Universal - Dec 21 2008

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Clues Answers
''1,000 Oceans'' singer Tori AMOS
''And now ...'' sayer EMCEE
''Desperate Housewives'' role BREE
''Like that'll ever happen'' ASIF
''Red'' opening INFRA
''The ___ have it'' AYES
''Well, ___ be!'' ILL
''___ before beauty'' AGE
''___ the night before Christmas ...'' TWAS
''___ Tu'' (1974 hit) ERES
10,000 square meters HECTARE
Allegro ___ (music direction) ASSAI
Angelic circle HALO
Ball park figure VENDOR
Barely squeaks by (with ''out'') EKES
Beat back REPULSE
Caesar's rebuke to Brutus ETTU
Capital of Ghana ACCRA
Capri coin, once LIRA
Car dealer's success SALE
Casino card game FARO
Certain overimbiber WINO
Claudius' successor NERO
Color of ripe corn MAIZE
Comparatively modern NEWER
Concern of the Fed ECON
Constricting snake BOA
Contract add-ons RIDERS
Craggy prominence TOR
Dedicated poems ODES
Drove like mad TORE
English port west of Bournemouth POOLE
First appearance ONSET
Fix in advance RIG
Flat-topped flower cluster CORYMB
Folded French breakfast dish CREPE
From the heart EARNEST
Geisha's sashes OBIS
Clues Answers
Gumbo thickeners OKRAS
Hole-making tool AWL
Intense enthusiasm MANIA
Ironic quip (Part 1) BIRDSOFAFEATHER
Ironic quip (Part 2) FLOCKTO
Ironic quip (Part 3) ANEWLYWASHEDCAR
It's seen on Peru's coat of arms LLAMA
Like first and second ORDINAL
Like the surface of Mars SERE
Main component of Saturn's rings ICE
Maximum (Abbr.) ULT
Murders, mob-style OFFS
Numerous moon missions APOLLOS
One is on your car INSURANCEPOLICY
One-time German chancellor KOHL
Overhead storage spot ATTIC
Parrot's beak part CERE
Princess Leia's last name ORGANA
RAM units MEGS
Rattler's posture COIL
Receptacle for holy water FONT
Seaside flock ERNES
Smoking while pumping gas, e.g. NONO
Snail's trail SLIME
Source of rings ONION
Takes the tiller STEERS
The last of 26 ZEE
They're formed with two fingers VEES
To be, in old Rome ESSE
Totally attentive ALLEARS
Trumpeter Armstrong LOUIS
Uno plus dos TRES
Unwelcome one PARIAH
Use leather on a diamond FIELD
Weightlifter's rep CURL
Whence Goya's duchess came ALBA
Wife of Sir Geraint ENID
___ Remo SAN