Universal - Nov 2 2002

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Clues Answers
''--- the land of the free ...'' OER
''Cannery Row'' character DORA
''Hey you!'' PSST
''It ain't over 'til it's over'' author YOGI
''No ___'' (Chinese-restaurant sign) MSG
''Stuart Little'' author EBWHITE
''The Postman Always Rings Twice'' wife CORA
''This is bad!'' UHOH
''Watch it, buster!'' HEY
''Why, ___ delighted!'' IDBE
--- polloi HOI
A long tale such as ''Beowulf'' SAGA
A radius is part of it FOREARM
Accomplish, as thou might DOEST
Adjusted beginning? MAL
Agreement PACT
Alpine reflection ECHO
Arrange in order SORT
At quite a distance AFAR
Atmosphere AURA
Barrel piece STAVE
Barrel scrapings DREGS
Basic needs BARENECESSITIES
Bawls loudly YAWPS
Be a very poor winner RUBITIN
Bear up there? URSA
Blackjack step DEAL
Body of work OEUVRE
Bosc, for one PEAR
Brigham Young's destination UTAH
Builds a fire under AROUSES
Burglar THIEF
Cancun coin PESO
Car protector ALARM
Carla on ''Cheers'' RHEA
Catch --- (start to get) ONTO
Christie of mysteries AGATHA
Conger EEL
Cornea neighbor IRIS
Cornfield concern CROW
Cries in open court? OYES
Cross the threshold ENTER
Demolishes, in Devon RASES
Did a fireman's job HOSED
Doc's companion SNEEZY
Doll created for Barbie KEN
Down Under gemstone OPAL
Dry as a bone ARID
Ecclesiastical council SYNOD
Elver's parent EEL
Ending for ''cash'' or ''front'' IER
Envelope abbr., sometimes POB
Exploitative situations RIPOFFS
Failed to get a hit, in a way (with ''out'') FLIED
Feels ill AILS
Film extract CLIP
Flesh and blood KIN
Fruit with a wrinkled rind UGLI
Fudd or Gantry ELMER
Gender SEX
Hacienda brick ADOBE
Hall or Byrnes EDD
Healthy snacks RAWVEGGIES
Hence ERGO
Henhouse perch ROOST
Hot beverage carrier TEATRAY
Huxtable boy THEO
In need of recharging DEAD
Informal international agreement ACCORD
Insurance adjuster's concern LOSS
It can be golden RULE
It's found in veins ORE
Iverson target HOOP
Jerry and George's buddy COSMO
Join forces UNITE
K-12 ELHI
Kid's racer GOKART
Clues Answers
Kind of joint, in carpentry MITER
King or Porter COLE
Lacking play TAUT
Lavatory sign INUSE
Leak slowly OOZE
Lean-to SHED
Leave out OMIT
Like a marsh REEDY
Like some old coats or cabinets RELINED
Mete out ALLOT
Mohawk-sporting actor MRT
Mountain predator PUMA
Moves stealthily SNEAKS
Name used in exclamations PETE
Nut case? TOOLKIT
O. Henry gift-givers MAGI
One who cannot be a DH NLER
One who gets a free ride STOWAWAY
Open, as a jacket UNZIP
Peculiar situation ANOMALY
Petroleum name HESS
Photo finish MATTE
Pig's digs STY
Place for flakes CEREALBOWL
Pound of poetry EZRA
Prepares for a rainy day SAVESUP
Printer's proof, for short REPRO
Pro --- RATA
Promo overkill HYPE
Pt. of SPCA SOC
Put to shame ABASH
Quick thrust, in fencing STAB
Quiet ___ mouse ASA
Regarding ASTO
Regatta propeller OAR
Road to Damascus figure, later PAUL
Rose-rose connector ISA
See 20-Across WITHOUTANYTHEME
See 20-Across SODONTLOOKFORIT
Seldom RARELY
Sight from Salzburg ALPS
Singer Tucker TANYA
Sound of a fine-tuned engine PURR
Space pioneer Shepard ALAN
Spigots TAPS
Split hairs? PARTED
Spoiler UPSETTER
Subject to hardship TRY
Take in take-out EAT
Te Kanawa rendition ARIA
Thanksgiving veggie YAM
Think tank output IDEAS
Toast topping OLEO
Towel designation HERS
Treeless plain LLANO
Trueheart's love TRACY
UFO crew ETS
UFO occupant ALIEN
Unbending RIGID
Uninformed INTHEDARK
Unperturbed SEDATE
Unvarnished reality NAKEDTRUTH
Unwelcome kitchen visitor ROACH
Upper body TORSO
Watercraft BOATS
Web feed letters RSS
Went on and on PRATED
What a gardener becomes, at times WEEDER
Where a bodega may be found BARRIO
Whopper juniors? FIBS
Will Smith title role ALI
With 41- and 56-Across, message for solver THISCROSSWORDIS
Word with ''each life'' or ''thin air'' INTO
Year-end figure FATHERTIME
You might make it up FACE
___ Romana PAX
___-de-France ILE