Universal - Dec 9 2003

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Clues Answers
"Dies ___" IRAE
"Gimme a C!" e.g. YELL
"QB ___" (Uris novel) VII
"To Sir, With Love" singer LULU
11 Down, in Acapulco TIA
Atypical NOVEL
Awestruck RAPT
Be an eager beaver? GNAW
Beatty/Hoffman movie ISHTAR
Bee or Polly AUNT
Begets HAS
Boiling mad REDHOT
Brazilian city, familiarly RIO
By the shore SEASIDE
Cherrystone, e.g. CLAM
Christmas tree FIR
Christmas wish, for many PEACE
Coffee unit BEAN
Collagist's need GLUE
Connecting pipes ELLS
Copier cartridge TONER
Corrida trophy EAR
County fair event DEMOLITIONDERBY
Cut drastically SLASH
De Mille of dance AGNES
Deny use BAN
Diddly NIL
Dog caller's word HERE
Emblem of merit BADGE
Entwine MESH
European river DANUBE
Flawless concept IDEAL
General feel AURA
Go up alone SOLO
Half of a '60s rock foursome MAMAS
Having the necessary skill ABLE
Hermit, for one CRAB
Honeycomb component CELL
Jeanne d'Arc's title (Abbr.) STE
Clues Answers
Kind of mate SOUL
Kitchen glove MITT
Long, thin musical instrument OBOE
Loses buoyancy SAGS
Low-cholesterol spread OLEO
Make an impression? ETCH
Malicious forces EVILS
Mexican artist Rivera DIEGO
Missionary's target, perhaps PAGAN
Mode STYLE
More than persuasion FORCE
Notify of danger ALERT
On ___ (without commitment) SPEC
Parental employee SITTER
Part of a royal flush TEN
Pedestal figure IDOL
Playoff setting, perhaps ARENA
Pollen producer STAMEN
Purplish gray TAUPE
Really cold drip ICICLE
Renaissance fair highlight HUMANCHESSMATCH
Saroyan's "My Name is ___" ARAM
School type (Abbr.) MED
Science fair feature ROBOTTECHNOLOGY
Seasoned type VETERAN
Shortstop Garciaparra NOMAR
Skater's attire, at times TUTU
Skin-soothing ingredient ALOE
Strike violently SLAM
Sty matriarch SOW
Sudden jerk SPASM
Takes on help HIRES
Took wing AROSE
Treat meat CURE
Up, to Barry Bonds ATBAT
Vulnerable spot for Achilles HEEL
Way to pay CASH
Without energy INERT
Wood finish STAIN