USA Today - Jun 2 2005

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Clues Answers
''Ivanhoe'' setting MERRYENGLAND
''Ivanhoe'' setting MERRYENGLAND
''My dog ate my homework,'' e.g. SORRYEXCUSE
''My dog ate my homework,'' e.g. SORRYEXCUSE
''Roxana'' novelist DEFOE
''Roxana'' novelist DEFOE
''The Farmer's Daughter'' star Martha RAYE
''The Farmer's Daughter'' star Martha RAYE
45-degree serving, perhaps SLICE
45-degree serving, perhaps SLICE
Abound (with) TEEM
Abound (with) TEEM
Ballot option YES
Ballot option YES
Bandleader married to Ava and Lana ARTIE
Bandleader married to Ava and Lana ARTIE
Barnyard outbursts MOOS
Barnyard outbursts MOOS
Blue-haired mom MARGE
Blue-haired mom MARGE
Bread or cabbage MOOLA
Bread or cabbage MOOLA
Brutish beast OGRE
Brutish beast OGRE
Bully COERCE
Bully COERCE
Catch participant, perhaps DAD
Catch participant, perhaps DAD
Chair part ARM
Chair part ARM
Chili hotness unit ALARM
Chili hotness unit ALARM
Common course completer EXAM
Common course completer EXAM
Convoluted path MAZE
Convoluted path MAZE
Courteous POLITE
Courteous POLITE
Damage MAR
Damage MAR
Date night option MOVIE
Date night option MOVIE
Diamond month APRIL
Diamond month APRIL
Dombey's partner SON
Dombey's partner SON
Face off VIE
Face off VIE
Familiar trademark NAMEBRAND
Familiar trademark NAMEBRAND
Fifties clunker EDSEL
Fifties clunker EDSEL
Gets it wrong ERRS
Gets it wrong ERRS
Globetrotting secretary RICE
Globetrotting secretary RICE
Harum-scarum type DAREDEVIL
Harum-scarum type DAREDEVIL
High school facility GYM
High school facility GYM
Ingenuous NAIVE
Ingenuous NAIVE
It may be bitter or dead END
It may be bitter or dead END
It starts with a celebration CALENDARYEAR
It starts with a celebration CALENDARYEAR
Kennel club reject MUTT
Kennel club reject MUTT
Leader of the masses? POPE
Leader of the masses? POPE
Like the Marx Brothers' comedies ZANY
Like the Marx Brothers' comedies ZANY
Like user-friendly paper LINED
Like user-friendly paper LINED
Lions and tigers and bears TEAMS
Lions and tigers and bears TEAMS
Livestock lunch FEED
Livestock lunch FEED
Clues Answers
Lowly laborer SERF
Lowly laborer SERF
Masters and Jonson, e.g. POETS
Masters and Jonson, e.g. POETS
Non-European New Zealander MAORI
Non-European New Zealander MAORI
Notable southern belle OHARA
Notable southern belle OHARA
Ohio governor who became president HAYES
Ohio governor who became president HAYES
Org. based in Palm Beach Gardens PGA
Org. based in Palm Beach Gardens PGA
Oscar winner's job THANK
Oscar winner's job THANK
Outback dweller AUSSIE
Outback dweller AUSSIE
Panache ELAN
Panache ELAN
Pigment made from iron ore OCHER
Pigment made from iron ore OCHER
Played for a sucker USED
Played for a sucker USED
Plot unit ACRE
Plot unit ACRE
Poetic contraction EER
Poetic contraction EER
Pop up ARISE
Pop up ARISE
Restrictions NONOS
Restrictions NONOS
Results of some passes, briefly TDS
Results of some passes, briefly TDS
Robust HALE
Robust HALE
Rootless plant ALGA
Rootless plant ALGA
Run-in SPAT
Run-in SPAT
Shoes once made by the United States Rubber Co. KEDS
Shoes once made by the United States Rubber Co. KEDS
Small bill ONE
Small bill ONE
Snappy comment? CHEESE
Snappy comment? CHEESE
Something to shake HAND
Something to shake HAND
Sound of amazement OOH
Sound of amazement OOH
Spot for hammers PIANO
Spot for hammers PIANO
Surrounded (with ''in'') HEMMED
Surrounded (with ''in'') HEMMED
Take the plunge MARRY
Take the plunge MARRY
Taxi ticker METER
Taxi ticker METER
The yearling, for one DEER
The yearling, for one DEER
They may be checked BAGS
They may be checked BAGS
Took the initiative LED
Took the initiative LED
Underway, to Sherlock Holmes AFOOT
Underway, to Sherlock Holmes AFOOT
Union label? MRS
Union label? MRS
Verbal elbow in the ribs PSST
Verbal elbow in the ribs PSST
Westernmost county in Texas ELPASO
Westernmost county in Texas ELPASO
William Thackeray hero HENRYESMOND
William Thackeray hero HENRYESMOND
Winter hazard ICE
Winter hazard ICE
Wood feature GRAIN
Wood feature GRAIN
Yarns TALES
Yarns TALES