USA Today - Jan 8 2007

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Clues Answers
''Aren't we ___?'' (Sondheim lyric) APAIR
''Black Beauty'' author Sewell ANNA
''Iliad'' figure ARES
''Without further ___ . . .'' ADO
Avant-___ GARDE
Before, in verse ERE
Beverly Hills Drive RODEO
Boots OUSTS
Break sharply SNAP
Bumbles ERRS
Certain batteries AAA
Certain battle trophies SCARS
Color to paint the town RED
Dickens' ''___ House'' BLEAK
Dined in or out ATE
Draft choice ALE
Driving hazard GLARE
EMT's frequent task CPR
Espionage org. CIA
Expresses indifference, in a way SHRUGS
Fake handle ALIAS
Famous fashion designer RALPHLAUREN
Famous fashion designer PIERRECARDIN
Famous fashion designer LIZCLAIBORNE
Famous fashion designer KENNETHCOLE
Fish groupings SCHOOLS
Fishing item REEL
Flat rate? RENT
Flings CASTS
Friendly talk CHAT
Fringe benefit PERK
Fuel tanker OILER
Get gussied up PREEN
Grilling sound SSS
Having more smarts? SORER
Hazard a guess, e.g. OPINE
Hemingway's handle PAPA
High class grp.? SRS
Himalayan country NEPAL
Clues Answers
Horsehide's gridiron counterpart PIGSKIN
Hung out to dry, e.g. AIRED
Improvise, musically SCAT
It's a wrap! SARAN
It's live from N.Y. SNL
It's no bull COW
Jaw GAB
Keeps at it GOESON
Kind of button PANIC
Kind of statement SWORN
Like divorce, in some places TABOO
Nonsensical INANE
Not as ornate BARER
Online publication EZINE
Paris-to-Warsaw dir. ENE
Prefix with personal or planetary INTER
Ready for surgery PREP
Reward for waiting TIP
Rockhound's find, perhaps ORE
Royal ball? ORB
Russian spacecraft series LUNA
Scruffs NAPES
Service man PARSON
Sheepish sounds BAAS
Showed again RERAN
Sign of August LEO
Some are black HOLES
Take ___ down memory lane ATRIP
Tokyo, long ago EDO
Trades jabs SPARS
Trail followers HIKERS
Trunk line AORTA
Two from Topeka, e.g. KANSANS
Umbrella alternative RAINHAT
Vulgarian LOUT
Wedding announcement BANNS
What baby Moses was hidden among REEDS
Word with ''aside,'' ''down'' or ''on'' PUT
Writers of sonnets POETS