Universal - Dec 25 2003

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Clues Answers
"Exodus" protagonist ARI
"___ calling!" AVON
''By the Time ___ to Phoenix'' IGET
26-Across alternative FOX
36-Down, in slang EATS
A view from the bridge, perhaps SEASCAPE
AA candidate WINO
Accompanying WITH
Adolescent TEENAGER
All thumbs AWKWARD
Allege as fact AVER
Aloha garland LEI
Apprehends NABS
At arm's length AWAY
Atmospheric layer OZONE
Barked at the moon ULULATED
Bleacher sections TIERS
Bluish green CYAN
Bracket shapes ELLS
Bugs chaser ELMER
By means of VIA
Calif., Ore. and Wash. time zones PSTS
Ceraceous WAXY
Chip in a chip ANTE
Claim-staker's claim DIBS
College officials DEANS
Comic Robert KLEIN
Continental currency EURO
Cookbook author Rombauer IRMA
Court pro Steffi GRAF
Crucifix ROOD
Cusack or Rivers JOAN
Defendant's statement PLEA
Dele opposite STET
Dexterous start? AMBI
Did a carpenter's chore SAWED
Diminished ABATED
Director Spielberg STEVEN
Disaster follower AREA
Dismounted ALIT
Distasteful ICKY
Dizzying pictures OPART
Donaldson and Spade SAMS
Doodled DREW
Earnest requests PLEAS
Employ again REUSE
End of a dash TAPE
Ensemble BAND
Fit the sound to the action, e.g. SYNC
Florence's river ARNO
Fluorescent tube gas ARGON
Former Chief Justice Warren EARL
Foster of "Panic Room" JODIE
Four Corners state UTAH
Four-time Indy 500 winner AJFOYT
French river RHONE
Global extreme POLE
Green Gables girl ANNE
Grumpy condition SNIT
Hawaiian veranda or island LANAI
Hook's right hand SMEE
HS upperclassmen SNRS
Humorous Bombeck ERMA
Indian noble RAJAH
Industry bigwigs TSARS
Israeli-designed weapon UZI
It must be carefully balanced CHECKBOOK
Jerusalem temple site ZION
Keeps on subscribing RENEWS
Kilt-wearer SCOT
King who had six wives HENRY
Kinshasa was its capital ZAIRE
Link together JOIN
Madame Bovary EMMA
Materials for securing STRAPS
Member of the first family ABEL
Merchandise WARES
Mesdames, briefly MMES
Clues Answers
Move emotionally STIR
Nine-to-niner, e.g. WORKAHOLIC
Noted New York hotel PLAZA
Noteworthy time EPOCH
Office fill-ins TEMPS
One bringing home the bacon WAGEEARNER
One-for-one deal SWAP
Operated RAN
Oscar-winning Emma THOMPSON
Pain in the neck PEST
Pearl Mosque city AGRA
Petal-wetter DEW
Popular junk SNACKFOOD
Popular wood PINE
Prefix for scope PERI
Put in practice USE
Put out a butt STUB
Rapscallions IMPS
Rhododendron variety AZALEA
Rich wall hanging ARRAS
Rooney's network CBS
Ruckus ADO
Rummage for truffles ROOT
Season opener? PRE
Seeks the same prize VIES
Shaker's contents, sometimes SALT
Showers with love DOTES
Sigma preceder RHO
Sleeve card ACE
Slight push JOG
Small birds SPARROWS
Smooth-talking GLIB
So long CIAO
Some stadiums DOMES
Sounds the hour STRIKES
Southernmost Great Lake ERIE
Stand up to somebody RESIST
Stimpy's TV pal REN
Strive GIVEITALLYOUGOT
Strive MAKEEVERYEFFORT
Strive TRYYOURDARNDEST
Subject matter TOPIC
Sunblock ingredient, sometimes PABA
Sups DINES
Tag on many products UNIONLABEL
They're rattled as a show of force SABERS
Think creatively NOODLE
Third book of the New Testament LUKE
Those opposed ANTIS
Three strikes and you're out, e.g. RULE
Thurman of "Kill Bill" UMA
Totally absorbed RAPT
Treat a wound DRESS
Tuscany city PISA
Twisted person SICKO
Type of model ROLE
Understand KEN
Valuable possession ASSET
Van Gogh's village ARLES
Watched a wee one SAT
Watering hole BAR
Wear down ERODE
When penitents convene? ATONE
When purchased alone EACH
Whine SNIVEL
Wild blue yonder SKY
Win the heart of ENAMOR
Wipe out electronically DELETE
Withers SHRIVELS
Witt's milieu ICE
Woodard of ''Desperate Housewives'' ALFRE
Word in a Helen Reddy title WOMAN
Word with ''ground'' or ''board'' ABOVE
Word with chip or face POKER
Words with impasse or end ATAN
Working group LABORFORCE
Zoom or contact LENS
___ Paulo, Brazil SAO