Universal - Dec 17 2008

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Clues Answers
''... borrower ___ a lender be'' NOR
''... ___ and buts were candy and nuts ...'' IFS
''Doonesbury'' presidential candidate DUKE
'60s hip MOD
A ''Seinfeld'' episode, today RERUN
A big fan of INTO
Acquired by acting quickly SNAGGED
After a couple THIRDLY
Aldrin's craft EAGLE
Ali boxing technique ROPEADOPE
Alloy of tin and lead TERNE
Assets mgr. CPA
Became a contestant ENTERED
Bit in a horse's mouth? OAT
Bit of effrontery LIP
Bridges in Hollywood LLOYD
British title DAME
Bug with its own season FLU
By that reasoning ERGO
Celerity SPEED
Certain Asian THAI
Chef's meas. TSP
Clare and Henry LUCES
Cole Porter's birth city PERU
Composition of some spare tires FAT
Corporate baker SARALEE
Craftsman ARTISAN
Craving YEN
Dance requiring a lot of room TANGO
Device often worn on a lapel, slangily MIKE
Doctor of Marvel Comics STRANGE
Dog catchers? TONGS
Draw upon USE
Exclusively ONLY
Family tree entry SURNAME
Fancy house opening? PENT
Fawn over (with ''on'') DOTE
Feline sign LEO
Fifth word of ''America'' THEE
Clues Answers
First name in the ''Barney Miller'' cast HAL
For fear that LEST
Funnel-shaped CONED
Geologic division EON
Giacomo Puccini specialty OPERA
Giving the boot OUSTING
Glances maliciously LEERS
Great way to leave Vegas AHEAD
Hematite, for one ORE
Hollywood union SAG
Hunter in the night sky ORION
Indy service area PIT
Is at a loss for words? HUMS
It may be stuffed SHIRT
King of the macabre STEPHEN
Large four-instrument musical group STRINGORCHESTRA
Matthew or Simon APOSTLE
Nonbeliever HEATHEN
One of Asta's owners NORA
Part of a company's identity LOGO
Place for trophies MANTEL
Propagative part of a plant SEED
Provide with a quality ENDUE
Pungent salad green CRESS
Quiet companion PEACE
Result of self-aggrandizing EGO
Results of getting needled? TATTOOS
Sea-dwelling OCEANIC
Senior housing? DORMS
Stage PHASE
Start of three John Wayne movie titles RIO
Successfully navigate a narrow passage THREADTHENEEDLE
TGIF part ITS
Type choices FONTS
Unscheduled performance ENCORE
Warren female DOE
Whack, in the Bible SMITE
Wharf pest RAT
Where one makes the grade CLASS