Universal - Sep 23 2003

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Clues Answers
"American Idol" winner RUBEN
"God's Little ___" ACRE
"I do," e.g. OATH
"Murder, ___ Wrote" SHE
"When I Was ___" ("H.M.S. Pinafore" song) ALAD
"Who am ___ argue?" ITO
"Who ___ kidding?" AMI
''Critique of Pure Reason'' philosopher KANT
''___ the crack of ...'' UPAT
... the beginning of a gridiron scheme? INFORMATION
... the beginning of a spy? INOPERATIVE
... the beginning of college costs? INTUITION
... the beginning of fairness? INJUSTICE
2000 also-ran GORE
A ''natural'' dice toss SEVEN
Actor activator CUE
Added to the staff HIRED
Alternative to "smoking" NON
American chameleon ANOLE
Ancient seaport of Phoenicia TYRE
Angel's trademark HALO
Annex ADD
Apportion ALLOT
Attorney's helper PARALEGAL
Away from the wind ALEE
Bad thing to bear GRUDGE
Badger TEASE
Be an omen of AUGUR
Bear greeting? HUG
Beatles meter maid of song RITA
Bela contemporary LON
Beldames HAGS
Belle of the ball DEBUTANTE
Bestows upon CONFERS
Better half HELPMATE
Blue-green TEAL
Borrowed without permission TOOK
Brass member TUBA
Brazilian hot spot RIO
Break bread EAT
Bridge positions EASTS
Brightest star in Virgo SPICA
Brilliant feats COUPS
Build a new room ADDON
Business name abbr. CORP
Chance occurrences HAPS
Chill ICE
Chinese philosopher LAOTSE
Clueless LOST
Coal stratum SEAM
Comes to the rescue AIDS
Concerts held in arenas? INDOORJAMBS
Conclude with ENDON
Consume or enjoy immensely EATUP
Convertible cover SOFTTOP
Cookies with a white filling OREOS
Cornfield call CAW
CPA functions AUDITS
Crescent-shaped area on a fingernail LUNULE
Crucifix ROOD
Currently in progress AFOOT
Customary practice USAGE
De Mille specialties EPICS
Deer's scut TAIL
Diamondback turtle TERRAPIN
Did some picking OPTED
Discontinue, as a project SCRAP
Distribute METE
Diva Gluck ALMA
DNA structure HELIX
Doha is its capital QATAR
Down Under bird EMU
Edible green seed PEA
Edible tuber TARO
Edict FIAT
Electrician, at times WIRER
Empty shipping container weights TARES
English stage actor James QUIN
Every relative? EACH
Extended (out) JUTTED
Fastened, in a way GLUED
Fermented beverages ALES
Fertile soil LOAM
Fettuccine and lasagna PASTAS
Flightless fowl EMU
Folk singer Guthrie ARLO
Football infraction CLIP
Former European coin DUCAT
Geologic time division (Var.) NEOCENE
Give a darn CARE
Glossiness SHEEN
Glows like coals SMOLDERS
Go partner TOUCH
Gossipy tidbit ITEM
Gremlin's creator AMC
Had under surveillance SPIEDON
He told the story of Rudolph IVES
Hemmed but didn't haw SEWED
Hibernation locales LAIRS
Highest point APEX
Hispaniola country HAITI
Hit the lanes BOWL
Hold protectively CRADLE
Ideology CREDO
Idiotically wrong ALLWET
II TWO
Indian dignitary RAJA
Indicator of a maiden name NEE
Ingredient in mead HONEY
It can be for the course PAR
It may be essential OIL
It may be silly GRIN
It may have a silver lining ORE
It's for good measure RULER
Italian coin no longer minted LIRA
Juice drink suffix ADE
Jungle sound ROAR
Clues Answers
Keen on INTO
Kind of school PREP
King and Hale Sr. ALANS
LAPD advisory APB
Lathered (up) SOAPED
Lightning unit BOLT
Like a barrel of monkeys FUN
Like a span of oxen TEAMED
Like arson evidence ASHY
Like diehard fans AVID
Like some grapes SOUR
Lincoln's concern UNION
Louisiana cuisine CAJUN
Low-heeled shoe BROGUE
Make a photoengraving ETCH
Many of that THOSE
Map abbreviation RTE
Maracana Stadium locale RIO
Merit EARN
Mode preceder ALA
Monica of tennis SELES
Most indisputable SUREST
Moth-repelling wood CEDAR
Neutral middle vowel SCHWA
Newbie GREENHORN
Nile city CAIRO
Not quite summa MAGNA
Novice Boy Scout TENDERFOOT
Obviously in awe AGAPE
Occurred to (with ''on'') DAWNED
Off in the distance AFAR
Olfactory perception ODOR
On the double, poetically APACE
On ___ with (equal to) APAR
One on a staff NOTE
One thickness PLY
Order in the court WRIT
Oroville and Coulee DAMS
Ostracized person LEPER
Panoramic sight VIEW
Part of FWIW ITS
Peake novel "Titus ___" ALONE
Place of safety HAVEN
Place to get stuck RUT
Pleasantly pleasing NICE
Poem originally intended to be sung ODE
Practice with a palooka SPAR
Prentiss or Abdul PAULA
Preserved, in a way CANNED
Process a bite CHEW
Promotion basis MERIT
Put in stitches SEWED
Rated G, so to speak CLEAN
React to an uppercut, perhaps REEL
Ready to play again RESTED
Region AREA
Rejected SCORNED
Relative of "Zounds!" EGAD
Remove stubble SHAVE
Repaired a paper tear, perhaps TAPED
Roof overhang EAVE
Royal topper TIARA
Saguaro, e.g. CACTUS
Savory jelly ASPIC
Scoff or boo JEER
Scruffs NAPES
Sheds feathers MOLTS
Shot target FLU
Show anger toward, in a way SHOUTAT
Smidgen IOTA
Smooth-talking GLIB
Social Security? INCOMEOFAGE
Some combatants WRESTLERS
Sorority sisters COEDS
Sought help from TURNEDTO
Spring forward time APRIL
Starling's agency FBI
Starr-struck instrument? DRUM
Sting a customer SOAK
Street's boss MASON
Strike zone's lower boundary KNEES
Stumble while running the bases? INFIELDTRIP
Sugar bowl team? ANTS
Sun blockers CLOUDS
Superior rating AONE
Surfer's gadget MODEM
Swing and Christian ERAS
Tag pursuers ITS
That's a wrap SARAN
The "U" of BTU UNIT
They're unassisted SOLOS
Third degree, usually PHD
Throbbed ACHED
Title role for Jodie Foster NELL
Trainee APPRENTICE
Tuck's title FRIAR
Tuning fork's output TONE
Type of rubber FOAM
Understands, as a joke GETS
Unwitting accomplice PAWN
Upper part of glaciers NEVES
Vardalos of "My Big Fat Greek Wedding" NIA
Variable star NOVA
Victor at Fredericksburg LEE
Von Bismarck OTTO
Wading birds STORKS
Wear away, as earth ERODE
What's done is this PAST
When Hamlet pretends to go mad ACTII
Where drives begin TEE
Where to learn how to tolerate your spouse's parents? INLAWSCHOOL
Whitman the poet WALT
Whoop-de-do FANFARE
Without a connection APART
Without moisture SERE
Word with 5, 10, 25 and 50 CENTS
Your largest joint KNEE