USA Today - Oct 28 2005

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Clues Answers
''American ___'' IDOL
''Around the World in Eighty Days'' author VERNE
''Now we ___ engaged in a great civil war . . .'' ARE
180 degrees from NNW SSE
A real doozie LULU
Accumulations of dirty dishes PILES
ADA member DDS
All except U (and sometimes Y) AEIO
American patriot Nathan HALE
Barbecued treat RIB
Button on a camcorder REC
Carpenter's tool SAW
Chess victories MATES
City in Washington TACOMA
Darn it all again? RESEW
Day in Spain DIA
Detective's assignment CASE
Double-reed orchestra instrument OBOE
Enjoys Spago DINES
ER bosses MDS
Express verbally UTTER
Family-room items TVS
Fathers, pops and daddies PAPAS
Female pronoun SHE
First name in the ''Pleasantville'' cast REESE
Follow orders OBEY
Found a function for USED
Fright site? STAGE
Hardly a guffaw TEHEE
Has a bawl SOBS
Has a bawl WEEPS
He accepted Lee's surrender GENERALUSGRANT
Improves, as whiskey AGES
It may go on a roll OLEO
It's an ok word YES
It's on the watch DIAL
Kind of supervision ADULT
Lasting impression, of a sort SCAR
Lively Bohemian dance POLKA
Clues Answers
Long-distance overnight flight REDEYE
Make chocolate curls SHAVE
Make, as a salary EARN
Misplace LOSE
Mississippi has four ESSES
Monte ___ CARLO
Narrow opening SLIT
Not this or that OTHER
Now partner AGAIN
One of the Gabors EVA
Oregon capital city SALEM
Paging device BEEPER
Part of FAQ ASKED
Planet between Earth and Jupiter MARS
Play ___ in (be involved with) AROLE
Poetic name for Ireland ERIN
Proof preceder TEST
Rank between captain and lieutenant colonel MAJOR
Restores antonym ERASES
Reveal a secret BLAB
Some entertainers have one NAME
Some large deer ELKS
Some votes AYES
Something to rule ROOST
Start of a countdown, perhaps TEN
Supposed ''Sic semper tyrannis!'' shouter JOHNWILKESBOOTH
Tower of London feature MOAT
U.S. president, 1861 to 1865 ABRAHAMLINCOLN
UCLA athlete BRUIN
Untidy condition MESS
Very comfortable SNUG
Well-known loch NESS
Where heroes are made DELI
Where you get a whiff NOSTRILS
Wiggly electric fish EEL
Woodworking tool LATHE
Word of strong agreement AMEN
Word with straight or crooked LINE
Words shouted after ''Remember'' THEALAMO