USA Today Sep 25 2009

ClueAnswer
"I'm not half the ___ used to be" MANI
"Joan of ___" ARC
"Mush!" yeller's conveyance SLED
"Ponderosa" setting NEVADA
"The very ____!" ("What nerve!") IDEA
'The doctor ____" ISIN
1773 jetsam in Boston Harbor TEA
Abnormal plant swelling EDEMA
African badger RATEL
Agcy. that led the War on Poverty OEO
Anna Karenina's husband ALEXEI
Apiarist of filmdom ULEE
Bar mitzvah dance HORA
Beaver creek project DAM
Bush or Clinton, in college ELI
Cause to be resentful EMBITTER
Chou En-___ (former Communist leader) LAI
Coin of Chihuahua PESO
Crossed one's i's and dotted one's t's? ERRED
Deflationary sound SSS
Do perfectly NAIL
Emptier, to an optimist LESSFULL
Even-handed FAIR
Experience together SHARE
Eyelid sore STYE
Future attorney's major PRELAW
Gates and Jobs, e.g. ENTREPRENEURS
Go bad, in a way ROT
Groups in many Westerns HERDSOFCATTLE
Handyman's fastener SCREW
Have no doubt BESURE
Hedge fund whiz, for short ARB
High places in Europe ALPS
Highland boy LAD
His mag was first published in 1953 HEF
How exes live APART
Hungry, hungry game animal HIPPO
It prevents rain-outs DOME
Jewish folk song, "___ Nagila" HAVA
Join again, as the Army REUP
Like a fictional Dodger ARTFUL
Like most royal descent LINEAL
Many authors write on it SPEC
Mary-Kate's twin ASHLEY
Mil. assistant ADC
Musical seconds? RES
Oft-quoted author? ANON
Peeved and showing it HUFFY
Pick up the tab PAY
Pointless events at the Olympics EPEES
Rachel's sister LEAH
Reproductive cell GAMETE
Roy G. Biv's "o" ORANGE
See 1-Across BALLS
Sneaky gambits PLOYS
Sniggler EELER
Spat ending? ULA
Stan of Marvel Comics LEE
Still life piece VASE
Submitter's encls. SASES
The man behind "The Godfather" PUZO
This puzzle has one THEME
To be, to a mademoiselle ETRE
Turns away, as the eyes AVERTS
Type of code or colony PENAL
Type of committee ADHOC
Type of rug AREA
Ungulate with a prehensile snout TAPIR
Vegan's protein source, perhaps LENTIL
Vulgar tastelessness SLEAZE
Wall Streeter Boesky IVAN
Web page ID URL
What 1-, 9-, 20-, 38-, 68- and 70-Across have in common THEYAREDRIVEN
Winter headgear feature EARLAP
With 9-Across, Tiger's equipment GOLF
___ d'hôtel MAITRE
___ Friday's (restaurant chain) TGI
___-Altenburg (former German duchy) SAXE
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