USA Today - Oct 7 2005

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Clues Answers
''Butterfield 8'' author OHARA
''Butterflies ___ Free'' ARE
''Frasier'' sibling NILES
''I wouldn't do that'' BADIDEA
''Love Boat'' drink mixer ISAAC
''The Star-Spangled Banner'' contraction OER
Added a kick to LACED
Added power to a car (with ''up'') SOUPED
AL or NL execs GMS
Antagonists in the game of tag ITS
Balanced zodiac sign? LIBRA
Bonnie's link with Clyde? AND
Brief periods of time MOMENTS
Burkina Faso's northern neighbor MALI
Canterbury units TALES
Cart for hauling DRAY
Cause wrinkled noses, perhaps REEK
Chocolatier's need VAT
College in a gambling mecca UNLV
Craftsmen ARTISANS
Cuts, as branches LOPS
Equally tidy ASNEAT
Fad disk POG
Fit to be tied IRATE
Former Nintendo rival SEGA
French inn AUBERGE
Greek god of war ARES
Hardly speeding, with 63-Down STEADYPACE
Having no possibility for progress DEADEND
Hay place LOFT
His portrait is worth $50 GRANT
Holdings of some banks DATA
Household rodentia MICE
In a less favorable position, with 63-Down DISADVANTAGE
Israel's Abba EBAN
It has a forked tongue RATTLER
It may be between your teeth GAP
It may be detailed AUTO
Italian noble family name ESTE
Clues Answers
Kind of meeting PTA
Klondike find ORE
Leave rolling in the aisles SLAY
Like a house ___ AFIRE
Like glass CLEAR
Lime or lemon, e.g. TREE
Meltdown sites CORES
Mistaken OFFBASE
Music genre POP
Nil, in Seville NADA
Nonpareil IDEAL
Not progressing, with 63-Down STANDSTILL
Not quite right AMISS
Olfactory detection AROMA
Opening remarks INTRO
OTC market regulator NASD
Ottoman, in a pinch SEAT
Pinochle combos MELDS
Plaines preceder DES
Prevaricator's confession ILIED
Puzo wrote about it MAFIA
Rite words to say? IDO
Run without rushing TROT
Scorpius' celestial neighbor ARA
Shields PROTECTS
Source of oil and food SOYBEAN
Stitched skirt edge HEM
Subtraction term LESS
Take to the next level ELEVATE
Type of job DESK
Unable to speak, with 63-Down LOSSFORWORDS
Vintner's valley NAPA
Way to check the check ADD
What collectors do AMASS
Witty rogue WAG
Word with Lady or Gang OUR
Words with distance or glance ATA
You may play it or score it MUSIC
Young fellow LAD