USA Today - Dec 24 2009

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Clues Answers
". . . the ___ of defeat" AGONY
"Cry, the Beloved Country" author Paton ALAN
"Door's open" ENTER
"The Thin Man" canine ASTA
"This won't hurt a ___" BIT
Acquired family member SONINLAW
Affording beautiful vistas SCENIC
Alp topper ICECAP
Anticipates with alarm DREADS
Appease SATE
Attention-getting sound PSST
Awed, in a way SPEECHLESS
Bask REVEL
Bayonet thrust STAB
Big Board, initially NYSE
Bird-bill part CERE
Blast furnace byproduct SLAG
Canter alternative TROT
Classified ad letters EOE
Classmate, e.g. PEER
Corporation caller's earful MENU
Do some gentle arm-twisting URGE
Eats or drinks HAS
Entrance's opposite EGRESS
Epidermal opening PORE
Folklore monster OGRE
Fresh kid's feedback SASS
From the sticks RUSTIC
Guest's arrival signal BELL
Happy time in many a film ENDING
Harsh caller from South America MACAW
Indian bread NAAN
It might rock your world SEISM
It's next to nothing ONE
Large-mouthed pot OLLA
Like Santa's cheeks ROSY
Like stumped crossword solvers? ATALOSSFORWORDS
Lords' partners LADIES
Clues Answers
Mahout's place INDIA
Minus SANS
Moral compass SUPEREGO
More protected SAFER
No more than UPTO
Not fully trusting LEERY
One of the Yokums PAPPY
Pertaining to the past OLDEN
Pre-stereo recordings MONOS
Pricey vessels YACHTS
Pro athlete's job site, perhaps ARENA
Prominent Chihuahua features EARS
Provide pro tem LEND
Receives as a visitor SEES
Refuse LEAVINGS
Rooms with heated stones SAUNAS
Saturates WETS
Second-ranking exec. VEEP
Shampoo brand (with "Blue") SELSUN
Spring, summer, fall and winter YEAR
Stammering TONGUETIED
Stones classic ANGIE
Store selfishly HOARD
Subway station STOP
Take an ax to HEW
Thailand, formerly SIAM
Verse of three feet TRIMETER
Villainous monk in "The Da Vinci Code" SILAS
Wens, e.g. CYSTS
What's up? NORTH
Word in some temperatures BELOW
Work at the loom WEAVE
Work on, as a rough cut EDIT
Writer's block breakthrough IDEA
Wrongful act, in court TORTS
You can work it out SWEAT
___ for tat TIT
___ Man (Tony Stark) IRON