Universal - Dec 18 2009

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Clues Answers
"... ___ the cows come home" TIL
"Ain't Misbehavin'" actress Carter NELL
"Get comfortable!" SIT
"That'll teach you!" look SNEER
"___ Flux" (animated series) AEON
"___ number one" WERE
Abode north of the Arctic Circle IGLOO
Anaconda's cousin BOA
Borrow, as a cigarette BUM
Boxer that can lick anyone? DOG
Bryn ___ (Pennsylvania college) MAWR
Catkins AMENTS
Clear the blackboard ERASE
Come to pass OCCUR
Crustacean with 14 legs ISOPOD
Day-care diversion TOY
Dory propellers OARS
End of Ripley's slogan NOT
Farthest or highest, briefly ULT
Filmmaker Spike LEE
Four, before TETRA
Gift-giver at an office party SECRETSANTA
Harebrained NUTTY
How some tea is served UNSWEETENED
It may be far from the point HILT
It's often stopped with a raised hand TAXICAB
Jockey's whip CROP
Lava, while underground MAGMA
Lawn enhancers EDGERS
Lead-in to "date" or "trap" SETA
Little arguments TIFFS
Loop-loop connector THE
Lusitania sinker UBOAT
Man or aardvark MAMMAL
Morphine, for one OPIATE
Muzzle MOUTH
Not very competent INEPT
Org. that lobbies for lawyers ABA
Piece of armor BREASTPLATE
Clues Answers
Pin a moniker on NAME
Place for an organ, sometimes APSE
Popular yule song JINGLEBELLS
Relaxing place SPA
Saltwater expanse OCEAN
Sci-fi computer HAL
Seal again, as a package REWRAP
Shivering fit AGUE
Short pleasure trip JAUNT
Stagecoach-pulling group TEAM
Standing with proper posture ERECT
Storm of anger RAMPAGE
Strategic elements TACTICS
Sufficient space ROOM
Surrounding quality AURA
Temporary cessation of breathing APNEA
The very one SAME
They get drunk BEERS
Thick-soled shoe CLOG
Tissue type SCAR
Title of respect, abroad SRI
Travel medium AIR
Type of chamber ECHO
Untilled stretch LEA
Upside? TOP
Vast timeframe EON
Victimizes (with "on") PREYS
Welcome order in boot camp ATEASE
What a truant plays (Var.) HOOKEY
When doubled, a German city BADEN
Wine choice RED
Wobbly vessel CANOE
Word with "pack" or "shooter" SIX
Word with "space" or "limits" OUTER
Word-word link FOR
Wrapped Mexican treats TAMALES
Wrongdoer's excuse ALIBI
You may be bussed under it MISTLETOE
Yuletide snack FRUITCAKE