USA Today - Jan 4 2012

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Clues Answers
"American Idol" display TALENT
"Comus" composer Thomas ARNE
"Fee, fi, fo, ___!" FUM
"Terrible" Russian leader IVAN
"The ___ Queene" (Spenser work) FAERIE
1899-1902 war participant BOER
A proverbial seven SEAS
Affront, in slang DIS
Airline snacks NUTS
Appear imminent LOOM
Avoid a trial PLEABARGAIN
Away from one another APART
Baby's first word, perhaps MAMA
Ballpark figs STATS
Base-running strategy with two runners on DOUBLESTEAL
Be worthy of MERIT
Before, old-style ERE
Bench-clearing brawls MELEES
Bette's "All About Eve" role MARGO
Car grille protector BRA
Carnival locale RIO
Charred BURNT
Coal holder BIN
Cobra cousin MAMBA
Conducted, as an orchestra LED
Contents of some wells INK
Cultural value system ETHOS
Doesn't employ a wedding planner ELOPES
Doorframe support LINTEL
Eye problem STYE
Family girl, informally SIS
Follow-the-leader player APER
Foreboding sign OMEN
Fuss or bother ADO
Horne who started at the Cotton Club LENA
Hotel plus air travel, e.g PACKAGEDEAL
Il ___ (Mussolini epithet) DUCE
Infamous Hun ATTILA
Clues Answers
January hrs. in N.J EST
Kidney bean HARICOT
Knee neighbor SHIN
Lease signatories TENANTS
Like some training BASIC
Louisville Slugger material ASH
Mackerel relative BONITO
Many wars have been fought over it LAND
Mine entrance ADIT
Neighbor of Sudan UGANDA
Ocean motion TIDE
Part of a baby bottle NIPPLE
Place to see a flying camel ICERINK
Psyche component EGO
Rap sheet info PRIOR
Remain patient ABIDE
Result of an oil surplus? ACNE
River in Missouri OSAGE
Sacred Egyptian beetles SCARABS
Sea eagles ERNS
So long, in Siena CIAO
Sole ONLY
Something up one's sleeve ARM
Speech coach's assignment ACCENT
Sri ___ LANKA
Stick a spear into STAB
Temporary home for Napoleon ELBA
The Big Apple NYC
Tonsil neighbors UVULAS
Trivial sum of cash PINMONEY
Types ILKS
Watch parts STEMS
Weightlifter's apparatus DUMBBELL
Whine and whimper PULE
Wicked light source CANDLE
Wilson of the Beach Boys BRIAN
Word with "preview" or "attack" SNEAK
___ a good note ENDON