USA Today - Aug 31 2005

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Clues Answers
"Jack Sprat could ___ fat" EATNO
"No man is an island" poet John DONNE
"The Mystery of ___ Drood" (Dickens) EDWIN
"Yesterday's Spy" author Deighton LEN
"___ whiz!" GEE
''Hail, Caesar!'' AVE
1968 sci-fi film that was remade in 2001 PLANETOFTHEAPES
1991 film featuring Curly CITYSLICKERS
Affirmative answer YES
After curfew LATE
Annoys EATSAT
Author Gardner ERLE
Average mark CEE
Awards show host EMCEE
Ball-___ hammer PEEN
Barnyard bleat BAA
Bela of ''Dracula'' LUGOSI
Bert of ''The Wizard of Oz'' LAHR
Beyond's partner ABOVE
Biblical birthright barterer ESAU
Big name in TVs RCA
Blinds piece SLAT
Bloomers around the neck? LEI
Body shop quote, briefly EST
Bowling target TENPIN
Bruce Wayne, to Batman ALTEREGO
Buyer's minimum-to-maximum PRICERANGE
Capture on video TAPE
Cartoon pooch ODIE
Ceremonious poems ODES
Chair's need GAVEL
Chase scene noises SIRENS
Checklist detail ITEM
Chick's utterance PEEP
Chorale contributor ALTO
Chubby and then some OBESE
Complain violently RAIL
Composer's pride OPUS
Cried ''uncle!'' GAVEIN
D'Urberville damsel TESS
Danger PERIL
Defense org. since 1949 NATO
Did some dirty work HOED
Dog at Camp Swampy OTTO
Domino from New Orleans FATS
Element no. 5 BORON
Emulated Usain Bolt RAN
Erstwhile orchard spray ALAR
Expropriate USURP
Fail to clash AGREE
Fall flowers ASTERS
Fluids in the veins of the gods ICHORS
Fork-tailed shore bird TERN
Former fast fliers SSTS
Free from bondage, in a way UNTIE
Fruity drinks ADES
Gable's Butler RHETT
Gimlet liquor GIN
Group of troops, collectively UNIT
Guadalajara rahs OLES
Gutter locale EAVE
Half a doorbell sound DONG
Handle props? AVIATE
Have an evening meal SUP
Having a key, in music TONAL
Hawaiian tuber TARO
Highway vehicle AUTO
Historic introduction? PRE
Hodgepodge OLIO
Hustler's need CUE
Image-maker's tool MEDIA
In seventh heaven ONTOPOFTHEWORLD
Inflict pain HARM
It might be pitched ROOF
It's hardly the express LOCAL
It's not a good look LEER
Jets over Colts, 1969, e.g. UPSET
Kind of master TASK
Clues Answers
Land of plenty? ASIA
Lay one down, in baseball BUNT
Lifting part of a crane HOIST
Like a dismal day DREARY
Like many windows PANED
Linen shades ECRUS
Lowly worker PEON
Luxurious fabric VELVET
Make clothes SEW
Mao ___-tung TSE
Moon-landing transports LEMS
More gelid ICIER
More impoverished NEEDIER
Mountain sign abbr. ELEV
Mrs. Flintstone WILMA
Mythical monster ORC
Narrow escape exclamation PHEW
Nastase of tennis ILIE
Neck of the woods AREA
New York weekly since 1955 (with ''The'') VILLAGEVOICE
Nintendo video game star MARIO
Nonsensical INANE
One of the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse WAR
Organ knobs STOPS
Pinellas Peninsula city, briefly STPETE
Pitney title song for a movie TOWNWITHOUTPITY
Place for a patch TEAR
Plumber's piece NUT
Plumber's tool PIPEWRENCH
Praise or extol LAUD
Prefix for "net" or "national" INTER
Prescription option GENERIC
Pressure center? ESSES
Proofreader's notation STET
Puncture PIERCE
Render imperfect MAR
Repulsive VILE
Retro art style DECO
Rhythmic pattern in poetry METER
Rough breathing sound RALE
Rubber ducky's spot BATH
Sacred HOLY
Salad oil holder CRUET
Seasoned sailor TAR
Share equally SPLIT
Shortstop's blunder ERROR
Shows a profit of NETS
Sit down heavily PLOP
Snickering sound TEHEE
Societal standards ETHOS
Spicy dish of India CURRY
St. Laurent of fashion YVES
Start of the Lord's Prayer OUR
State purposefully AVOW
Style of the '20s (with 49-Across) ART
Suffix with "racket" EER
Tarzan's transport VINE
Ten's place TILL
Terhune's dog LAD
Theater district RIALTO
They may be black or private EYES
Type of balloon LEAD
Unmixed, as a drink NEAT
Vacation island near Venezuela ARUBA
Vaulted church section APSE
Wake Forest ___ Deacons DEMON
What airplanes do daily COMEDOWNTOEARTH
When it's saved, it's taken SEAT
Where charity begins, in an adage ATHOME
Where the Snake flows IDAHO
Wild party BASH
Will be now ARE
Word with hay or live WIRE
Work unit ERG
Worker's extra pay OVERTIME
You, once? THEE
Zodiac butter RAM
___ a high note (finish well) ENDON