USA Today - May 21 2003

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Clues Answers
"Roots" storyteller GRIOT
"Star ---" WARS
A lot, for many? ACRE
Absent student's accommodation MAKEUPTEST
Aesthetically offensive UGLY
Alliance acronym NATO
Ankh feature LOOP
Anomalous Florida crop? MIAMIWHEAT
Anthropoids APES
Be nomadic ROVE
Birdlike AVIAN
Branch ARM
Brutish beast OGRE
Canal on the Mediterranean SUEZ
Certain tennis stroke CHOP
Church council SYNOD
Class that's for the birds AVES
Concern for a cardiologist AORTA
Conductor born in Bombay ZUBINMEHTA
Contents of some cases CANS
Court shout? BASKETBALLWHOOP
Coward of note NOEL
Dominion RULE
Don't be in its way HARM
Donizetti's Lammermoor bride LUCIA
Earthy hue OCHRE
Eins and zwei DREI
Elliptical track OVAL
Fava or pea BEAN
Getz or Kenton of jazz STAN
Gin flavoring SLOE
Hawaiian feast LUAU
Hits with a phaser ZAPS
Inexpensive tire RECAP
Intro to space AERO
Is no longer? WAS
Island of palindromic fame ELBA
It can create a stir SPOON
It's common in row houses WALL
Clues Answers
It's for the course PAR
Jockeys? WHIPHUGGERS
Kind of pole MAY
Knights' quest GRAIL
Magic org. NBA
Manitoba native CREE
Marks between periods COMMAS
Meddler YENTA
Mortgage agcy. FHA
Mottled pony PINTO
Mouse spotter's cry EEK
Mrs. Reagan, once WYMAN
Not occurring naturally MADE
One who lives on cuts AGENT
Opera staple ARIA
Ostentatious display RITZ
Part of a name change MRS
Pinata's undoing? PARTYWHACK
Preacher Gantry ELMER
Puppy seeker's ad? WHELPWANTED
Put up a Hail Mary HEAVE
Quaker's addressee THOU
Researcher's aid INDEX
Sculler's gear OAR
Skiing locale ALPS
Smoke signal? ALARM
Soybean paste MISO
Square things? ATONE
State tree of Massachusetts ELM
Succeeding NEXT
Sweet tropical fruit GUAVA
Tannenbaum topper, perhaps STAR
They arrive and take off at airports CABS
They hang around the house DRAPES
Venusian vehicle UFO
Wails from the crib WAHS
Wind down WANE
Word with china or spur BONE
Word with gold or home PLATE