Universal - Dec 15 2009

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Clues Answers
"At what time?" WHEN
"Center" lead-in EPI
"How can I ___ repay you?" EVER
"Wheel of Fortune" name VANNA
"___ again ..." ("on the other hand ...") THEN
18th-century undergarment CORSET
A little of this and a little of that OLIO
A shade of beige ECRU
Abalone eater SEAOTTER
Absinthe flavor ANISE
Abundant meal FEAST
Accumulate (with "up") PILE
Alda and Rickman ALANS
Amount after costs NET
Andy Capp order ALE
Arrived on the beach, as driftwood WASHEDUP
As of now TODATE
Beak NIB
Bedside companion NURSE
Bell's first phone call recipient WATSON
Biological bristles SETAE
Bring into law ENACT
Buckwheat porridge KASHA
Bustles of activity ADOS
Cantina munchie TACO
Capitol person? SEN
Change from wild to mild TAME
City of Japan OSAKA
Close with ENDON
Cut out of one's will DISOWN
Did a cobbler's job REHEELED
Eastern potentate EMIR
Either of 12-Across, e.g. ACTOR
Forceful cajoler ARMTWISTER
French port on the English Channel CALAIS
Garbage barges SCOWS
Give up, as a right WAIVE
Clues Answers
Hanky material, sometimes LINEN
Highly proper PRIM
Hook for landing fish GAFF
Inventive thought IDEA
Land along the coast SHORE
Lapland native SAMI
Large wading bird GODWIT
Marry again REWED
Medieval strummer MINSTREL
Mesh, like gears ENGAGE
Money in Johannesburg RAND
Prefix meaning "all" OMNI
Relinquish, as an office DEMIT
Ripped TORE
River to the Chesapeake Bay POTOMAC
Rosy anticipation HOPE
Seed covering ARIL
Sharp price increase HIKE
Sherman was his veep TAFT
Shipboard jail BRIG
Small carryall HANDBASKET
Some sacred scrolls TORAHS
Spirited self-assurance ELAN
Stormy winter blast NORTHER
Summer intern, often TEEN
Tabletop rinsing dish FINGERBOWL
Test a model airplane again REFLY
The "y" in NIMBY YARD
The Holy ___ (Vatican) SEE
Thumbs-up review RAVE
Time on one's hand? WRISTWATCH
Traffic cop? NARC
Visions of sugarplums, perhaps DREAM
Wheeled around SPUN
Wight, Man or Capri ISLE
Word on a red sign STOP
___ mode ALA