USA Today - Jan 30 2009

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''Smallville'' family KENTS
''The Amazing Race'' item MAP
39-plus inches, in Britain METRE
Adjective for Parker NOSY
Agent for a trip taker? LSD
Architectural afterthought ELL
Assured, as a victory ICED
Bar or deli choice RYE
Be less than 100 percent AIL
Bit of politesse, back and forth MADAM
Blast furnace sound ROAR
Carpet characteristic NAP
Carved pillar STELA
Chronological division ERA
Common pair? EMS
Constellation near Pisces and Aquarius CETUS
Custard desserts FLANS
Diminish gradually TAPER
Emergency egress FIREESCAPE
Ever-failing cartoon brand ACME
Fend off, as mosquitoes REPEL
Freight train stowaway, stereotypically HOBO
Gerund maker ING
Grabs and goes LOOTS
Greystoke raiser APE
Have a few too many TOPE
Hawaii, before 1959 (Abbr.) TERR
High in alcohol content STRONG
How some woolly things fit? LIKEASHEEPSUIT
Insurrectionist REBEL
It can help you carry a tune IPOD
It may be preconceived IDEA
Itty-bitty bit IOTA
Japan's capital, formerly EDO
Leadership group CADRE
Like a lofty tower IVORY
Like a pole vaulter's pole in action BENT
Like an owl WISE
Loses firmness SAGS
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Maui musical gadget, briefly UKE
Mineral resistant to heat MICA
Moonfish OPAH
Much of an obit BIO
Nanking nannies AMAHS
On the petite side SMALLISH
Online list-maker CRAIG
Pack number SIX
Parboiling PRECOOKING
Pastoral verse IDYLL
Periodic monster WEREWOLF
Pre-bypass test, briefly EKG
Present location? BOX
Proper length to avoid conflicts of interest? ARMS
Pt. of UCLA CALIF
Quite some distance off AFAR
Reaction places LABS
Related AKIN
Self-assembly furniture giant IKEA
Set edge-to-edge ABUT
Shade for a surfer TAN
Shipping dept. stamp RECD
Sighed with delight AAHED
Skilled at painting, e.g. ARTISTIC
Some House of Lords members EARLS
Song for the ovine Valentino? THESHEEPOFARABY
Sound like a heavy smoker, perhaps RASP
Stew pod OKRA
Supply for a big blast TNT
Tales on vast scales EPICS
Tune for the head of the flock? HAILTOTHESHEEP
Two-continent person EURASIAN
Unpleasant thing to evoke IRE
Versailles agreement TREATY
Walkway PATH
What to do when driving near a school SLOW
Work unit, in physics ERG
Yellow-skinned fruit GUAVA
___ Lanka SRI