USA Today - Sep 8 2010

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Clues Answers
"A leopard can't change its spots," e.g. SAW
"Affirmative" YEA
"And ___ we go!" AWAY
"Do Ya" rock gp. ELO
"First Lady of Song" Fitzgerald ELLA
"From ___ Eternity" HERETO
"Happy Days" actress Moran ERIN
"If all ___ fails ..." ELSE
"Kon-Tiki" author Heyerdahl THOR
"Red" lead-in INFRA
"___ in the Clowns" SEND
"___ in the U.S.A." (Springsteen hit) BORN
2002 Winter Olympics host USA
Aboard an ocean liner ASEA
Affiliations TIES
Anger IRE
Animal that has pups OTTER
Antique shop employee RESTORER
As-instructions link PER
Aspiring doc's course PREMED
Attention to detail CARE
Aussie ostrich, so to speak EMU
Baldwin of "Prelude to a Kiss" ALEC
Ballroom staple TANGO
Baseball team that became the Nationals EXPOS
Bedside water pitcher EWER
Black and tan beverage ALE
Breathtaking view PANORAMA
Brief brawl SETTO
Brownish-yellow OCHER
California's Santa ___ winds ANA
Calligrapher's fine points? NIBS
Caribbean taro EDDO
Chew persistently GNAW
Cinema can contents REEL
Civil Rights gp. since 1909 NAACP
Company picnic event THREELEGGEDRACE
Cones' mates, in the retina RODS
Curl producer PERM
Dame played by Barry Humphries EDNA
Decorative sewing case ETUI
Defunct Russian parliament DUMA
Diameter halves RADII
Do a slow burn STEW
Dog-paddled SWUM
Drapery ornament TASSEL
Early Sally Field character NUN
Elevator man OTIS
Excessively UNDULY
Fat unit GRAM
Figure skater's jump AXEL
Finely chopped MINCED
Finishing stroke SERIF
Freeman of "Driving Miss Daisy" MORGAN
French artist Matisse HENRI
Future frog POLLIWOG
Gilbert & Sullivan's "Princess ___" IDA
Gin flavoring fruit SLOE
Give a makeover to REDO
Goodnight gal of song IRENE
Gulf by Somalia ADEN
Having common ancestors AKIN
Hercules types HEMEN
High-priced ticket area LOGE
Hosiery hue BEIGE
Inflexible RIGID
It starts at $100,000 SIXFIGUREINCOME
Jewish sect member HASID
Junky jalopy HEAP
Kind of diner or assistance ROADSIDE
Know-it-all's expression SMIRK
Law firm VIP SENIORPARTNER
Leave the stage EXIT
Letter writer's afterthoughts PSS
Letters after "messenger" or "transfer" RNA
Like some coincidences EERIE
Like the smell of burning rubber ACRID
Like the Washington Monument at night FLOODLIT
Clues Answers
Limited, as hearing IMPAIRED
Lyrical work ODE
Magazine with a "fold-in" MAD
Mass instrument, often ORGAN
Minor goddess NYMPH
Mo. for goblins OCT
Molten rock in the earth MAGMA
Objective INTENT
Official language in Katmandu NEPALI
Old name for Ireland ERIN
One from a separate egg FRATERNALTWIN
One of filmdom's Coen brothers ETHAN
Ones making marriage plans ENGAGEDCOUPLE
Org. concerned with touchdowns FAA
Osiris's sister ISIS
Partner of suffering PAIN
PC keyboard key ALT
Period with overtime pay, perhaps TWELVEHOURSHIFT
Personal appearance MIEN
Piercing locale EAR
Pinnacle ACME
Pouter's protuberance LIP
Pre-euro currency LIRA
Prefix for "hazard" BIO
Prima donnas' problems EGOS
Pronto, for short ASAP
Put down on paper WROTE
Puzzle or poem ACROSTIC
Regional dialect PATOIS
Relaxation period after hitting the slopes APRESSKI
Rely (on) DEPEND
Rotten fish have one ODOR
Satisfy, as a deadline MEET
Scandinavian city OSLO
Scratch, as furniture MAR
See socially (with "with") GOOUT
Seed coverings ARILS
Sign of victory VEE
Singer's syllables LALAS
Sinks in mud MIRES
Site of mineral waters SPA
Skips over in pronunciation ELIDES
Sniffler's need HANKIE
Some lacquered metalware TOLE
Some unwelcome guests MICE
Splinter group SECT
Sport on horseback POLO
Stork's supper, perhaps EELS
Study a script READ
Successor to Claudius I NERO
Sun-shielded SHADY
Suspect chaser COP
Swear CURSE
Tabby's contribution to the conversation MEOW
Take-home amount NETPAY
Telephone button without letters ONE
Try to get along without help FEND
U. of Maryland athletes TERPS
Unlikely to offend TAME
Unpaired ODD
Uses a straw, perhaps SIPS
Voice higher than baritone TENOR
Warning sign OMEN
Watering at the mouth AGOG
What a spooked horse may do REAR
What scammers practice DECEIT
What Shrek is OGRE
What you may find on your hands TIME
Wheat appendage AWN
Where Idi Amin ruled UGANDA
Word in many font names SANS
Write down on a score NOTATE
___ for the books ONE
___ jacket (Chinese attire) MAO
___ Lanka SRI
___ Prairie, Minn. EDEN
___ with (tolerate) PUTUP
___-Xers (baby boomers' kids) GEN