Universal - Dec 23 2008

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Clues Answers
''And now, the ___ of the story'' REST
''B.C.'' abode CAVE
Add a little color to TINT
All over again ANEW
Approach to the altar NAVE
Artful dodges RUSES
Assert with confidence AVER
Augury OMEN
Bakery goodies SCONES
Base in values CRASS
Beats the bushes SEARCHESALLOVER
Beats the bushes HUNTSHIGHANDLOW
Beats the bushes LOOKSEVERYWHERE
Bone near the humerus ULNA
Brain-busting HARD
Break ___ (interrupt) INON
Brutal ending? IZE
Buckle alternative SNAP
Buddy and binary SYSTEMS
Called forth CONJURED
Carried on, as a war WAGED
Chalet locale, perhaps ALPS
Cigarette substance TAR
Code-breaking org. NSA
Combines MIXES
Cry of greed MINE
Death's partner? TAXES
Demonstration missile EGG
Dictator's aide STENO
Drop ___ (skydiver's target) ZONE
Enticing sort LURER
Feline weapon CLAW
Fields of endeavor AREAS
Filbert, for one NUT
First felon CAIN
Fix a toe, perhaps DARN
Glutton HOG
Gone from the table EATEN
Hal of ''Barney Miller'' LINDEN
Clues Answers
Hops kiln OAST
In a superior position to ATOP
It joins the Rhone at Lyon SAONE
It's breaking, at times NEWS
Jackie Chan's repertoire STUNTS
Japanese Prime Minister Hirobumi ITO
Kind of wave HEAT
Lamb-and-pita sandwich GYRO
Like noble gases INERT
Lush surroundings? BAR
Made a fast stop? ATE
Melancholy verse ELEGY
Mobile leader? AUTO
Modicum IOTA
Morn's counterpart EVE
Nemesis ENEMY
Night school subj. ESL
Orange Julius locale, often MALL
Panorama VISTA
Photo finish? MATTE
Piquancy ZEST
Plot deviously SCHEME
Progress impeders SNAGS
Queen before George I ANNE
Red Riding Hood's hero WOODSMAN
Routing term VIA
Sharpen HONE
Shepherd's purse, e.g. WEED
Smart-mouthed PERT
Some kitchen utensils FUNNELS
Specialty FORTE
Statistical diagram CHART
Storied lumberjack BUNYAN
Stylish CHIC
Sun-dried, as beef JERKED
They may be offensive ENDS
They're drawn to the flame MOTHS
Top-notch AONE
Word in many Parisian restaurant names CHEZ