Wall Street Journal - Dec 14 2007 - December 14, 2007 - Company Mergers

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'Reaper' extra DEMON
'Topaz' author URIS
'You are so right!' AMEN
'___ Care' (1905 song) IDONT
Aft decks POOPS
Angle symbol, in trig THETA
Apartment worker, familiarly SUPE
Arbor Day planting SAPLING
Artist Magritte RENE
AVIS/MERCK merger headed by nonconformists MAVERICKS
Birthplace of Big Bertha ESSEN
BlackBerry rival TREO
Boat propellers OARS
Boggy area FEN
BORDERS/MATTEL merger headquartered on a famed San Francisco site LOMBARDSTREET
Breezes through ACES
Bridle part STRAP
Brief refreshers NAPS
Bud PAL
Can't get enough of CRAVE
Canadian flag feature LEAF
Cancun coin PESO
CAPITAL ONE/SUN merger with a succinct press release ENCAPSULATION
Capt.'s aide ENS
Cardinal point? BEAK
Career soldier LIFER
Cause of some missed shots LENSCAP
Choice ELITE
Class act? TEST
Composer Khachaturian ARAM
Conseco Fieldhouse team PACERS
Contemporary of Boris and Pete ANDRE
Countrified RURAL
Cpl. or sgt. NCO
Cutting comment from an angry teen IHATEYOU
Dahl who created Willy Wonka ROALD
Day in Hollywood DORIS
Decided OPTED
Demands NEEDS
Direct FRANK
Do the honors on Thanksgiving CARVE
Dockers, e.g. SLACKS
Done for UPATREE
Earnings figure GROSS
Eat late SUP
Ecuadorean currency replaced by the U.S. dollar in 2000 SUCRE
Eliminate ERASE
Entertain at bedtime READTO
Entry requirement VISA
Fairway position LIE
Father of Pebbles FRED
Flip over ADORE
Forecasting aid RADAR
Forensics expert ARGUER
Fox terrier of film ASTA
Freedom from worries EASE
GAP/RAYTHEON merger hailed by geometry theorists PYTHAGOREAN
Grammy winner Jones NORAH
Hard to please PICKY
Harlequin feature MASK
He wears very little clothing KEN
Health food store offering CRESS
Health food store offering TOFU
Heater PIECE
HESS/DELTA merger that will last forever DEATHLESS
Hieroglyphic beetle SCARAB
Hill worker SENATOR
Humdinger BEAUT
Hunt's 'Mad About You' co-star REISER
Insult, informally SLAM
INTEL/AVON merger popular with silent film fans VALENTINO
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Ireland's ___ Islands ARAN
It covers your nut SHELL
It gets taken to the cleaners STAIN
It was sunk on February 15, 1898 USSMAINE
It's just above G AFLAT
Jai ___ ALAI
Jessica of 'Sin City' ALBA
Join the jousts TILT
Kind of rock or rain ACID
LEAR/ALCOA merger confined to one neighborhood LOCALAREA
Like a 6-Down ENL
Lovey's hubby on 'Gilligan's Island' THURSTON
Maker of 'Slow Churned' ice cream EDYS
Makes acrimonious SOURS
Many a Wharton grad MBA
Mel Tillis's singing daughter PAM
Moreover ALSO
NBA coach with over 1,100 victories PATRILEY
Net receipts? EMAIL
NIKE/HARRAH'S merger leading to a saffron robe dress code HAREKRISHNA
Northwestern's home EVANSTON
One with energy to spare FIREBALL
Oscar-winning role for Forest IDI
Output of both Haydn and Hyundai SONATAS
Paloma's pop PABLO
Person with lots to sell REALTOR
Phaedra's father MINOS
Planet, poetically ORB
Pompous sort ASS
Port for mariners LEFT
Provide with start-up money SEED
Publican's stock ALES
Radio format TALK
Ready to mate INHEAT
Red-coated cheeses EDAMS
Reduced significantly SLASHED
Robin Cook thriller COMA
Sacks AXES
Show signs of life STIR
Silas Marner's charge EPPIE
Singer Alison MOYET
Site of Chocolate and Cocoa Avenues HERSHEY
Skateboarding spot RAMP
Skating jump AXEL
Skeptics DOUBTERS
Spelling champ? WITCH
Stood up to FACED
Taker of night flights MOTH
Tentative taste SIP
Tenth-anniversary gift TIN
Texture FEEL
They're given to line jumpers GLARES
They're on staff NOTES
Tourney round SEMIS
UAL/NORTHWEST merger honoring an Oscar-winning actor WALTERHUSTON
Undisturbed STILL
University of Oklahoma team SOONERS
User of delaying tactics STALLER
Uses UPS SHIPS
Victor's 'Samson and Delilah' co-star HEDY
Vincent Van Gogh's brother THEO
Waikiki wingding LUAU
WALGREEN/FORD merger that's a bed of roses FLOWERGARDEN
Was cautious TOOKCARE
Washed out PALE
Wife of Menelaus HELEN
Wish undone RUE
With zero chance, informally NOHOW
Wraps up ENDS
Yonder yacht SHE
___ Bator ULAN