USA Today - Dec 15 2008

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Clues Answers
''Eureka!'' is one CRY
''Goody!'' OHBOY
A wife of Henry VIII BOLEYN
Armed adversary FOE
Barbary primate APE
Bit of brandy NIP
Canned background selection ELEVATORMUSIC
Cleveland's lake ERIE
Columbo heard a lot of them ALIBIS
Come-on LURE
Common words in ''A Big Hunk o' Love'' NOS
Construction contract term, often ESCALATORCLAUSE
Cool and calm SERENE
Debutante's crown TIARA
Detach, in a way UNSNAP
Dished out GAVE
Does hose repair DARNS
Fail to mention OMIT
Flock of quail BEVY
Forgoes the bistro EATSIN
Foundation BASIS
Fun and ___ (amusement) GAMES
Gather together AMASS
Get too close for comfort CROWD
Globetrotter's passion TRAVEL
Go like hotcakes SELL
Green lights YESES
Haw's companion HEM
Heart line AORTA
Help-wanted notice? SOS
Home away from home INN
Indian Ocean gulf ADEN
It may come with stacks of money DYE
It sailed for about five months ARK
It's only effective if dropped LSD
Jiffy SEC
Larger-than-life EPIC
Leaning tower locale PISA
Letter flourish SERIF
Clues Answers
Mama loves him PAPA
Manage to tolerate STAND
Maseru's its capital LESOTHO
Middle Eastern capital ABUDHABI
Middling grade CEE
Monopoly game piece CAR
Nurse's administration, briefly TLC
Olympic flame lighter in Nagano ITO
Pale purple LAVENDER
Passes with panache ACES
Peels backward? SLEEP
Picked out CHOSE
Poetry Muse ERATO
Protect in a crate ENCASE
Quite a card RIOT
Reason for a temporary shop closure SIESTA
Relating to birth NATAL
Remarkable time ERA
Request legal recompense SUE
Roman historian of note LIVY
Settlement COLONY
Skedaddles SCOOTS
Skillful lawmaker SOLON
Springtime occurrence THAW
Strong-arms FORCES
Tennessee neighbors? ENS
The necktie in a necktie party NOOSE
They have young'uns MAS
They make flights STEPS
They may help obtain closure CLASPS
Tie up in knots SNARL
To-do list item TASK
Turncoat RAT
Type of metabolism BASAL
Virtual way to the top LADDEROFSUCCESS
Wear and tear USE
Western Holliday? DOC
Word with a handshake DEAL
___ carte ALA