USA Today - May 6 2008

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Clues Answers
''Laugh-In'' comedian Johnson ARTE
''Malcolm X'' director LEE
''Open ___ midnight'' TIL
African lake spanning four countries CHAD
Armed robbery, e.g. HEIST
Bitterly pungent ACRID
Bootleg BLACKMARKET
Butter? GOAT
Cheerless DRAB
Clingy cures of yore LEECHES
Clue to this puzzle's theme HUE
Colonnade lineup, sometimes ELMS
Colorful job description BLUECOLLAR
Defense org. established in 1949 NATO
Derby prospect COLT
Emit effluvium REEK
Environmental group GREENPEACE
Escritoire, e.g. DESK
Film director Ingmar BERGMAN
Fix permanently (Var.) IMBED
Forestall AVERT
Free, in a way UNTIE
Gator's kin CROC
Go lickety-split RACE
Good thing to be in SYNC
In broad daylight OVERT
In some physical distress ACHY
Informal luncher BROWNBAGGER
Initials may be carved into it BARK
Investigate deeply (with ''into'') DELVE
Jimmy Carter's middle name EARL
Laudatory verse ODE
Least likely to understand DENSEST
Like Pollyanna's outlook ROSY
Lincoln and Rockefeller, briefly CTRS
Maintenance director SUPER
Mediterranean arm AEGEAN
Mess of hair MOP
Minor drinking problem? AGE
Clues Answers
Miscellaneous mixture OLIO
Musical piece ETUDE
New Testament book ACTS
New Zealand parrot KEA
Nobelist Walesa LECH
Not said TACIT
Old-fashioned reading offered by hawkers CHAPBOOK
One giving the once-over EYER
One with a record CRIMINAL
Pet peeve? FLEABITE
Prelude to ''a one'' NARY
Raccoonlike creature COATI
Red ones are quite urgent ALERTS
Requiring much thought DEEP
Rochester clinic MAYO
Rural expanse LEA
Shallow depression SWALE
Some snow vehicles SKIDOOS
Sound from a belfry PEAL
Suffix with ''social'' ITES
Tavern potables ALES
Telepathy initials ESP
Theologian who opposed Martin Luther ECK
Tries to find SEEKS
Type of camera, for short SLR
Type of performance GALA
Unsurpassable IDEAL
Upright pillar STELE
Wall Street inits. ASE
Wander ROVE
Wave foam SPUME
Wheel partner DEAL
Wide, ornamental ruffle FLOUNCE
Wish nullified RUE
Without missing a beat INSTRIDE
Words with ''a pistol'' or ''a firecracker'' HOTAS
___ before (no later than) ONOR
___ prosequi (will not prosecute) NOLLE
___ Sanctorum ACTA