USA Today - Sep 30 2005

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Clues Answers
''Bolero'' composer RAVEL
''Evil Woman'' band, briefly ELO
''___ the Family'' (classic sitcom) ALLIN
Act grandmotherly DOTE
Actor Sharif OMAR
American inventor's monogram TAE
Ball-bearing objects TEES
Become rancid ROT
Board ENTER
Book after Hosea JOEL
Buddhist sect ZEN
Capital in the news in 2002 KABUL
Cleopatra was queen of it NILE
Cravings YENS
Displaying shrewdness CAGEY
Floating hotel LINER
Gem of the oldest continent OPAL
Georgia O'Keeffe museum site SANTAFE
Gimpy LAME
Giuseppe's wife in ''The Gondoliers'' TESSA
Grade school break RECESS
Historical period ERA
In that case THEN
Inclusive abbr. ETAL
Infant projection ILE
Intake interruption while asleep? APNEA
It may be quoted in church SCRIPTURE
It may contain the whole plot ACRE
It's a driving force ENGINE
It's divided in Asia KOREA
Kind of bonding MALE
Lobster's claw PINCER
Make a surprise visit DROPIN
Miscalculates ERRS
Much teen talk SLANG
Not docked ASEA
Not threatened by the wind ALEE
Novelist Umberto ECO
Clues Answers
Outpouring SPATE
Package sent overseas, maybe CARE
Palindromic preposition ERE
Parts of many households PETDOGS
Persnickety CHOOSY
Poker player's payment ANTE
Prepares to strike, as a cobra COILS
Principle that hinders action SCRUPLE
Protective charm AMULET
Pt. of EST STD
Quite a bargain STEAL
Ready to go on stage INCOSTUME
Recurring themes MOTIFS
Regrets RUES
Remunerate excessively OVERPAY
Revolving tank structure TURRET
Robert Morse portrayal TRU
Room connector HALL
Rose-rose connector ISA
Senator Feingold RUSS
Sense organs in insects PALPI
Shell at Henley RACINGBOAT
Shell on the beach SNAILSHOUSING
Shell to eat PIZZACRUST
Shell to wear SLEEVELESSTOP
Shoe and hat stats SIZES
Something for the mill GRIST
Something you did at the office, perhaps GAVE
Spicy Spanish stew OLLA
Stick (out) JUT
Takes down, as a flyer on a bulletin board UNTACKS
Therefore ERGO
They handle many returns CPAS
Utter an identical sentiment ECHO
Viscous stuff GOOP
You can be in the loop with it LEI
You must earn it KEEP
___ monde (society) HAUT