USA Today - Dec 16 2009

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Clues Answers
"Black ___" (2006 mystery) DAHLIA
"Desire Under the ___" ELMS
"Eyes Without a Face" singer Billy IDOL
"For ___ a jolly good . . ." HES
"Good gravy!" EGAD
"My dog has fleas" instrument UKULELE
"Not a Pretty Girl" singer DiFranco ANI
"Stop!" to Captain Bligh BELAY
"The Divine Comedy" author DANTE
1990s rock genre GRUNGE
2000 presidential hopeful GORE
800 number's lack TOLL
A schussboomer uses them SKIS
About-face of a sort UTURN
Accountant's charges FEES
Actress Gershon GINA
Agcy. involved in the Human Genome Project NIH
Agitate ROIL
Air pressure meas. PSI
Alter ___ (second self) EGO
Archaic prep. THRO
Artful deception GUILE
Asphalts PAVES
Aweather's counterpart ALEE
Beastly character OGRE
Beloved of Osiris ISIS
Bits of color TINGES
Body of majestic poetry EPOS
Bog fuel PEAT
Bok choy's kin KALE
Boundaries ENDS
Brick bearer HOD
Call off, at Cape Canaveral ABORT
Change negatives to positives SPIN
Commandment violation SIN
Composition of some clouds DUST
Creature with 14 legs ISOPOD
Cuisine choice THAI
Deities' auras NIMBI
Clues Answers
Elated WALKINGONAIR
Elongated at the poles PROLATE
European capital on its own gulf RIGA
False god of the Old Testament BAAL
Feeling wonderful ONTOPOFTHEWORLD
French artist Dufy RAOUL
Handle with care BABY
Heavy burden ONUS
Hollows filled with mud SLOUGHS
How Dr. Seuss is often read ALOUD
Incan pack animal LLAMA
Irwin who wrote "Rich Man, Poor Man" SHAW
It can help keep time BATON
It's in the ballpark ORGAN
Low, to high ANTONYM
Mass apparel ALBS
Miner's access ADIT
Myanmar monetary unit KYAT
Nam returnee VET
No contest, for one PLEA
Nut used in soft drinks KOLA
One's house, e.g. ASSET
Party invitee's purchase GIFT
Pro ___ (proportionately) RATA
Pup, for one TENT
Quite pleased HAPPYASALARK
Real suffix? ISM
Revealing work of art? NUDE
Rhapsodic INSEVENTHHEAVEN
Seed SOW
Shaman's concerns OMENS
Side view PROFILE
Slovenly place STY
Small, isolated piece of land ISLE
The Pineapple Island LANAI
Wagon wheel feature SPOKE
Without interruption NONSTOP
Zeta-theta go-between ETA
___ quam videri (N.C. motto) ESSE