USA Today - Dec 31 2003

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Clues Answers
". . . ___ lender be" NORA
"Great blue" bird HERON
"If the ___ fits . . ." SHOE
"Pretty Woman" star GERE
"Satchmo" Armstrong LOUIS
"What Kind of Fool Am I" singer NEWLEY
"Who ___ kidding?" AMI
"___ and his money . . ." AFOOL
"___ boy!" ATTA
Abbr. on a contour map ELEV
Bank's lien (Abbr.) MTGE
Bell's invention PHONE
Blackjack player's request HITME
Born, before a name NEE
Bunch of bunk TALE
Calif. and Wash. time zones PSTS
Castle defense MOAT
Century plant AGAVE
Chiang adversary MAO
Cigar end? ETTE
Co. that bought Time Warner AOL
Continue the subscription RENEW
Davis in "Do the Right Thing" OSSIE
Deuce topper TREY
Do in, as a dragon SLAY
Dream of aspiring actors LEAD
Early late-night television host PAAR
Emaciated THIN
Ford or Lincoln, but not Bush CAR
Georgetown athlete HOYA
Glacier-formed lake TARN
Haberdashery MENSSHOP
Heated conflict SETTO
Judge's orders STAYS
Kane's Rosebud, e.g. SLED
Let it stay, editorially STET
Like a tithe TENTH
Like fine wine AGED
Louisiana cuisine CAJUN
Clues Answers
Lowest in rank LAST
Mell Lazarus comic strip MOMMA
Miami team HEAT
Millionaire's need TAXHAVEN
Narc employer DEA
Needs to be scratched ITCHES
Nikita's successor ALEXEI
Not in operation OFF
Nursery furniture CRIB
Oahu dance HULA
Occur as a consequence ENSUE
Part of a pirate's song refrain YOHOHO
Pertaining to the iris UVEAL
Pitcher next to a plate? EWER
Prefix for classical NEO
Prefix with pedic or dontic ORTHO
Restrained (with "on") ALEASH
Retirees' org. AARP
Ring happening BOUT
Ripken's number EIGHT
Ryan of "The Beverly Hillbillies" IRENE
Second 36 of 36-24-36 HIPS
Single-celled organism MONAD
Start of a conjecture WHATIF
Stewpot OLLA
Strains, as flour SIFTS
Superwide shoe specification EEEE
The E in QED ERAT
They may be smoked or electric EELS
This puzzle's theme STARTOFANEWYEAR
Tomorrow starts it TWOTHOUSANDFOUR
Twin DUAL
Vader of "Star Wars" DARTH
Western defense org. NATO
When resolutions go into effect JANUARYTHEFIRST
Wings ALAE
World Cup announcer's cry GOAL
___ impasse (stuck) ATAN
___, tens, hundreds . . . ONES