Universal January 31 2009 crossword clues & answers

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Universal Jan 31 2009

Clue	Answer
"Cleopatra" river	NILE
''Arrivederci'' city	ROMA
''Bellefleur'' novelist	OATES
''Delta of Venus'' author Anais	NIN
''For Official ___ Only''	USE
''Gosford Park'' role	ELSIE
''Great weeds do grow ___'' (''Richard III'')	APACE
''How ___ the little busy bee ...''	DOTH
''I'm better than you'' sort	SNOB
''I'm outta here''	SEEYA
''Moondance'' singer	VANMORRISON
''Summer and Smoke'' heroine	ALMA
''The Sopranos'' were here	HBO
''___ good!'' (James Brown lyric)	IFEEL
''___ is not to reason why''	OURS
''___ known then ...''	HADI
1251, in old Rome	MCCLI
A letter may offer one	LEASE
Abscond	LAM
Absolute baloney	SHEERCORN
Actor's quest	ROLE
Advisory notice	HEADSUP
Agitated condition	SNIT
Alloy of tin and lead	TERNE
Andrew ___ Webber	LLOYD
Animal handler	TAMER
Anteater attribute	SNOUT
Arabian chieftain (Var.)	AMIR
Arctic diving bird	MURRE
Arthurian miss	ENID
At an impasse	UPABLINDALLEY
Atom with a charge	ION
Ball field covers	TARPS
Banana-based dessert, often	CREAMPIE
Bang-up cable network?	TNT
Basketball official	REF
Be petty	CAVIL
Birdie plus two	BOGEY
Block, in a way	DAMUP
Boring	DULL
Burnsian hillsides	BRAES
Caldwell novel	TOBACCOROAD
Card game authority Edmond	HOYLE
Castle in the air, e.g.	DAYDREAM
Catch some rays	SUN
Catnaps	DOZES
Caught wind of	HEARD
Centers of activity	LOCI
Cheese in a ball	EDAM
Christ the Redeemer city	RIO
Cinematic pizzeria owner	SAL
Classic ref. work	OED
Clean Air Act org.	EPA
Coarse speech	RASP
Common interest group	BLOC
Cotswold calls	BAAS
Deeply engrossed	RAPT
Destroys utterly	TOTALS
Dinnertime annoyances	CALLS
Dodge, as the press	EVADE
Downfall that some dread	SNOW
Draw forth, as something latent	EDUCE
Dull sword	EPEE
Elegantly stylish	CHIC
English garden feature, perhaps	MAZE
Excessive word	TOO
Fake fanfare	TADA
Feathered vertebrates	BIRDS
Feature of many autos	FRONTWHEELDRIVE
Flat payment?	RENT
Focuses (on)	ZEROSIN
For grades 1-12, briefly	ELHI
Fran of TV's ''The Nanny''	DRESCHER
Frau's place	HAUS
Gathered together	COLLECTED
Gives the gate	AXES
Goes a few rounds	BOXES
Golf pegs	TEES
Good & Plenty cartoon character	CHOOCHOOCHARLIE
Gracefully athletic	AGILE
Grande and de Janeiro	RIOS
Gumshoe, briefly	TEC
Gung-ho	AVID
Have a hankering for	CRAVE
He and she	THEY
Helper	AIDE
Hen, e.g.	LAYER
High or elementary (Abbr.)	SCH
Hope for laughs?	BOB
Horse shade	ROAN
Hotshot pilots	ACES
Hydrochloric or amino	ACID
In a fog	DAZED
In awe	WIDEEYED
In isolation	ALONE
In the past	AGO
Indigenous Japanese people	AINU
It makes a stool a chair	BACK
It may be dismissed	CLASS
Julia Roberts' brother	ERIC
Kate's partner	ALLIE
Korbut of the 1972 Olympics	OLGA
Last word in church	AMEN
Latte seller	CAFE
Latvia's capital	RIGA
Lead-in for "sees" or "seas"	OVER
Leisure fabric	DENIM
Like ballots still in the box	UNCOUNTED
Like many fans	AVID
Like Pisa's most famous landmark	ATILT
Like some remedies	HERBAL
Like the Kalahari	ARID
