USA Today - Dec 22 2011

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Clues Answers
"Buzz" or "pop," e.g ONOMATOPOEIA
"Let me sew you to your sheet," e.g SPOONERISM
"Madam, I'm Adam," e.g PALINDROME
"Peck of pickled peppers," e.g ALLITERATION
"The ___ Cometh" (O'Neill play) ICEMAN
"___ boom bah" SIS
10:1, e.g RATIO
Aardvark's snack ANTS
Affirm as true ATTEST
Africa's Sierra ___ LEONE
Aftermath of a brainstorm IDEA
Apt first name for a tax adviser IRA
Away from one another APART
Bartenders' fruit LIMES
Big name in elevators OTIS
Brazilian soccer great PELE
Butler's counterpart MAID
Chain's partner BALL
Chilly coating FROST
City near Sacramento FRESNO
Command to Rover SPEAK
Cubicle furnishing DESK
Curbside containers MAILBOXES
Disencumber RID
Early phone feature DIAL
Easy-to-overlook detail NUANCE
Enjoying a cruise ASEA
Eurasian mountain range URAL
Filmmakers Joel and Ethan COENS
Fish baskets CREELS
Genesis victim ABEL
Go against God SIN
Gradually deteriorate ERODE
Grass leaf BLADE
Groan-inducing jokes PUNS
Group united for action BLOC
Grp. knocked in "Sicko" AMA
Holds in high regard ESTEEMS
Hydrogen's number ONE
Clues Answers
In the company of AMONG
Irving's sleepyhead RIP
Is deficient LACKS
It's not as lovely as a tree POEM
Jelly used as a garnish ASPIC
Johnson of "Laugh-In" ARTE
Knitter's medium YARN
Load a hold LADE
Low-voiced singers BASSI
Lower layer of the earth's crust SIMA
Male turkey TOM
Napoleon's exile isle ELBA
Nervously uncomfortable ILLATEASE
No longer fresh STALE
One of Turkey's neighbors IRAN
Partner of Porgy BESS
Poison ivy cousin SUMAC
Porterhouse specification, sometimes RARE
Put up points SCORED
Puts to work USES
Raced SPED
Reduce to smithereens DESTROY
Repeated machine gun sound TAT
Ripen MATURE
Semi-educated guess STAB
Skating venue RINK
Southeast Asian language LAO
Sweet glazes ICINGS
Teapot feature SPOUT
The Palestra, e.g ARENA
Thins DILUTES
To the sheltered side ALEE
Uptown cracker-topper BRIE
Used a stool SAT
Vermont harvest SAP
Very good friend PAL
Wingless extinct bird MOA
Winter toy SLED
Written words TEXT