USA Today - Jun 23 2005

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Clues Answers
''. . . would thou hadst ___ been born'' (''Othello'') NEER
''Fernando'' singers ABBA
''Next up . . .'' speaker EMCEE
''Next up . . .'' speaker EMCEE
''Show Boat'' author Ferber EDNA
''Taras Bulba'' author Gogol NIKOLAI
''___ Pinafore'' HMS
3-Down, e.g. APOD
3-Down, e.g. APOD
Abbr. sometimes used twice in a row ETC
Ablutionary vessel EWER
Add a lane to WIDEN
Additional ELSE
Airport woes DELAYS
Alligator-like reptile CAIMAN
Antitoxins SERA
Ark passenger HAM
Ark passenger HAM
Author of some stories appropriate for Halloween POE
Aviator Earhart AMELIA
Back in the navy STERN
Badmouth RIP
Badmouth RIP
Basker's hue TAN
Becomes an unknown author on Halloween? GHOSTWRITES
Beer mug STEIN
Betrayer RAT
Big, fat mouth YAP
Birthday attire? SUIT
Board partner BED
Board partner BED
Bog MIRE
Boisterous ROWDY
Bring up REAR
Browne's ''cure of all diseases'' DEATH
Building extension ELL
Burned rubber SPED
Burned rubber SPED
Butter maker CHURN
Butts RAMS
Cabbage side SLAW
Calhoun of filmdom RORY
Campfire tale GHOSTSTORY
Captures SNARES
Certain Siouan speaker OTOE
Certain Siouan speaker OTOE
Certain sports equipment for Halloween? VAMPIREBATS
Change bland to blond? DYE
Changes for the better CORRECTS
Changes for the better CORRECTS
Check out INSPECT
Church's end APSE
Clown's prop, perhaps FRIGHTWIG
Clown's prop, perhaps FRIGHTWIG
Completely change REVAMP
Crater mouths RIMS
Creole cookery pod OKRA
Crusader's foe SARACEN
Crusader's foe SARACEN
Cryptographer's A ALFA
Cryptographer's A ALFA
Cure baldness? RETREAD
Cure baldness? RETREAD
Curve of a ship's planking SNY
Declared invalid ANNULLED
Demolished, in Devon RASED
Demolished, in Devon RASED
Denials REFUSALS
Dismantle TAKEAPART
Dismantle TAKEAPART
Draw ATTRACT
Draw ATTRACT
Earth parts? ENDS
Earth parts? ENDS
Earthy deposit MARL
Eclipse phenomenon SHADOW
Eliel Saarinen's son EERO
Eliel Saarinen's son EERO
Ewe said it? BAA
Ewe said it? BAA
Examines, as a contract VETS
Expression of pity ALAS
Extravagant GRANDIOSE
Face with numerals DIAL
Face with numerals DIAL
Fairy tale's second word UPON
Falco of ''The Sopranos'' EDIE
Falco of ''The Sopranos'' EDIE
Family member STEPSON
Family-sized vehicle VAN
Feathery scarf BOA
Fierce-tempered woman HARPY
Fierce-tempered woman HARPY
Fire chaser? ESCAPE
Fire chaser? ESCAPE
Fished with a hook ANGLED
Fit as a fiddle HALE
Flattery intended to persuade CAJOLERY
Fraternity letter, perhaps PHI
Fruit-derived acid SORBIC
Funny fellow CARD
Funny fellow CARD
Gambling stakes ANTES
Gambling stakes ANTES
Game with dragons MAHJONG
Genuflecting KNEELING
Geometric findings AREAS
Geometric findings AREAS
Get weepy TEARUP
Give off EMIT
Golden ager's grp. AARP
Golden ager's grp. AARP
Golf legend's nickname ARNIE
Golf legend's nickname ARNIE
Got wind of HEARD
Got wind of HEARD
Green land EIRE
Green land EIRE
Green Mountain Boys leader Allen ETHAN
Grommet EYELET
Grommet EYELET
Gross ICKY
Gymnast Comaneci NADIA
Haberdashery item CRAVAT
Hang on LAST
Hang on LAST
Haydn's ''The Creation'' setting EDEN
He gets lost in the crowd WALDO
He sits on the bench in L.A. ITO
His cross is on the Union Jack STGEORGE
His cross is on the Union Jack STGEORGE
Homer Simpson expletive DOH
Hosiery fault SNAG
Hosiery fault SNAG
Housing finish, perhaps STUCCO
Hungry person's question? ANYMORE
Hungry person's question? ANYMORE
Hunter in Genesis ESAU
Hunter in Genesis ESAU
Iditarod racer's destination NOME
Iditarod racer's destination NOME
In addition THEN
In addition THEN
India and indelible INKS
Inflict surface damage DEFACE
Inflict surface damage DEFACE
Invisible emanation AURA
Island surrounding a lagoon ATOLL
Island tuber TARO
It holds the key RING
