Universal - Dec 31 2009

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Clues Answers
"... bombs bursting ___ ..." INAIR
"Carpe ___!" DIEM
"Desire Under the ___" ELMS
"In" thing, for now FAD
"Lemon" or "lime" ending ADE
"Whip It" group DEVO
A diver may find it shocking ELECTRICEEL
A shade of beige ECRU
Academy Award category MAKEUP
Adams and Ameche DONS
Adjective for some spies and elephants ROGUE
African wading bird IBIS
Allowing no returns, on the court ACING
Attempt to persuade COAX
Bedside water pitcher EWER
Board, as a ship GETON
By the same token ALSO
Chanel fragrance COCO
Charitable contributions ALMS
Christening NAMING
Core or center NEXUS
Cover for a cue ball RUG
Dillinger, notably PUBLICENEMY
Dot on a computer screen PIXEL
Drang's companion STURM
Easy one for an infielder POPUP
Edible starch SAGO
Embroidered loop PICOT
Entrance into a mine ADIT
Fabric for theater curtains SCRIM
Flip ___ (decide randomly) ACOIN
Get as a reward EARN
Half a couple, often MRS
Hardly born yesterday OLD
Home of the Brickyard 400, briefly INDY
Honey badger RATEL
It can take your breath away AEROBICEXERCISE
It makes ink pink PEE
Italian volcano ETNA
Clues Answers
Its atomic number is 5 BORON
Just and impartial FAIRMINDED
Kidney-related RENAL
Kind professor's allowance RETEST
Lacking worldliness NAIVE
Learning by memorization ROTE
Lenya of Broadway's "Cabaret" LOTTE
Like a member of Mensa SMART
Little hooter OWLET
Made doubly sure before cutting REMEASURED
Mare's home STABLE
Matchstick-removing game NIM
Mimic Tarzan YELL
One-person performances SOLI
One-twentieth of an old franc SOU
Oscar contender ACTOR
Passed illegally, as a check KITED
Perfectly vertical PLUMB
Pre-stereo recordings MONOS
Rhinoplasty target NOSE
Series of letters before O.U. AEI
Sheltered valley GLEN
Slathered frosting on ICED
Small container for liquids CRUSE
Standard NORM
Stirling negative NAE
Store window sign, perhaps SALE
Succumb to an interrogator TELL
Swift horse ARAB
Tides with minimum range NEAPS
Too big for one's britches? OBESE
Tuesday on Bourbon St. MARDI
Twistable treat OREO
Two-person starter home? EDEN
Unmitigated stuff GALL
Unwanted computer message ERROR
Weaver's contraption LOOM
Whip-tailed swimmers RAYS
Woodland creature DEER