USA Today - Feb 20 2009

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Clues Answers
''. . . good witch ___ bad witch?'' ORA
''The Godfather'' novelist PUZO
''There ___ free lunches'' ARENO
'90s Fox sitcom ROC
1977 Steely Dan album AJA
Abrupt transition LEAP
American Kennel Club events DOGSHOWS
Animated blockbuster of 1998 ANTZ
Antivampire aid CROSS
Below, in verse NEATH
Big name in insurance AETNA
Buzzing congregation SWARM
Camaro ___-Z IROC
Carrie in space LEIA
Casino request HITME
Celestial instrument HARP
City on the Merrimack River NASHUA
Cornhusker's state, briefly NEBR
Crunch's title CAPN
Deduct points from, say PENALIZE
Doubled, a thiamine deficiency BERI
Drop for the count KAYO
Drops at dawn DEW
Elec. program since 1933 TVA
Elisabeth of ''Leaving Las Vegas'' SHUE
Famed Hawaiian crooner DONHO
Gilda Radner character BABAWAWA
Great brilliance ECLAT
Happiness standard? CLAM
Harsh critic BASHER
Heath-covered wasteland MOOR
Insect-repelling chemical DEET
Instinctual urges IMPULSES
It may be batted EYELID
It's big under the arches MAC
It's in the can SODAPOP
Kiddie lit pachyderm BABAR
Kind of money or puppy HUSH
Clues Answers
Lava does it OOZES
Like a moonless night PITCHDARK
Marcos with many shoes IMELDA
Modern fat substitute OLEAN
Most gangly LANKIEST
Narcissus variety PAPERWHITE
Nile nasties ASPS
Old lab heaters ETNAS
Organized group TEAM
Pamper SPOIL
Passing remarks? YEAS
Pertaining to the flock LAIC
Prayer foundation? KNEECAP
Priced to go ONSALE
Recipe direction DICE
Resort east of Santa Barbara OJAI
Respond to a stimulus REACT
Roar of a Spanish crowd OLE
Satirist Mort SAHL
Sean Penn portrayal HARVEYMILK
Seven-year phenomenon ITCH
Simpson and Starr BARTS
Space opener? AERO
Starbucks picks MOCHAS
Stir from slumber ROUSE
Takes off the shelf USES
That certain something AURA
That lady SHE
They might be graphic ARTS
They often get engaged GEARS
Took a shine to LIKED
Unable to function HELPLESS
Valentine bouquet item ROSE
Waterway bordering Kazakhstan ARAL
Windshield sticker DECAL
Word after the last word of the theme entries CHOCOLATE
Writer's block? PAD
Zwei multiple ACHT