Ink Well xwords - Dec 16 2005

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Clues Answers
$1,000 GNOTE
'Now I see . . .' AHYES
'Van Lear Rose' singer Loretta LYNN
Advances to world 8-1, say WARPS
All ears RAPT
Annoying thing to be on HOLD
Asked to go out? MEWED
Atlantic City casino, with 'the' TAJ
Banned insecticide DDT
Bugs with wheels BEETLES
Cheer alternative ERA
Church council SYNOD
Clay, today ALI
Coded plea SOS
Cookie containers TINS
Cornball CHEESY
Country music channel, once TNN
Delight ELATE
Drinks for everyone ROUND
Duck ELUDE
Earl ___ GREY
Endorse SIGN
Female soldier in WWII WAC
Five-alarm, say HOT
Flair ELAN
Fog metaphor PEASOUP
For the whole world to hear ALOUD
Grand Central ceiling belt ZODIAC
Haitian season ETE
Hillary follower LAURA
How some shall remain NAMELESS
It's underfoot SOLE
Jazz Masters Fellowship-awarding org. NEA
Lace tips AGLETS
Leave, slangily BAIL
Less cluttered BARER
Light creator EDISON
Lucille's long-lost psychic daughter? CRYSTALBALL
Mad RABID
Clues Answers
Maine land USA
Many moons EON
MC's long-lost construction worker son? JACKHAMMER
Musical quiver TRILL
Neil's long-lost gemologist daughter? HOPEDIAMOND
No ___ (caffeine pills) DOZ
One with an eye for beauty? BEHOLDER
Palme ___ DOR
Past or future, e.g. TENSE
Pie cracker GRAHAM
Plastered SOTTED
Plays a role ACTS
Pops DAD
Reach first base MAKEOUT
Reach second base, perhaps STEAL
Remind and remind and remind NAG
Remove heirs DISOWN
Republican color RED
Rink floor ICE
Robert's long-lost botanist son? WOODYPLANT
Semester TERM
Sets JELLS
So far BYNOW
Spanish phonebook listings NUMEROS
Strong shot ESPRESSO
Tasteless BLAND
Thanksgiving tuber YAM
The duck in 'Peter and the Wolf' OBOE
Tokyo musical genre JPOP
Top supporter? BRA
Type of room or center REC
Type of rug AREA
Univ. divisions DEPTS
Unrefined finds ORES
USMA grads LTS
Whirlpool EDDY
Without backing, in a way: Var. ACAPELLA
You may put all your chips in it SALSA
___ of Cancer TROPIC