Ink Well xwords - Dec 26 2008

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Clues Answers
'Exodus' author Leon URIS
'Magic' item, at times BROWNIE
21-time MLB All-Star AARON
62-Across got his last one on October 3, 1976 RBI
90s sitcom featuring Brandy MOESHA
A hippie might flash one VSIGN
Agnew whose name has at least two famous anagrams SPIRO
Ain't in the King's English? ISNT
Alternative to mushrooms ACID
Asia, so to speak EAST
Ask, as 'the question' POP
Beam joiner TENON
Because of DUETO
Bring down, as the house RAZE
Brings to tears, perhaps BORES
Cambodian tongue KHMER
Certain disposable companion BOYTOY
Co. with a butterfly logo MSN
Conception breakthrough of the 1970s TESTTUBEBABY
Cornholio alter ego BEAVIS
Darth Maul's group SITH
Diddy, at birth COMBS
Die down ABATE
Free-bird link ASA
Garth Algar, in real life DANACARVEY
H.S. math ALG
Hagen of the stage UTA
Hard-to-call contests TOSSUPS
Immodesty EGO
Insult JAB
Judge's seat BANC
Lazes LOLLS
Leaves from China, often TEA
Loser to VHS BETA
Lousy driver's souvenirs DENTS
Make doubly sure the package is secure RETAPE
Manning with a ring ELI
Mental grasp UPTAKE
Misstep ERR
Clues Answers
Muskrat eater MINK
Navigator's dir. NNE
One back from a theater VET
Optimally ATBEST
Out of whack, or what's featured in each of this puzzle's theme answers ASSBACKWARDS
PC dating term? BCE
Prefix with lateral ISO
Purges RIDS
Reach consensus AGREE
Red giant relative CSTAR
Rocker's plectrum GUITARPICK
Salty soup paste MISO
Simple rhyme scheme ABAB
Skull, e.g. BONE
Smear DAUB
Some jerks SPASMS
Southern rapper Young ___ JEEZY
Star relievers? BTEAM
Subject for some philosophers REALITY
Sunset, e.g.: Abbr. BLVD
Their 2008 meeting was last week in Algeria OPEC
They're common in Mississippi ESSES
Thurman and others, presumably UMAS
Together INSYNC
Tops taken off at stations GASCAPS
Trough locale STY
TV rescuer LASSIE
Verbal stumbles UMS
Voiced SONANT
Wasn't oneself? ACTED
Word after Bright, Frog, or Wolf in band names EYES
Word processing command PRINT
Words of praise ODE
Yahoo! Games figures AVATARS
Yahoo! Games staple YAHTZEE
___ B'rith BNAI
___ coat (sailor's wear) PEA
___ Markie BIZ
___-Ball SKEE