USA Today - Dec 9 2003

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Clues Answers
"Casablanca" heroine ILSA
"How do ___ this thing!?" ISTOP
"Okie From Muskogee" Haggard MERLE
"Stormy Weather" composer ARLEN
"The Twittering Machine" artist KLEE
"Would ___ to you?" ILIE
Al Capp creature SHMOO
Artificial ERSATZ
Big name in chips INTEL
Boxing's Don King? MATCHMAKER
Bright-eyed and bushy-tailed AWAKE
Cannon of WWI BIGBERTHA
Casino machine SLOT
Daly of "Cagney and Lacey" TYNE
Director Kazan ELIA
Elver's parents EELS
Emit fumes REEK
Final Beethoven symphony NINTH
Fling overboard HEAVE
Form a partnership TEAMUP
French cheese BRIE
General acknowledgment? SALUTE
Give a black eye to SMEAR
Gov't diplomat AMB
Head, in France TETE
Hebrew measure OMER
Instigated SPARKED
It begins on January 1 YEAR
It'll curl your hair IRON
Ivanhoe's beloved ROWENA
Japanese straw mat TATAMI
Kindergarten celebration? BLOCKPARTY
Letter opener? DEAR
Letters for Zorba? ZETAS
Like drip-dry fabrics EASYCARE
Limo for the Louisville Slugger? BATMOBILE
Mary of "The Maltese Falcon" ASTOR
Clues Answers
Monk's superior ABBOT
Ms. Lollobrigida GINA
Neat as a pin TIDY
Neckline shapes VEES
Needing liniment SORE
Neigh sayers HORSES
One way to extend Time RENEW
Ornate pitcher EWER
Out of shape? BENT
Perfectionists STICKLERS
Sacrament RITE
San Antonio mission ALAMO
Sand-trap smoother RAKE
Science or bus attachment OMNI
She has a woeful tale SOBSISTER
Ship's frame HULL
Skunky scent ODOR
Slammin' Sam of golf SNEAD
Spicy Spanish stew OLLA
Spine-tingling EERIE
Spy org. CIA
Squad car UNIT
Square fare? MEAL
Strident HARSH
Takes care of the fire STOKES
The euro replaced it LIRA
They make a living in shoes COBBLERS
They're needed for bill passing AYES
Tickle pink ELATE
Turns down the lights DIMS
West Point freshmen PLEBES
Wheel-turning rodent HAMSTER
Wine holders RACKS
Word from a klutz OOPS
Words with "mode" or "king" ALA
You may part with it COMB
___ B'rith BNAI