USA Today - Nov 17 2005

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Clues Answers
''. . . hear ___ drop'' APIN
''Finding Neverland'' director Forster MARC
''I give up!'' UNCLE
''What did I tell you?'' SEE
''___ Schoen'' DANKE
''___ the Mood for Love'' IMIN
1997 Oscar-nominated role for Peter ULEE
According to ALA
Actress Downey ROMA
Affliction that may be helpful in a proposal? TRICKKNEE
Anita Baker hit SWEETLOVE
Anonymous litigant DOE
Another place to see the world ATLAS
Ballpark amts. ESTS
Bands on the radio? FMS
Baseball's ''Little Giant'' OTT
Being hauled INTOW
Big social gathering EVENT
Bits of ingenuity IDEAS
Brass component ZINC
Brindled beast GNU
Brown and basmati RICES
Brusque RUDE
Bryce Canyon formation HOODOO
Buzz SHORTHAIRCUT
Buzz FLYLOWOVER
Buzz BEEHIVESOUND
Buzz EXCITEMENT
California raisin crop capital FRESNO
Call on unannounced POPIN
Calm by deception LULL
Chess champion after Fischer, Anatoly KARPOV
Chipper PERKY
Chorus voice ALTO
Chromatic nuances TONES
Clark's colleague LOIS
Comics character who debuted in 1941 ARCHIE
Comply OBEY
Country music's Mel TILLIS
Denver's alt. ONEMI
Dog breed from China CHOW
DVD menu option PLAY
Easy mark SAP
Encourage when one should discourage ABET
Enjoy a short break TAKETEN
Esprit de corps MORALE
Extinct avian MOA
First name in baking SARA
First part of YSL YVES
Fly FISHERMANSLURE
Fly RACEWITHTHEWIND
Fly SPECKONTHEWALL
Furrow fillers SEEDS
Garson of ''Madame Curie'' GREER
Gauge ESTIMATE
George of Broadway's ''La Cage aux Folles'' HEARN
Give off, as light EMIT
Global extreme POLE
Goofy DAFT
Greatest amount UTMOST
Greenhorn TYRO
Guy hated in Boston YANKEE
Harsh criticism FLAK
Hearing organ EAR
Hebrides island IONA
Hook confederate SMEE
I might stand for it ONE
Immobilize, rodeo style HOGTIE
Inclined ATILT
Indication of a bookmark DOGEAR
Interject ADD
It has chips KITTY
It's on a roll TAPE
Keystone characters KOPS
Kind of heel STILETTO
Knightly wear MAIL
Lake Nasser filler NILE
Clues Answers
Less better-off WORSE
Like most municipal tracts ZONED
Like some expectations GREAT
Little green men ETS
Man of steel? ROBOT
Mineo of movies SAL
Mississippi floater BARGE
Monitor's station HALL
Mosque notable IMAM
Motorist's aid FLARE
Mustachioed artist DALI
Natty Bumppo conveyance CANOE
Needing assembly APART
Off-pitch FLAT
Office expense, often RENT
One place to see the world MAP
One way to stand PAT
Ones in suits? ACES
Outline of things to come SCHEMA
Paraphernalia GEAR
Party invite initials, sometimes BYOB
Platte River Siouans OTOES
Popular flapjack place IHOP
Prestidigitator MAGE
Protect, in a way COVERFOR
Radius partner ULNA
Rapid escape LAM
Ready to retire? SLEEPY
Red giant of the galaxy SSTAR
Refined URBANE
Relish SAVOR
Reward for yrs. of study PHD
Sam Malone, e.g. BARKEEP
Seafood menu item KINGCRAB
Separate forcefully REND
Shakespearean forest ARDEN
Shakespearean traitor IAGO
Sign of summer LEO
Silver-tongued GLIB
Simple man of childhood rhymes SIMON
Small-screen alien MORK
Snare or bass, e.g. DRUM
Sneakers brand KEDS
Solicit responses ASK
Some are three-legged RACES
Some badges, for short IDS
Some chocolates KISSES
Somewhat off ASKEW
Sommer of the cinema ELKE
Southwestern art mecca TAOS
Stash STOW
Stingy TIGHT
Superficially cultured ARTY
Tara inhabitant OHARA
They feature fare reductions DIETS
They may be tax-deductible IRAS
They're made for walking BOOTS
They're underfoot SOLES
This company will dye for you RIT
Tirades RANTS
Tooth treaters' org. ADA
Tour de force FEAT
Training-pants wearer TOT
Tuscany river ARNO
TV network based in D.C. CSPAN
Type of poetry EPIC
Understanding KEN
Velma's ''Chicago'' rival ROXIE
Versatile blackjack holdings ACES
Vigilant ALERT
Vindictive anger WRATH
Word from Funt SMILE
Word in the title of an Ink Spots classic CARE
Word with ''make'' or ''in a'' WAY
Word with what or or ELSE
Yardstick division INCH
___-B (toothbrush name) ORAL