Universal - Dec 13 2008

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Clues Answers
''Baloney!'' PISH
''Gosh darn!'' HECK
''Picnic'' Pulitzer-winner William INGE
''Skip the details'' SPAREME
''That's a wrap,'' in church AMEN
'80s Gracie Mansion resident KOCH
Abraham's grandson ESAU
Adds with a whisk STIRSIN
Afternoon serving TEA
ASAP PDQ
Australian parrot LORY
Beetle Bailey tail-wagger OTTO
Big-city allure BRIGHTLIGHTS
Bigshot mobile LIMO
Billion-year time period EON
Boatloads ALOT
Bud alternative AMSTEL
Bus. subordinates ASSTS
Capek robot drama RUR
Cheese with bite SHARPCHEDDAR
Crumb catcher BIB
Dairyland structure SILO
Demonstrating good posture ERECT
Diet successfully LOSE
Drescherlike in tone NASAL
Drink made from rice SAKE
Drudgeries TASKS
Eight-headed thing? OCTET
Equipped by a blacksmith SHOD
First lady before Jackie MAMIE
George, to Jeb BROTHER
German coal valley RUHR
Gouge with a penknife, e.g. MAR
Half-moon tides NEAPS
Hercules' stepmother HERA
Imbibers' transportation, ideally TAXIS
It may change with a promotion TITLE
Kind of scout GIRL
Laryngologist's request SAYAH
Clues Answers
Letters of debt IOU
Like some trade winds EASTERLY
Mardi Gras destination (with ''The'') BIGEASY
Maureen of ''The Quiet Man'' OHARA
Media initials since 1980 CNN
Money machines, briefly ATMS
Mother Hubbard's quest BONE
Muddy up ROIL
New Age keyboardist John TESH
One in the game PLAYER
One of old Hollywood's Big Five RKO
Part of a devious chuckle HEH
Particle in a cloud chamber ION
Parting phrase SEEYA
Place for paternity testing DNALAB
Places wildflowers grow LEAS
Prefix meaning ''all'' OMNI
Publican's stock ALES
Punch-in-the-stomach exclamation OOF
Rash solutions QUICKFIXES
Refuse to comply BALK
Rests on one's laurels COASTS
Shower affection (on) DOTE
Singer who spells her name in all lowercase letters KDLANG
Soap Box Derby home AKRON
Song for Callas ARIA
Supermarket supplies BAGS
Tennis great Arthur ASHE
Tulsa coll. named for a preacher ORU
Use Rollerblades SKATE
Waistless dress TENT
Wedgwood collection CHINASET
Wiseguy SMARTALECK
Words with ''to square one'' GOBACK
Xmas saint NICK
Yankees' third baseman, familiarly AROD
Young beaver KIT
___ mater ALMA
___-war bird (predatory flier) MANO