Universal - Dec 5 2004

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Clues Answers
"Blame It On ___" (Caine film) RIO
"Ditto" METOO
"Jeopardy!" contestants, collectively TRIO
"Stand By Me" singer ___ King BENE
Baby boomers' offspring, e.g. GENX
Bapt. or Episc. REL
Becomes oxidized RUSTS
Broad sts. AVES
Bulb rating WATT
Caesar's dozen XII
Caner's material RATTAN
Climbing aid RUNG
Come to the point TAPER
Contractor's fig. EST
Dominion REALM
Easy to lift LIGHT
Editorial view SLANT
Eight in a row? OARS
End of the quip BENTOUTOFSHAPE
Face up to, as a challenge MEET
Former Russian space station MIR
Freezing rain event ICESTORM
Gets on the nerves of IRKS
Girl-watch, e.g. OGLE
Head for Vegas? LAS
Hoedown honeys GALS
Holiday season NOEL
Homes for hatchlings NESTS
Horton's worry EGG
In one's abode ATHOME
Is mistaken ERRS
It plays a part in some openings DOORKNOB
Keats's work on melancholy ODE
Kind of van or bus MINI
Lively dance in duple time GALOP
Lugosi in "The Raven" BELA
Lumberyard fixture RIPSAW
Mississippi tributary OHIO
Clues Answers
More appealing, in a way SEXIER
More likely to APTER
Not as obvious DEEPER
Part of a child's game HIDE
Path entry HOMEO
Pole or Bulgar SLAV
Political comic Mort SAHL
Q-Tip, for one SWAB
Quip continued FLEXIBLEWONTGET
Romance or sci-fi, e.g. GENRE
Selects (with "for") OPTS
Shiftless sort IDLER
Sicilian volcano ETNA
Silent warning signal HIGHSIGN
Smock's cousin TUNIC
Some British parliamentarians SIRS
Some tavern orders SHOTS
Spill cause OVERFLOW
St. with a panhandle OKLA
Start of a quip THEPERSONWHOIS
Stash STOW
Story of Achilles ILIAD
Strong adhesive GLUE
Tadpole cousins EFTS
They have open houses PTAS
Thinks something is groovy DIGS
Tropical fruit GUAVA
Turkey-stuffing herb SAGE
Type of history ORAL
Used a firehouse pole SLID
Vegetable-oil product OLEO
Well-___ PUT
Where there's a general assembly? WAR
Word on many a button START
Word with all or rabbit EARS
Word with city or workings INNER
Word with winning, losing or hitting STREAK
___ Claire, Wisconsin EAU