alternatives (with ''on the'') HORNSOFADILEMMA
Fine hairs CILIA
First name in courtroom fiction ERLE
Get exactly right NAIL
Hall rug RUNNER
He left his mark ZORRO
Highbrow SNOB
In the manner of ALA
In ___ (going nowhere) ARUT
Iranian monetary unit RIAL
It doesn't leave a paper trail EMAIL
Clues Answers
Joyous song HYMN
Juicy fruit PEAR
King of promoters DON
Makes a pouty face SULKS
Makes possible ENABLES
Marine bird TERN
Medieval underling ESNE
Mexican painter Rivera DIEGO
Money in wide circulation EURO
Neanderthal's wear PELT
Nine-inch spread SPAN
Parts of some buns HAIRPINS
Party to a 1993 peace accord PLO
Piece of fencing? EPEE
Point after deuce, maybe ADIN
Postulate POSIT
Raised the spirits of UPLIFTED
Response to sarcasm, perhaps HAHA
Roberts of ''Everybody Loves Raymond'' DORIS
Run OPERATE
Sea south of the Falklands SCOTIA
Shakespearean river AVON
Shorthand specialist STENO
Some bomb squad members ROBOTS
Spurn REBUFF
Surname ascribed to an unknown DOE
The longest sentence LIFE
Thesaurus name ROGET
Threw in ADDED
Title in India SRI
Treater's words ONME
Trigonometric function SINE
What a huckster does DRUMSUPBUSINESS
Whitewash ingredient LIME
With riveted attention RAPTLY
Word with gift or sweat SHOP
Word with test or fracture STRESS
Work to get, as trust EARN