Universal - Oct 5 2009

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Clues Answers
"Fail" finish URE
"Queen of Mean" Helmsley LEONA
"Smooth Operator" chanteuse SADE
"___, meenie, miney ..." EENIE
A son of Noah SHEM
Abbr. akin to alias AKA
Abbr. at LAX ETA
Abbr. at the end of a list of names ETAL
Abscond FLEE
Active Italian volcano ETNA
Agenda item TOPIC
All dried out SERE
Alternatives to pumpernickels RYES
Arouse, as curiosity PIQUE
Bad cut GASH
Ballet pose ARABESQUE
Be a breadwinner EARN
Be a worrywart FRET
Be mindful of HEED
Bills paid in Italy, once LIRE
Bone in the arm ULNA
Brainfreeze beverage ICEE
Bridges of Hollywood BEAU
Bring down the house in Lewisham RASE
Calcutta cover-up SARI
Charlotte and Norma RAES
Common tip jar bill ONE
Dark, heavy type BOLDFACE
Debussy composition LAMER
Deep opera voices BASSI
Devour, slangily (with "down") SNARF
Dog-scolding word BAD
Draw ___ in the sand ALINE
Dream state acronym REM
Economic elite UPPERCLASS
Ending with "buck" AROO
Fashionable resorts SPAS
Fit to stand trial SANE
Flight of steps to a riverbank GHAT
Clues Answers
Forest feature TREE
Give up rights to CEDE
Given to hissing and scratching? CATTY
Grow older AGE
Hit ___ (run into trouble) ASNAG
Imitate EMULATE
Iranian capital RIALS
Islamic religious leader IMAM
Kids' jumping game LEAPFROG
Kipling's "___ We Forget" LEST
Less refined COARSER
Like the Ninja Turtles TEENAGE
Listen in EAVESDROP
Marge or Maggie SIMPSON
Nest egg for the golden yrs. IRA
Old alphabetical script OGHAM
Old-fashioned "cool" NEATO
One playing between second and third SHORTSTOP
One way to start a phyte? NEO
Org. for people 50 and over AARP
Oriole's hangout NEST
Packs tightly, as pipe tobacco TAMPS
Pest on a pup FLEA
Result of bad insulation LEAKAGE
Reveals intoxication SLURS
Revolutionary War militia member MINUTEMAN
Senator Sam of Watergate fame ERVIN
Some toothpastes GELS
Supply with new equipment REFIT
Tai ___ (exercise method) CHI
Tanker disaster SPILL
U.N. agency established in 1919 ILO
Uncle, south of the border TIO
Way out West, once STAGECOACH
With ___ in sight NOEND
Words after "woe" ISME
Yours and mine OURS
___ and board BED
___ the bill (pays) FOOTS