USA Today - Jul 13 2005

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Clues Answers
''Harper Valley ___'' PTA
''Jack and ___'' (John Cougar song) DIANE
''That's something ___!'' ELSE
''That's something ___!'' ELSE
''The Cider House Rules'' actor CAINE
''The Cider House Rules'' actor CAINE
1/60th of 1/24th of a day, briefly MIN
1/60th of 1/24th of a day, briefly MIN
15th Amendment topic VOTE
A Chipmunk ALVIN
A Chipmunk ALVIN
A Pakistani poet might write in it URDU
Accumulated debt RANUP
Accumulated debt RANUP
Actress Penelope CRUZ
Air marshal's possession CONCEALEDWEAPON
Altdorf is its capital URI
Ancient character RUNE
Ancient character RUNE
Aperture of a needle EYE
ATM's lack ONES
Badger TEASE
Badger TEASE
Basks SUNS
Benes in ''Seinfeld'' ELAINE
Benes in ''Seinfeld'' ELAINE
Bob's vehicles? SLEDS
Bob's vehicles? SLEDS
Bother RILE
Bother RILE
Brobdingnagian VAST
Cake component ICING
Cake component ICING
Calls it a career RETIRES
Calls it a career RETIRES
Castor, to Pollux TWIN
Chef's specialty VIAND
Colt coddler MARE
Colt coddler MARE
Come beforehand PREEXIST
Come beforehand PREEXIST
Common condiment SALSA
Common condiment SALSA
Common spread OLEO
Common spread OLEO
Computer person USER
Computer person USER
Connecting point NODE
Connecting point NODE
Cussler's Pitt DIRK
Cussler's Pitt DIRK
Dead on target TRUE
Dead on target TRUE
Dealer's request, perhaps ANTE
Dentist's direction RINSE
Dentist's direction RINSE
Designer Perry ELLIS
Detached ends? DEES
Employer's ploy LOCKOUT
Enjoy a novel all over REREAD
Enjoy a novel all over REREAD
Exalt LAUD
Exclamation of exertion WHEW
Factor a sum ADD
Farmer's yield CROPS
Farmer's yield CROPS
Fe IRON
Fe IRON
Fictional park that's out of sight? (with ''The'') SECRETGARDEN
Fictional park that's out of sight? (with ''The'') SECRETGARDEN
Fief holder LIEGE
Fief holder LIEGE
First lady EVE
Fleur-de-lis IRIS
Fleur-de-lis IRIS
Friend of Pearl and Ruby? OPAL
Giant of folklore OGRE
Go nolo contendere PLEA
Governing regulation RULE
Governing regulation RULE
Grifter's scheme SCAM
Group of trained leaders CADRE
Group of trained leaders CADRE
Gumbo dishes OKRAS
H, to Greeks ETA
H, to Greeks ETA
Hammer part CLAW
Have your way PREVAIL
Highly excited AGOG
Highly excited AGOG
Horne of ''Stormy Weather'' fame LENA
Hull beam KEEL
Hull beam KEEL
In the past AGO
In the past AGO
Incline RAMP
Incline RAMP
Inflection TONE
It can follow no one or someone ELSE
It's passed in class NOTE
It's passed in class NOTE
Jealous Olympian HERA
King of France (979-987) LOUISV
King of France (979-987) LOUISV
Less diluted PURER
Less diluted PURER
Lift type TBAR
Like a Monday puzzle EASY
Like Medoc RED
Likewise ALSO
Likewise ALSO
Loafer IDLER
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Loafer IDLER
Long narrative EPIC
Long narrative EPIC
Major or minor constellation URSA
Make tough (Var.) ENURE
Make-out place, perhaps SECLUDEDCORNER
Male monarch (Var.) TSAR
Mas' mates PAS
Mas' mates PAS
Mature RIPEN
McGee's closet, e.g. MESS
Metals in the rough ORES
Metals in the rough ORES
Microwaves ZAPS
Microwaves ZAPS
Miner's delight LODE
More dispassionate ICIER
Ms. Horne LENA
Ms. Horne LENA
Musical stress ICTUS
Nobelist Morrison TONI
Nudge PROD
Nudge PROD
Odds partner ENDS
Of the ear AURAL
Of the ear AURAL
Offer, as an opinion VOICE
One of the Quechuan people INCA
Opposite of wasting away OBESE
Opposite of wasting away OBESE
Partners of cones RODS
Passage in a mystery novel? SECRETSTAIRCASE
Pasture sounds MOOS
Payroll datum RATE
Person that's out of sight? INVISIBLEMAN
Person that's out of sight? INVISIBLEMAN
Perturb ANNOY
Peyton's brother ELI
Peyton's brother ELI
Photo finish? MATTE
Photo finish? MATTE
Pirate's cache HIDDENTREASURE
Pismires ANTS
Poetic contraction NEER
Poetic contraction NEER
Pond buildup ALGAE
Pond buildup ALGAE
Possessing everything essential INTACT
Possessing everything essential INTACT
Present, for example TENSE
Present, for example TENSE
Professor's resume, for short VITAE
Professor's resume, for short VITAE
Ready to serve DONE
Reason that's out of sight? ULTERIORMOTIVE
Reason that's out of sight? ULTERIORMOTIVE
Renovate REDO
Residence hall DORM
Residence hall DORM
Result UPSHOT
Ringlike coral reef ATOLL
Ringlike coral reef ATOLL
Rose fruit HIPS
Rose oil (Var.) ATAR
Rose oil (Var.) ATAR
Salmon older than a fry PARR
Salon service TINT
San Antonio-to-Austin dir. ENE
San Antonio-to-Austin dir. ENE
Sawed-off PINTSIZE
Sawed-off PINTSIZE
Scientific culture AGAR
SCUBA, for one ACRONYM
Semi fuel DIESEL
Semi fuel DIESEL
Server of stout PUB
Shuffle troops REDEPLOY
Solar ending PLEXUS
Solar ending PLEXUS
Spanish card game OMBRE
Spanish card game OMBRE
Spellbound RAPT
Spellbound RAPT
Stop a speeding horse DRAWREIN
Straw unit BALE
Straw unit BALE
Taurus BULL
Taurus BULL
Tel ___, Israel AVIV
Tel ___, Israel AVIV
Territory LAND
Territory LAND
The munchies, e.g. URGE
The munchies, e.g. URGE
Torch bearers SCONCES
Touch-related TACTILE
Touch-related TACTILE
Transferred legally DEEDED
Transude OOZE
Trigonometry function SINE
Trigonometry function SINE
Two of the same DYAD
Type of glasses OPERA
Verbal waves HIS
Wear away, in a way CORRODE
Wheeling's river OHIO
Windfall that's out of sight? BURIEDTREASURE
Windfall that's out of sight? BURIEDTREASURE
Word with hotdog or night STAND
___ Island Red RHODE
___-d'Avray, France VILLE
___-d'Avray, France VILLE