USA Today - May 4 2012

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Clues Answers
". . . golden days of ___" YORE
"A diamond is forever," to De Beers SLOGAN
"All joking ___ . . ." ASIDE
"Beetle Bailey" simpleton ZERO
"Bet ya can't!" e.g DARE
"Cogito, ___ sum" ERGO
"En ___" (fencer's cry) GARDE
"Fatal Attraction" director Adrian LYNE
"Fiery" gemstone OPAL
"I'm walking here!" speaker RATSO
"Lemon" or "orange" ending ADE
"Length times width" measurement AREA
"Meet Me ___ Louis" INST
"Mood ___" (Ellington song) INDIGO
"Puff" snakes ADDERS
"Tat-tat" preceder RATA
"The Middle" or "CSI" SERIES
"Trillion" prefix TERA
'70s Ford PINTO
100-year-old cookie OREO
43,560-square-foot units ACRES
440 yards, to a track star LAP
A puck in a net GOAL
A wedding requires two of them IDOS
Abbr. for an old soldier RET
Acted impulsively LEAPT
Acting too hastily RASH
Adversary of Bugs ELMER
Advocated avidly URGED
Apartment next to a super, maybe ONEB
Apothecary purchase DRUG
Attraction near Orlando EPCOT
Basis of a lawsuit TORT
Become ragged at the edges FRAY
Big parrots MACAWS
Birds flying in a V formation GEESE
Bit of Morse code DIT
Blunted weapons EPEES
Boehner's predecessor PELOSI
Clues Answers
Builder's detail, for short SPEC
Bustling with noise or excitement AROAR
Campaign-button verb ELECT
Cast a sidelong glance LEER
Catches in a rundown TAGS
Certain discriminator AGIST
Check out shamelessly OGLE
Circle measurements RADII
Collaborator of Crosby, Stills and Young NASH
Collection of miscellaneous things OLIO
Cooking herb or shade of green SAGE
Decorator's concern COLORSCHEME
Decree ___ (legal term) NISI
Device for catching animals TRAP
Dull as dishwater DRAB
Extreme passion ARDOR
Familiarity level COMFORTZONE
Fare that may come with a toy KIDSMEAL
Faris of Hollywood ANNA
Had a bone to pick? ATE
Hawaiian food staple TARO
Item of value ASSET
Pig's place STY
Present times NONCES
Reverberate ECHO
Ribbed fabric SERGE
Rod's fishing partner REEL
Show faith in (with "on") RELY
Sierra ___, Africa LEONE
Small batteries AAAS
Something everybody is aware of COMMONKNOWLEDGE
Supermarket with a red oval logo IGA
The softest mineral TALC
Tony Stark, to Iron Man ALTEREGO
Turkish title of respect BEY
Use delaying tactics STALL
Was mentioned, as a name AROSE
What a soldier may see COMBAT
Word often preceding "proportions" EPIC