Universal - Jul 9 2006

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Clues Answers
''A Star is Born'' director PIERSON
''What ___ up must come down'' GOES
43rd state IDAHO
All bets are off after this RAID
Ancient alphabetic characters RUNES
Audibly ALOUD
Black beef cattle ANGUS
Bounded LEAPT
Brick made of clay and straw ADOBE
Brit's bit (of tea) SPOT
Broadcast more than once RERAN
Brood overseers HENS
Certain horses BAYS
Clue or backgammon, e.g. GAME
Counterbalance, financially HEDGE
Debate ARGUE
December 25, in a way? OPENINGDAY
Defeat handily DRUB
Egg parts YOLKS
Eligible for Mensa SMART
Fermi's field PHYSICS
Flirtatious stare OGLE
Gives consent ACCEDES
Goya's ''The Duchess of ___'' ALBA
Have a hunch SENSE
Important seven-day TV ratings period SWEEPSWEEK
In a coarse manner GROSSLY
IN ONE'S SALAD DAYS YOUNG
It's enough for some ONCE
Ivans IV and V, e.g. TSARS
Legendary siren LORELEI
Make messy or untidy MUSS
Malaise UNEASE
May description, in a song MERRYMONTH
Moreover ALSO
Neighbor of Fiji SAMOA
Clues Answers
Office furniture DESK
Oil port ADEN
One of Asta's owners NORA
One of the Gospels LUKE
Permanently mark ETCH
Plant that makes gum GUAR
Poems of praise ODES
Removes a bottle cap, perhaps UNTWISTS
Reprimand SCOLD
Right of final decision SAYSO
Riser plus tread STAIR
Sandwich shop DELI
Saudi Arabian capital RIYADH
Shows bashfulness, in a way REDDENS
Skeletal BONY
Skier's conveyance TBAR
So-so PASSABLE
Some police tactics DRAGNETS
Some whodunit suspects HEIRS
Sound upstairs SANE
Subject, usually NOUN
Succulent plant ALOE
Tear jaggedly LACERATE
The baby's room NURSERY
They have their orders NUNS
Tibetan guide SHERPA
Try again, as a court case REHEAR
Type of tide NEAP
Unpleasant thing to eat CROW
Unusually good 365 days BANNERYEAR
Well-briefed about UPON
Went in haste HIED
Women's formal wear HEELS
Word-breaker RENEGER
You may get a hand here RENO
___ Major URSA