USA Today - Sep 23 2008

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Clues Answers
A drum stick, of sorts QTIP
''I have this totally under control'' RELAX
''Platinum Blonde'' star Harlow JEAN
''The Marriage of Figaro,'' for one OPERA
''Today'' show's J. Fred ___ MUGGS
''___ World Turns'' ASTHE
A Clanton at the O.K. Corral IKE
Abalone production NACRE
Actress Merrill of ''BUtterfield 8'' DINA
Alphabetic run STU
Apollo's moon lander LEM
Asset for an entrepreneur IDEA
Audience member who's really a performer PLANT
Author Calvino ITALO
Big Indy racing family name UNSER
Cause of frostbite or sunburn EXPOSURE
Certain musical intervals SIXTHS
Cincinnati has three ENS
Country music's LeAnn RIMES
Cynical laugh sound HEH
Devious party activity SPIKINGTHEPUNCH
Do a butler's job ASKIN
Expression of disbelief PSHAW
F.D.R. creation of 1935 WPA
Former Iranian rulers SHAHS
From this moment HENCE
George Burns' spouse GRACIE
H-dos-O? AGUA
Home to many schools SEA
Houston hockey team AEROS
Inner diameter BORE
It may be heard after a charge OLE
It may not be intended PUN
Japanese dwarf of a kind BONSAI
Kid's building block LEGO
Krazy critter of comics KAT
Let out ___ (show shock) AGASP
Major vessel AORTA
More than attentive RAPT
Clues Answers
Mork's signoff NANUNANU
Natural batterer RAM
Overtaker on the road PASSER
Pain in the chest ANGINA
Part of a Buddhist title DALAI
Pigeon on a plate SQUAB
Provides with clothes GARBS
Rainbow shapes ARCS
Red giant now in pieces? USSR
Render turbid ROIL
Result of throwing in the towel, briefly TKO
Ring around the castle MOAT
Seiko alternative TIMEX
Semitransparent stones OPALS
Sherpa's land NEPAL
Smallest team DUO
Some historical divisions of India PUNJABSTATES
Sprite's hybrid citrus fruit LIMON
Stereotypical villain's voice RASP
Sunny-day driving hazard GLARE
Swim contest MEET
The Bahamas' capital NASSAU
The place of one's fodder? SILO
Theater boxes LOGES
They all belong to the same tree KIN
Tomato-impact sound SPLAT
Totally unexciting BLAH
Unpleasant thing to invoke IRE
Unspecified object THING
Useless activity ADO
West Point inits. USMA
What ''there oughta be'' ALAW
What Walter Brennan typically played ANOLDCOWPOKE
Where footwear wears SOLE
Words with ''use'' or ''big deal'' ITSNO
You may be taken to it TASK
___ de vie (clear brandy) EAU
___ Sabe KEMO
___-Seltzer ALKA