Universal - Jan 7 2006

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Clues Answers
''Chicago'' star GERE
''Funny Girl'' composer STYNE
''Mon ___!'' DIEU
''The Spanish Tragedy'' playwright KYD
''___ Marner'' SILAS
28-Across exile CAIN
A musician may strike it CHORD
A strong person, emotionally TOWEROFSTRENGTH
An upright citizen, e.g. PILLAROFSOCIETY
Atlanta university EMORY
Bark component TANNIN
Benchwarmer RESERVE
Beta and gamma RAYS
Big, round do AFRO
Bingo call, perhaps BTEN
Blazing AFIRE
Borax and bauxite, e.g. ORES
Botswana river OKAVANGO
Brussels-based org. NATO
Cairo Christian COPT
Catch phrase? GOTIT
Colliers' entryways ADITS
Create a stir AGITATE
Dispiriting GRIM
Dogpatch denizen ABNER
Dramatic conflict AGON
Drops off SAGS
Dwarf's refrain words HIHO
Either end of a magnet POLE
Expressions of confusion EHS
Fiddler on the reef? CRAB
Former heavyweight champ Riddick BOWE
Grimm fellow OGRE
Has a bawl SOBS
Hiking boots, e.g. FOOTGEAR
Hinge DEPEND
Iago's spouse EMILIA
Clues Answers
It takes two to make eleven ONES
It's on the staff CLEF
Larson of ''The Far Side'' GARY
Limb partner LIFE
Make public AIR
Marketplace near the Acropolis, perhaps AGORA
Military scouting mission, briefly RECON
Munchie locale SNACKBAR
Mythical weeper NIOBE
Nocturnal hunter ORION
Nod's neighbor EDEN
Noted Brit lexicon OED
Opera solo ARIA
Part of a balancing act? COLUMNOFNUMBERS
Parting phrase TAKECARE
Passerine bird VIREO
Race pace, sometimes TROT
Rock shelter ABRI
Roman ruler NERO
Scent ODOR
Short cut SNIP
Sleeps under the stars CAMPS
Slip past ELUDE
Some Korean imports KIAS
Source of many quotes, for short NYSE
Swift work ESSAY
Temporary inactivity ABEYANCE
To be, to Brutus ESSE
Tour of duty STINT
Toward the mouth ORAD
Wall tapestry ARRAS
Wearing 9-Down SHOD
Well-to-do gents NABOBS
Where most people are ASIA
Where some sports teams play ARENA
Word with man or maid MILK
Your average Joe EVERYMAN