USA Today - Dec 1 2009

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Clues Answers
"Bonanza" star GREENE
"Comin' ___ the Rye" THRO
"Ditto," in footnotes IDEM
"Dombey and ___" (Dickens novel) SON
"Fail" finish URE
"Friends in Low Places" singer Brooks GARTH
"I was away on business," e.g. ALIBI
"Runs like ___" (sales pitch for a used car) ATOP
"You got me!" look GRIN
1,500-mile Russian chain URAL
1,609 meters MILE
A lily's cover? GILT
Acid neutralizer ALKALI
Action-oriented type DOER
Actor Savalas TELLY
Address Congress ORATE
Admitting peek traffic? AJAR
Advise strongly URGE
Alcove near the kitchen DINETTE
Ancient Jewish rabbi HILLEL
Animal followed by a tickbird RHINO
Archipelago's makeup ISLES
Area of a church APSE
At great speed APACE
Attention-getting sound SNAP
Be bedridden AIL
Be contingent HINGE
Be in command LEAD
Biting midge GNAT
Block brand LEGO
Cheese exterior RIND
Claire in "The Rainmaker" DANES
Court PALACEENTOURAGE
Court JUDICIALSESSION
Court TENNISENCLOSURE
Crossed off, as a chore DONE
Curved proboscis HOOKNOSE
Detain IMPRISON
Far from a casual drinker SOUSE
Clues Answers
Fast RAPID
Flat-bottomed rowboat DORY
Fuel cartel's letters OPEC
Grease monkey's task LUBE
Had inside information KNEW
In the first place? AHEAD
Japanese faith SHINTO
Major downer? TNT
Mass transit mode RAIL
Milking machine milieu DAIRY
Neutral shade, as for hosiery TAUPE
Official pronouncements DICTA
One of 300 in the length of Noah's ark CUBIT
Parson CLERIC
Poker variety STUD
Rappel down DESCEND
Related to birth NATAL
S-shaped molding OGEE
Ship that voyaged to Colchis ARGO
Sleep lab acronym REM
Stalag inmates POWS
Super Tuesday word ELECT
Surprisingly limber SPRY
Thespian's whisper ASIDE
They thrive on inflation TIRES
Things one sings? SOLI
Timeline division ERA
Tonsorial accessory STROP
Trade requirement? TOOL
Treetop pad NEST
Units of currency in Denmark KRONER
Wander (about) GAD
Went into seclusion HID
When compared to THAN
Where the buffalo roam LEA
Wide-eyed with expectation AGOG
Withhold evidence, e.g. ABET
You may break it with guests ICE
___ ex machina DEUS