USA Today - Aug 7 2012

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Clues Answers
"Better half," to some SPOUSE
"If a tree falls in the forest and ___ . . ." NOONE
"If it ___ broke, don't fix it!" AINT
"One day ___ all make sense" ITLL
"Robinson Crusoe" setting ISLE
"___ for the Misbegotten" (O'Neill play) AMOON
Academy Awards OSCARS
Actress Jessica ALBA
Amateur TYRO
Amor's Greek counterpart EROS
Arranges, as a dinner table SETS
Babies in blue, perhaps SONS
Bad things to lock in cars KEYS
Bar at Fort Knox INGOT
Beat, as cream WHIP
Become a soldier ENLIST
Birthplace of Beethoven BONN
Burn-soothing plant ALOE
Camping digs TENTS
Cavern sound ECHO
Certain woodwind player OBOIST
Chervil and mint HERBS
Chopped down HEWN
Cleanliness eschewer SLOB
Curly-leafed cabbage KALE
Drought-scourged ARID
Earthy hue ECRU
Edison rival Nikola TESLA
Exudes, as confidence OOZES
Foolishly amorous glances GOOGOOEYES
Fruit producer TREE
General feelings VIBES
German's neighbor DANE
Gossip items RUMORS
Greek alphabet enders OMEGAS
Hardly partygoers LONERS
Hindu "sir" BABU
Insurance pusher AGENT
Jellystone Park character BOOBOOBEAR
Clues Answers
Junker of a car HEAP
Kill, as a dragon SLAY
Light spray MIST
Little bump NODULE
Luau offering of bite-size appetizers PUPUPLATTER
Match audio and video SYNC
Miscalculator's aid ERASER
Nagano Olympic cauldron lighter Midori ITO
Nobel Institute site OSLO
Nods of the head YESES
Noisy timepiece CUCKOOCLOCK
Numbskulls BOZOS
On its way, as a message SENT
Papas of "Zorba the Greek" IRENE
Passport endorsement VISA
Pen point NIB
Place to see Bulls and Bobcats play ARENA
Poetic twilight EEN
Poke fun at RAZZ
Prepare to be totally remodeled GUT
Reduce, as prices SLASH
Security trouble LEAK
Slowly, in music ADAGIO
Small Great Lake ERIE
Small paving stone SETT
Social or cultural surroundings MILIEU
Some pajama halves TOPS
Start an ovation CLAP
Start of "A Visit From St. Nicholas" TWAS
Study strenuously CRAM
Teenager's room, stereotypically MESS
Tennis stratagem LOB
Tijuana tender PESO
Unleash, as havoc WREAK
Where bugs are snug INARUG
___ cochere (covered carriage entrance) PORTE
___ de plume NOM
___ own (with just us) ONOUR
___-climber (exercise machine) STAIR