USA Today - Sep 16 2005

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Clues Answers
''So what ___ is new?'' ELSE
''Spenser: For Hire'' star URICH
''The Partridge Family'' actress DEY
''Yadda, yadda, yadda'' ETC
''___ homo'' (behold the man) ECCE
1994 Keanu Reeves thriller SPEED
ABA members ATTS
Accumulate, as interest ACCRUE
Advances LOANS
Afghanistan city on the Hari Rud HERAT
Awaiting the pitch ATBAT
Baby shower gift, often CARSEAT
Bit of info DATUM
Bk. writer AUTH
Brit. reference bk. OED
Bugs ANNOYS
Canadian border lake ERIE
Castle's protector MOAT
Chanel of fashion COCO
Classic TV's Pierce ALDA
Classical prefix NEO
Concordes, briefly SSTS
Corollary to Descartes' famous conclusion? (Part 1) IDONT
Corollary to Descartes' famous conclusion? (Part 2) THINKVERYMUCH
Corollary to Descartes' famous conclusion? (Part 3) THEREFOREIMAY
Corollary to Descartes' famous conclusion? (Part 4) NOTBE
Costa ___ RICA
Dance group TROUPE
Degradable start BIO
Dorm type COED
Fashion designer Stefano RICCI
Fireplace ledge HOB
Fry lightly SAUTE
Gained knowledge LEARNT
Generic NONAME
Grounds for a complaint GRIEVANCE
Guitar's cuz UKE
Handheld computing device, initially PDA
Health resorts SPAS
Clues Answers
Help with a heist ABET
Hush-hush govt. org. NSA
Is a bad sportsman TEASES
Jerusalem artichoke, e.g. TUBER
Kidney-related RENAL
Land of exile ELBA
Lawyers' gp. ABA
Lts.' superiors COLS
Merlot alternatives CABERNETS
Military command ABOUTFACE
Mississippi River explorer DESOTO
MIT part TECH
Not safe at home OUT
Orchestral instruments CELLOS
Pancake syrup flavor MAPLE
Pitch the horsehide HURL
Playboy creator's nickname HEF
Ran like dye BLED
Sauce with a bite TABASCO
Sched. placeholder TBA
Sinclair rival ESSO
Some are numbered in N.Y.C. STS
Some Twenty Questions replies YESES
Spanish queen REINA
Spoil GOBAD
Squirrel away frequently AMASS
Stephen of ''The Crying Game'' REA
Strung item BEAD
Sufficiently clothed DECENT
Test-___ treaty BAN
Theda ''The Vamp'' ___ BARA
They may be lowered BOOMS
Things lawyers look for LOOPHOLES
Treasury Dept. division ATF
Tree trimming TINSEL
Type of booth TOLL
Who went thataway? THEY
With a discount of LESS
___ Moines DES