Universal - Jan 8 2011

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Clues Answers
"Friends" paleontologist ROSS
"___ Framed Roger Rabbit" (1988) WHO
"___ give you the shirt off his back!" HED
An end to alcohol? ISM
Awards night host EMCEE
Badlands landform MESA
Ballet's Nureyev RUDOLF
Ballpark fig. EST
Barbecue skewer SPIT
Botanist's workplace HOTHOUSE
Caesar's salutation AVE
Decides not to talk to the media DECLINESCOMMENT
Depressed SAD
Drench, as flax or hemp RET
Envelope fastener CLASP
Existentialist Jean-Paul SARTRE
Eye layer containing the iris UVEA
Fails to speak SAYSNOTHING
Fortune's frequent companion FAME
Frigid temperature range TEENS
Goon THUG
Grand ___ (wine classification) CRU
Himalayan legend YETI
Homeric H's ETAS
Hot slice TOAST
Hydroelectric project DAM
IRS procedure AUDIT
It's disregarded in alphabetizing THE
Laser printer need TONER
Leg wrap for soldiers PUTTEE
Liberal pursuits FINEARTS
Master thespians they're not HAMS
Menu selection ITEM
Moon or star, e.g. ORB
Moves on, in a way DROPSTHESUBJECT
Movie workplace SET
Nibbled on ATE
Nicaraguan president Daniel ORTEGA
Not inclined AVERSE
Clues Answers
Number cruncher, briefly CPA
Number of prime interest? RATE
Oates partner HALL
Octagon or oval, e.g. SHAPE
Officially withdraw SECEDE
Once, once ERST
One on the platform ORATOR
Option word EITHER
Overfeed SATE
Pair on the ground FEET
Part of a cell nucleus RNA
Petri dish gel AGAR
Poem of praise ODE
Poison ivy result RASH
Polar expedition transport SNOCAT
Puts in an expected role TYPECASTS
Reliever's spot, for short PEN
Roof features EAVES
Runs easily TROTS
Sarah Vaughan nickname SASSY
Schlep LUG
Semisoft cheese GOUDA
Shield for Zeus or Athena AEGIS
Slightly open AJAR
Slip up ERR
Some river frolickers OTTERS
Somewhat inflexible SEMIRIGID
Span of history ERA
Spare key hider MAT
Storybook brute OGRE
Take the subway RIDE
Thirteen, for a bar mitzvah honoree AGE
Threat ender ORELSE
Toss, as confetti STREW
Track-and-field events MEETS
Tripper's drug LSD
Walked triumphantly STRODE
Wedding aide USHER
Wish to take back RUE