Universal - Dec 11 2008

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Clues Answers
''Mayflower'' pole MAST
''My Beautiful Laundrette'' writer Kureishi HANIF
Abbr. next to a telephone number RES
Abbreviation akin to etc. ETAL
Added benefit PERK
Amigo PAL
Ant magnet PICNIC
Astronomical Major or Minor URSA
Bedecks ADORNS
Bogdanovich film (with ''The'') LASTPICTURESHOW
Book addendum APPENDIX
Bridge decline IPASS
Bryn ___ College MAWR
Certain Ga. Tech grad. ENGR
Choosing, in a way DRAWINGSTRAWS
Darlene on ''Roseanne'' SARA
Ding-dong IDIOT
Eyelid position SHUT
FBI sting of the late '70s ABSCAM
Formal pronouncements DICTA
Forum wrap TOGA
Giggle nervously TITTER
Hand over, as money COUGHUP
Healing plants ALOES
Hire, as an attorney RETAIN
Historic age ERA
Howe'er THO
It gives support in the home STUD
It may be hard to come out of COMA
Italian title of respect SIGNOR
Kind of shadow EYE
Large pheasant PEAFOWL
Largest desert SAHARA
Latest NEWEST
Like some powerful voices OPERATIC
Like Superman's vision XRAY
Long geological period AEON
Clues Answers
Maestro Zubin MEHTA
Miniver or Robinson MRS
Mrs. Washington MARTHA
Myrna of movies LOY
Narrow inlets RIAS
Narrow wood strip LATH
No longer due PAID
Olive stuffer PIMIENTO
Olympic skater Witt KATARINA
Open-mouthed exclamations OHS
Org. ASSN
Palindromic honorific AGA
Pandemic disease of 1918 FLU
Part of a Trump book title THEARTOFTHEDEAL
Plastic shoelace thingie AGLET
Play part, or play a part ACT
Preminger suspense classic LAURA
Producer, actress and host OPRAH
Put on notice WARN
Shakespearean character IAGO
Side by side AREA
Significant effect IMPACT
Singing style popularized by Louis Armstrong SCAT
Slender gull TERN
Small underground water carrier ROOTLET
Some purchasers of candy and flowers WOOERS
Spumante lead-in ASTI
Spy and dancer Mata HARI
Straight-arrow link ASAN
Type of camera, for short SLR
Type of wax EAR
Utmost degree NTH
Wardrobe cabinet ARMOIRE
Warm welcomes ALOHAS
What today's bid will be tomorrow? BADE
Working mom's aid DAYCARE
Works for EARNS