USA Today - Dec 8 2003

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Clues Answers
"Trinity" author URIS
"We hold ___ truths ..." THESE
Academic grilling ORALS
Attention getter PSST
Basketball player rants and raves? GUARDRAILS
Bow in movies CLARA
Bus. big shot EXEC
Calcutta costume SARI
Castaway's home, maybe ISLE
Chills and fever AGUE
Clinton election opponent PEROT
Cogitate MUSE
Come up ARISE
Craving YEN
Da, here YES
Decrees ACTS
Disney's Little Mermaid ARIEL
Donald Duck's nephew LOUIE
Evaluate ASSESS
Fills with wonder AWES
Football player goes biking? BACKPEDALS
Forest swinger APE
Furnish the food for CATER
Game time for the Giants EDT
Give the go-ahead AGREE
GM or MG product AUTO
Grain-based brews ALES
Has ambitions ASPIRES
Help to tide you over LOAN
Heroic tale EPIC
Hungarian horror celeb LUGOSI
In serious need of activity STIRCRAZY
It's scientifically proven to grow hair SCALP
Kind of beetle DOR
LaMotta of boxing JAKE
Lead-in to the tee? ESS
Leaving less to the imagination BARER
Like some fruit RED
Liquefy THAW
Clues Answers
Ludacris sound RAP
Mayberry schoolboy OPIE
Modern summons BEEP
Not exactly authentic ERSATZ
Occupational suffix EER
Olivier-Caine film classic SLEUTH
Pickling solution BRINE
Place to report on the game PRESSBOX
Prefix for scope PERI
Prepares to do sit-ups LIES
Pride sound ROAR
Reduce to pulp MASH
Reggie Miller's alma mater UCLA
Repulsive VILE
River through central Africa CONGO
Road rescue TOW
Romantic rendezvous TRYST
Rue of TV's "Less Than Perfect" SARA
Ruler ousted in 1979 SHAH
Scintilla BIT
Sends TRANSMITS
Set foot in ENTER
Set of supplies KIT
Slant SKEW
Sly CAGY
Smack SLAP
Star medalist of the 1972 Olympics SPITZ
Struggled along successfully COPED
Takes a catnap DOZES
Tax LEVY
Team captain gets on a plane? LEADERBOARDS
Tie in with RELATETO
Track and field star sends a message? JUMPERCABLES
Visionary's card TAROT
Vogue rival ELLE
Walden, for one POND
Where you might get a soaking SPA
Without repetition ONCE
Word in a Sally Field film title RAE