USA Today - Mar 16 2009

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Clues Answers
''Give ___ break!'' MEA
''Here Come the Warm Jets'' composer Brian ENO
''Respect for Acting'' author Hagen UTA
''The Simpsons'' storekeeper APU
''The Sopranos'' restaurateur ARTIE
''To the max'' indicator EST
''___ Ha'i'' BALI
Addis ___, Ethiopia ABABA
Aegean region IONIA
And others, briefly ETAL
Animal house ZOO
Armadas FLEETS
Audition tape DEMO
Author Rand AYN
Benjamin of ''Miss Congeniality'' BRATT
Black-eyed item PEA
Butter up? BASTE
Capable of being held TENABLE
Check for drinks TAB
Clear soups BROTHS
Coastal feature INLET
Company with a kangaroo logo QANTAS
Creature created by J.R.R. Tolkien ENT
Crystalline mineral BARITE
Death on the Nile cause, perhaps ASP
Emit light, as some pointers LASE
Flower feature SEPAL
Former governors of Algiers DEYS
Gets nasty outside SLEETS
Golfer Calvin or quarterback Rodney PEETE
Gregg grad STENO
Have an effect on FAZE
Hummer forerunner JEEP
Hurry up HASTEN
Hustle and bustle ADO
Inclined, in Inverness LEANT
It's a bad thing ALBATROSS
It's a bad thing SPILTMILK
It's a good thing LADYBUG
Clues Answers
It's a good thing RABBITSFOOT
It's a good thing NUMBERSEVEN
Japanese computer co. NEC
Jessica of ''Fantastic Four'' ALBA
Join the competition VIE
Kind of column OPED
Land of the Po ITALY
Make a better bow RETIE
Mean (to) INTEND
Mex. miss SRTA
Mexicali locale BAJA
More lighthearted AIRIER
Narrow inlet of a river RIA
Not kosher TREF
Out to lunch EATING
Perfectly vertical PLUMB
Pluralizers ESSES
Poe poem LENORE
Poitier character TIBBS
Promising words IDOS
Rob Roy's refusal NAE
Rope fiber SISAL
Sap-sucking insect genus APHIS
Send back REMAND
Skewered fare (Var.) KABOB
Sound at a greased pig contest SQUEAL
Stag film? BAMBI
Sun, e.g. ORB
Supergarb CAPE
Tennis score FIFTEEN
They get what's coming to them HEIRS
Tropical forest vine LIANA
Undercover jobs STINGS
Weatherman's backdrop MAP
Where the eagle has landed AERIE
Where to find men in white coats LAB
WWII POW camp STALAG
___ canto BEL
___ de la Cite ILE