USA Today - Oct 24 2003

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Clues Answers
". . . easy as 1-2-3" Jackson 5 hit ABC
"Let ___" (Beatles hit) ITBE
"___ to leap tall buildings . . ." ABLE
2001 film starring Guy Pearce MEMENTO
Albanian currency LEK
Alleged paranormalist Geller URI
Asner and Begley Jr. EDS
Asparagus shoots SPEARS
Belly-flop at the box office BOMB
Big banana exporter ECUADOR
Billy ___ Williams DEE
Bit attachment REIN
Boca ___, Florida RATON
Bowling ball material EBONITE
Bud's comic partner LOU
By hook or by crook SOMEHOW
Certain Chinese landmark PAGODA
Chess champ Mikhail TAL
Come before PRECEDE
Compass pt. opposite WSW ENE
Eat in style DINE
End of the quip OUTTOGETYOU
Extra play periods (Abbr.) OTS
Firearm fodder AMMO
Gradually destroy, as confidence ERODE
Grazing land LEA
Hankered YEARNED
Hayseeds HICKS
Japanese Prime Minister Hirobumi ITO
Kwik-E-Mart owner on "The Simpsons" APU
Large, bearded antelope GNU
Lobster's parent HEN
Meltdown THAW
More unctuous OILIER
Motor oil can letters SAE
NASCAR race site DAYTONA
News clipping ITEM
Nighttimes, poetically EENS
O'Hara's fictional place TARA
Clues Answers
Old radio tube TRIODE
One in need of repentance SINNER
Only inanimate zodiac representation SCALES
Phrase in legalese ASTO
Pile up, as wealth AMASS
Places to mail GIs APOS
Poem originally intended to be sung ODE
Public speaker's platform ROSTRUM
Quip, part 1 JUSTBECAUSE
Quip, part 2 YOU
Quip, part 3 AREPARANOID
Quip, part 4 ITDOESNOT
Quip, part 5 MEANWEARENT
Ready replacement SUB
Richie's mom, to Fonzie MRSC
Sacred scrolls TORAHS
Seasoning herb OREGANO
Secret stash CACHE
Sicilian spewer ETNA
Snoop SPY
Something to stake CLAIM
Source of fiber BRAN
Spike, the director LEE
Stat for Sammy Sosa RBI
Switch positions ONS
Take the plunge, so to speak WED
They're illegal on many roads UTURNS
Title for Elton John SIR
Trojans' sch. USC
Two-ply molecular structure BILAYER
Unflashy color ECRU
Visibly shocked AGASP
Whence comes Lawrence ARABIA
Wild equine of Asia ONAGER
Wintry quaff COCOA
___ Lingus AER
___ Mahal TAJ
___ of Good Feelings ERA
___ Pan Alley TIN