It may be found between the ears GRIN
It may be found between the ears GRIN
It's at the foot of Mount St. Helens SPIRITLAKE
J. Edgar Hoover's grp. FBI
Clues Answers
Jacket border HEM
Just in NEW
Kan. neighbor OKLA
Kind of hunter HEAD
Kind of hunter HEAD
Large cask TUN
Lawyer's grp. ABA
League of Angels AMERICAN
Letterless phone number ONE
Like contented bugs? SNUG
Like the phoenix out of the ashes ARISEN
Longtime Pennsylvania senator ARLENSPECTER
M.D.'s needle HYPO
M.D.'s needle HYPO
Makes mistakes ERRS
Makes sound HEALS
Makes sound HEALS
Mean business? EVIL
Memorable Ray Bolger role SCARECROW
Memorable Ray Bolger role SCARECROW
Merino's coat WOOL
Middle of summer? EMS
Mike's mother-in-law EDITH
Milan-to-Pisa dir. SSE
Milan-to-Pisa dir. SSE
Miner's need LAMP
Miner's need LAMP
Minor worker COG
Miss identification? SHE
Monk's garment COWL
Monk's garment COWL
Mouse's cousin VOLE
Move up and down repeatedly JOUNCE
Mule of song SAL
Musical talent CHOPS
Musical talent CHOPS
Muslim holy wars JIHADS
Nabisco snack OREO
Nickelodeon series DANNYPHANTOM
Observatory function SCAN
Observatory function SCAN
One of Cristoforo Colombo's three NINA
One of three squares MEAL
Ones of a kind? ACES
Ones of a kind? ACES
Opposite of ecstasy AGONY
Organs appropriate for Halloween? VISCERA
Parts of a great deal? ACES
Paternal relative AGNATE
Performer for Gilbert & Sullivan SAVOYARD
Pilgrims' destination MECCA
Pilgrims' destination MECCA
Plant-eating aquatic mammal MANATEE
Plumber's aid SNAKE
Plumber's aid SNAKE
Plumber's filler OAKUM
Point-of-honor settler DUEL
Pop choice COLA
Pop choice COLA
Popular tattoo MOM
Popular tattoo MOM
Puts down BELITTLES
Pvt. instructor SSGT
Pvt. instructor SSGT
Rack unit ANTLER
Rack unit ANTLER
Ran a tab OWED
Ran a tab OWED
Rare achievement GREATNESS
Rare achievement GREATNESS
Rastafarian's tresses DREADLOCKS
Rastafarian's tresses DREADLOCKS
Ready to eat RIPE
Reality TV hit FEARFACTOR
Reality TV hit FEARFACTOR
Renders aloud READS
Renders aloud READS
Repair damage UNDO
Repair damage UNDO
Reviewer's reward STAR
Role for Courteney Cox MONICA
Russian spacecraft series LUNA
Sauce in a wok, perhaps SOY
Sax object REED
Scat queen Fitzgerald ELLA
Seed integument ARIL
Serengeti antelope ELAND
Settles a debt PAYSUP
Shaver TAD
Shimmering trees ASPENS
Show shock GAPE
Show shock GAPE
Simoleons MOOLA
Singer Turner TINA
Skin cream ingredient, often ALOE
Small songbirds WRENS
Social divisions CASTES
Soft wool ANGORA
Some are inflatable RAFTS
Some are inflatable RAFTS
Some hieroglyph images ASPS
Some hieroglyph images ASPS
Soothing ointment BALM
Sought advice ASKED
Sought advice ASKED
Spent TIRED
Squad car UNIT
States of euphoria HIGHS
Subject to debate MOOT
Subject to debate MOOT
Subway support STRAP
Subway support STRAP
Tacit approvals NODS
Tacit approvals NODS
Take in SEE
Takes down NOTES
Tempter of Odysseus SIREN
The ''G'' of GTO GRAN
The ''G'' of GTO GRAN
The three for sisters ESSES
The three for sisters ESSES
They catch acrobats NETS
Time's Man of the Year, 1977 SADAT
Toward the mouth ORAD
Toward the mouth ORAD
Trident-shaped letter PSI
Trident-shaped letter PSI
Type of TV PLASMA
Unctuous OILY
Understands SEES
Union chapter LOCAL
Union chapter LOCAL
Uses leverage PRIES
Versatile opener on Halloween? SKELETONKEY
Votes against NOS
Water you may walk on ICE
Watery inn BOATEL
West from Brooklyn MAE
West from Brooklyn MAE
What Vassar became in 1969 COED
Where MDs and RNs stay busy ERS
White House initials of old DDE
White House initials of old DDE
Word with gender or generation GAP
Word with snow or bald TIRE
Word with snow or bald TIRE
Yemen seaport ADEN
You may assume it ALIAS
You must be 18 to do it VOTE
Zeppo and Gummo's brother HARPO
Zeppo and Gummo's brother HARPO
Zilch NIL
___ diem PER
___ diem PER