Universal - Feb 26 2014

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Clues Answers
"Air" or "field" starter MID
"Friends" paleontologist ROSS
"That's all ___ wrote!" SHE
"Wild" card DEUCE
Anytime now ATTHEDROPOFAHAT
Archipelago part ISLET
Army identification DOGTAG
Backyard cooking devices SMOKERS
Balaam's beast ASS
Barrel strip STAVE
Ben-Hur was chained to one OAR
Bone-dry SERE
Brother of Moses AARON
Carpenter's grooves DADOS
Chest-beater GORILLA
Chicks feel secure there NEST
Civilian clothes MUFTI
Coveted role LEAD
Crack the books READ
Creative class ART
Depression-era freight-hopper HOBO
Did not step lightly TROD
Distinctive historical period EPOCH
Eagles that sound deserving? ERNS
Edith dubbed "The Little Sparrow" PIAF
Fawn's mom DOE
For the wife HERS
Game with scratching LOTTO
Grammy category POP
Gymnasts' garb TIGHTS
Had gone belly up? LAIN
Harder to find RARER
Horace verse form EPODE
In first place AHEAD
It can result in a blowup ENLARGER
Kind of male or wave ALPHA
Lending letters or tax-paying mo APR
Letter starter DEAR
Like a sponge POROUS
Clues Answers
Like some blankets WOOLEN
Lomond, for one LOCH
Magic item of folklore LAMP
Managed OVERSAW
Mane area NAPE
Mechanic's charge LABOR
Nancy Drew's boyfriend NED
Not faked out by ONTO
Palm used for thatching NIPA
Perform penance ATONE
Private eye TEC
R&D site, briefly INST
Retain KEEP
River that begins in Pittsburgh OHIO
Rock climber's ridge ARETE
Sandpaper surface GRIT
Scatter (about) STREW
Scot's signature hat TAMOSHANTER
Set of 20 SCORE
Six mos. later than 10-Down OCT
Smokestack emission ASH
Some people break into it SONG
Streak on a cheek TEAR
Strong loathing ODIUM
Take for a sucker USE
They sometimes fall on deaf ears PLEAS
They're thrown on the gridiron PIGSKINS
Third rock from the sun EARTH
Thug RUFFIAN
Tokyo, once EDO
Town crier's announcements NEWS
Type of tactics SCARE
Where Little Havana is MIAMI
Window or middle alternative AISLE
Winter chapeau STOCKINGCAP
Wintertime ailment FLU
Wooden-soled shoe CLOG
Word after "Web" or "camp" SITE
Word before "crust" or "deck" UPPER