USA Today - Sep 23 2004

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Clues Answers
"As I was saying . . ." ANYWAY
"Can I help you?" YES
"The Hidden Staircase" sleuth NANCYDREW
"The Invisible Man" sleuth FATHERBROWN
"The Jade Mask" sleuth CHARLIECHAN
"The Rubber Band" sleuth NEROWOLFE
"___ Every Voice and Sing" LIFT
Adams opera, "Nixon in ___" CHINA
Ahead by a point UPONE
American Indians of Utah UTES
Approaching NEARTO
Benevolence MERCY
Boat with a rowing crew YAWL
Break in friendly relations RIFT
Business school subj. ACCT
Carrot nutrient VITAMINA
Confirmer of some close calls SLOMO
Conventioneer's pin-on NAMETAG
Current puzzle solver YOU
Dallas-to-Kansas City dir. NNE
Doing kitchen duty, to a GI ONKP
EMT skill CPR
Flamenco exclamation OLE
Follow-up to a ques. ANS
Footprint or thumbprint, perhaps CLUE
Fourteen pounds, in Brighton STONE
Go in haste HIE
Golden fabric LAME
Hawaiian flower LAVA
He "Cometh" ICEMAN
Heavyweight Liston SONNY
Hook's nemesis CROC
Informal evenings NITES
Intelligence gathering dept. NSA
Invert and use a pencil ERASE
Jaap de Hoop Scheffer's org. NATO
Jaded WEARY
Kaplan or Kapler GABE
Ken or Lena of Hollywood OLIN
Clues Answers
Kind of stew IRISH
Larry King's milieu CNN
Like some mountains in winter SNOWY
Madhouse ZOO
Mayan mathematical innovation ZERO
Meadow, in verse LEA
Mile equivalent? MISS
MoMA constituent MODERN
More scarce RARER
Odysseus' temptresses SIRENS
Overdone, to a cook BURNED
Pacific ring LEI
Passover ritual with 15 steps SEDER
Periods of great success HEYDAYS
Playwright Eugene ONEILL
Plumber's connection ELL
Puzzle direction DOWN
Queen of 1st Kings SHEBA
Resident of Riyadh ARAB
Ron Howard role OPIE
School founded by Henry VI ETON
Site of the fabled forges of the Cyclopes ETNA
Small digit PINKY
So-so, at best NOTSOHOT
Son of Seth ENOS
Spanish diacritical marks TILDES
Takes off SCRAMS
Then partner NOW
Throaty interjection AHEM
Tighten the circle CLOSEIN
Tomorrow, in Barcelona MANANA
Treats for a hot day SUNDAES
TV Guide abbreviation TBA
Type of outlook ROSY
Uniform accessory SASH
Uses a scythe REAPS
Vigil WATCH
Whirlpool alternative AMANA
___ v. Wade ROE