Universal - Jun 20 2009

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Clues Answers
"And now ..." sayer EMCEE
"Don't ___ think about it!" EVEN
"God's Little ___" ACRE
"Grapes of Wrath" character OKIE
"In a best-case scenario ..." IDEALLY
"M*A*S*H" lieutenant colonel BLAKE
1.3 ounce Asian weight TAEL
A driving concern? SPEED
Abandon a detente REARM
Absorbs (with "up") SOPS
Acquire a wintry glaze ICEUP
Act like bug spray REPEL
Aesop's race loser HARE
After-school responsibility CHORE
Alarm SCARE
Archaeological handle ANSA
Arranges in an alternating pattern STAGGERS
Avian high-rise AERIE
Badmouth ABASE
Band member's big moment SOLO
Became incensed SEERED
Best Actress winner Sophia LOREN
Bicycles have them HANDLES
Bits of resistance OHMS
Bookworm, in stereotypes NERD
Boston lettuce alternative BIBB
British bigwigs NOBS
Bruno ___ (designer shoe brand) MAGLI
Captain's underling MATE
Carefully written NEAT
Casual fabric DENIM
Cause nose-holding REEK
Clutch's neighbor BRAKE
Crack up SLAY
Cultivate, as a garden TEND
Deprive (with "of") BEREAVE
Clues Answers
Description of May MERRYMONTH
Distinct features ASPECTS
Find a buyer beforehand PRESELL
Fire pit remnant EMBER
Former Commonwealth member EIRE
Gaelic language ERSE
Garnish on a toothpick OLIVE
Give partner TAKE
Great business period BANNERYEAR
Harper in "Tender Mercies" TESS
Hate with a passion ABHOR
Hydrogen bomb, for short NUKE
Malfunctioned, as a fuse BLEW
More impoverished NEEDIER
Movie theater admonitions SHHS
Number for one ARIA
One of two sides of a story? HESAID
Only God can make one, according to Kilmer TREE
Orville Wright's city of birth DAYTON
Place to hold a banquet roast? OVEN
Return to office RESEAT
Separate forcefully REND
Serbian capital BELGRADE
Sit ungracefully (with "down") PLOP
Skier's conveyance TBAR
Social convenience TEAMAKER
Source of an Asian stimulant BETEL
Table border EDGE
They're popular in Mississippi? ESSES
Time for a miniseries, perhaps SWEEPSWEEK
Tools for Web surfers BROWSERS
Towel embroidery HERS
Two-time Emmy winner Fabray NANETTE
Uncle Sam's bird EAGLE
Violent TEARING
When lots of popcorn and peanuts are sold OPENINGDAY