USA Today - Oct 18 2012

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Clues Answers
"Big-ticket" thing ITEM
"It ___ what you think!" ISNT
"Jeopardy!" emcee Trebek ALEX
"Praying" insect MANTIS
"The Adventures of ___ and Otis" MILO
"The Facts of Life" co-star Charlotte RAE
"The Man Without a Country" lieutenant NOLAN
A house divided? DUPLEX
At full speed, on the water AMAIN
Awestruck AGOG
Bellyache MOAN
Bert's "Sesame Street" pal ERNIE
Bide one's time AWAIT
Big cheese in Greece FETA
Bridge measurement SPAN
Bring out of slumber ROUSE
Broadway successes HITS
Brogue, e.g SHOE
Came around after a knockout AWOKE
Congressional approval AYE
Dear partner? NEAR
Decide not to include OMIT
Gradually decline WANE
Great Lake touching four states ERIE
Hailed vehicle TAXI
Hoops Hall-of-Famer Thurmond NATE
It may be registered TRADENAME
It's in front of the tee ESS
Kentucky college town BEREA
Lace place EYELET
Landlocked African country MALI
Largest of the deer family MOOSE
Like some thermometers ORAL
Makeshift procedure STOPGAPMEASURE
Musical with a little redhead ANNIE
Neatened the lawn, in a way EDGED
One who commits grave offenses? GHOUL
Outdated means of communication TELEX
Clues Answers
Overrun, in a troublesome way INFEST
Par ___ (French airmail) AVION
Passion ZEAL
Patrick of the 1992 Olympic Dream Team EWING
Pearly whites TEETH
Perfumed packet SACHET
Places for valuables SAFES
Poppa's pairing MOMMA
Primal desire URGE
Prime meridian std GMT
Pro ___ (in proportion) RATA
Proofreader's insertion sign CARET
Public disturbance RIOT
Put one's two cents in OPINE
Raggedy doll ANN
Ready-go go-between SET
Removed from memory ERASED
Ruins a parade RAINS
Shaped like an egg OVOID
Smallest litter member RUNT
Snobbish highbrow PRIG
Something for a collector LIMITEDEDITION
Song word repeated after "Que" SERA
South American nation PERU
Step on a ladder RUNG
Telescope user STARGAZER
Temporarily FORTHETIMEBEING
They break for the morning meal EGGS
They collect butterflies NETS
They may be sown SEEDS
Toughen, as to hardship INURE
Train for a fight SPAR
Type of castle SAND
Unpleasant task ONUS
Wife of Geraint, in Arthurian lore ENID
Wrench or screwdriver, e.g TOOL
___ out a living (barely scrapes by) EKES
___ straits DIRE