Universal - Dec 13 2002

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Clues Answers
''It's the truth'' NOLIE
''The Odd Couple,'' e.g. COMEDY
100 square meters ARE
23rd Greek letter PSI
30-Across and 48-Across to each other ANAGRAMS
A stooge and a Pep Boy MOES
Altar place APSE
An NCO SSGT
Appoints NAMES
Appropriated SEIZED
Aspects FACETS
Atomize ZAP
Back to school mos. SEPTS
Basic ingredient STAPLE
Caesar's greetings AVES
Calm SOOTH
Capote, to friends TRU
Checker's dance TWIST
Comfort EASE
Consumed ATE
Crowd makeup THREE
D.C. to Bermuda heading ESE
Diamonds, slangily ICE
Done in SLAIN
E-mail suffix COM
Elec. flow measure AMP
Equals 17-Across TWELVEPLUSONE
Equals 17-Across ELEVENPLUSTWO
Experts ADEPTS
Gang of Four members MAOISTS
Gaza Stripper ARAB
Glitch SNAG
Hasten HIE
Hispaniola, por ejemplo ISLA
Iroquoian for ''Beautiful River'' OHIO
Islamic ruler EMIR
Japanese maritime designation MARU
Just a bit TAD
Lacking conscience AMORAL
Clues Answers
Loudness units SONES
Low island CAY
Manhattan neighborhood SOHO
Missing hotel floor? THIRTEEN
Mom's sib AUNT
Muddies the water ROILS
Naval hoosegow BRIG
NCO's superiors LTS
Nigh NEARBY
Nomad dwelling YURT
Palindromic poet's preposition ERE
Physicians gp. AMA
Place in a box ENCASE
Poem division CANTO
Point of entry PORTAL
Pointy-nose fliers (Abbr.) SSTS
Pro vote AYE
Purpose END
Romantic AMOROUS
Saint and Gabor EVAS
Salon offering FACIAL
Santa says it HOHO
Singular or plural pronoun YOU
Sneaker feature EYELET
Sound of a bounce BOING
Stable work force OSTLERS
Stone or Iron AGE
Swears AVOWS
Symbol of rank, sometimes SASH
The Black or the Red SEA
Top of the world EVEREST
Type of lamp LAVA
View from 44-Down NEPAL
Whittles down ERODES
Wily SLY
Window ledge SILL
Winery item VAT
Word with machine or gift SHOP
Word with way or well STAIR