Universal - Apr 17 2009

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Clues Answers
''1-2-3, 1-2-3,'' e.g. TEST
''Ash-Wednesday'' monogram TSE
''Cyan'' finish IDE
''Desperate Housewives'' is one PRIMETIMESOAP
''It ___ over 'til it's over'' AINT
''Of all the ___ joints ...'' GIN
''Parting is ___ sweet sorrow . . .'' SUCH
''That ___ then ...'' WAS
''The Battle Hymn of the Republic'' writer HOWE
''Up Where We Belong,'' e.g. DUET
''Yoo-___!'' HOO
''You want a piece ___?'' OFME
29th state IOWA
Abrasive particles GRIT
Accent STRESS
Access for a collier ADIT
Afflicts AILS
Allocated (with ''out'') METED
Ambulance attachments SIRENS
America's first regulatory agcy. ICC
Ante holders POTS
Assisted in a bad way ABETTED
Baby's cry WAH
Bring to the attention of ALERT
Butterflies' cousins MOTHS
Canal maker DREDGER
Captain Hook's right-hand man SMEE
Civil rights activist Medgar EVERS
Colorado Springs-to-Santa Fe direction SSW
Community character ETHOS
Con game SHAM
Country group Diamond ___ RIO
Cry uncle THROWINTHETOWEL
Dandelion or goldenrod, e.g. WEED
Diner where Alice works MELS
Dutch footwear SABOT
Emulate a mouse or beaver GNAW
Folk knowledge LORE
Clues Answers
Full of attitude SASSY
Gave dinner to FED
Gives freshmen introduction, say ORIENTATES
Gold-covered GILT
Hackneyed, as a joke TIRED
Hair care concoction MOUSSE
Impressive, to teens AWESOME
In the know about ONTO
Irish Rose's lover ABIE
Last word spoken at night, for many AMEN
Likewise TOO
Major depression out West? THEGREATBASIN
Modern bookmarks URLS
More than half MOST
Most people, statistically ASIANS
Newsy nuggets ITEMS
Nonpaying gig BENEFIT
Not this or that OTHER
Official proclamation FIAT
Passes the plate? SCORES
Pay no attention to IGNORE
Prefix for the birds AVI
Quaint oath DRAT
Respond to the rooster ARISE
Run without moving IDLE
Salt Lake City hoopsters UTES
Short-legged hound BASSET
Suit type THREEPIECE
Tag along COME
They may be in stitches GASHES
Top-notch OFTHEFIRSTWATER
Troop troupe, briefly USO
Trueheart of the comics TESS
Unsportsmanlike DIRTY
Violated a commandment LIED
Width of Tripoli? EEE
Word from a bird TWEET
___ rigueur (to the fullest extent) ALA