Living in the absence of air	ANAEROBIC
Loaded	RICH
Lobster pincer	CLAW
Long-armed primate	APE
Main event preceder, briefly	PRELIM
Malamute's burden, perhaps	SLED
Many a holiday visitor	INLAW
Mass of humanity	HORDE
Massachusetts cape	ANN
Mayo to mayo	ANO
More than portly	OBESE
Morning person of Greek legend	EOS
Nearest orbital point	PERIGEE
New Year's Eve song word	SYNE
Norman Bates, e.g.	SICKO
Not professionals	LAYMEN
Numb	DEADEN
Of concern to beekeepers	APIAN
Off-the-wall reply	ECHO
On the house	FREE
One born near the Butt of Lewis	SCOT
Opposite of "'tis"	TAINT
Orbital periods	YEARS
Org. with pi in its logo	NEA
OT book (Abbr.)	HAB
Outcome	END
Overturn	UPEND
Painting Grandma	MOSES
Part of DJ	DISC
Part's makeup	LINES
Party spreads	PATES
Pearly gem	OPAL
Perched upon	ATOP
Philbin of TV	REGIS
Phonograph needle	STYLUS
Place for the nostalgic	MEMORYLANE
Platoon or squadron, e.g.	UNIT
Plow furrow	RUT
Poker prize	POT
Position of advantage	INSIDETRACK
Practices conservation	REUSES
Prefix meaning ''wine''	OENO
Q-U connectors	RST
Racetrack fence	RAIL
Rachel's father	LABAN
Ranch visitor	DUDE
Recharge one's batteries	REST
Release, as an odor	EMIT
Renowned bandleader at the Cotton Club	CABCALLOWAY
Rhymester's scheme	ABAB
Roomy auto	SEDAN
Scent that sounds verboten	TABU
Selling point	STORE
Semicircular shape	CEE
Serve tea	POUR
Shatner role	KIRK
Sign-bearer in an airport, e.g.	MEETER
Singer or Petty	LORI
Single	UNWED
Sis, bro or cuz	REL
Small amounts	TADS
Small paving stone	SETT
Snippets of information about someone	ANA
Some radio talk-show employees	SCREENERS
Some use faith	HEALERS
Son of Archie Manning	ELI
Squirrel's nest	DREY
Steamed state	IRE
Stephen of ''The Crying Game''	REA
Street hustler's game	MONTE
Subdivisions of subdivisions	LOTS
Sum kind of snake?	ADDER
Sumatran beast	TAPIR
Supply with startup money	SEED
Swimming or running event	RELAY
The African Queen, e.g.	BOAT
The common people	PLEBS
The female gamete	OVUM
The law, to Mr. Bumble	ASS
Their users have handles	CBS
They get firmer when crunched	ABS
They may slither until smoked	EELS
This guy's way off base	AWOL
To be, in Latin class	ESSE
To-go drink	ONEFORTHEROAD
Tools for a task	MATERIALS
Tournament for all	OPEN
Tower of note	EIFFEL
Tractor surname	DEERE
Trident-shaped letters	PSIS
Trunk of the human body	TORSO
Try to beat the house	BET
Try, as a case	HEAR
Twisting dessert	OREO
Ultra-wide shoe	EEE
Uncalled for	NEEDLESS
United Kingdom	BRITAIN
Use a prie-dieu	KNEEL
Verdi's title princess	AIDA
Very reluctant	LOATH
Watch out when this flies	FUR
Water you can walk on	ICE
Watergate senator Sam	ERVIN
What a sport picks up	TAB
What perimeters mark off	AREAS
What to eat to lose weight	LESS
Where folks get down?	GEESE
Where the affluent live?	EASYSTREET
Williams and Koppel	TEDS
Word on both sides of ''to''	MAN
Word with ''burn'' or ''break''	HEART
Word with ''oblige''	NOBLESSE
Word with ''Water'' or ''standard''	BEARER
Work on the batter	STIR
Zest producer	RIND
___ Enlai (Chinese premier)	CHOU
___ off (beat back)	FEND
___ one's time (wait)	BIDE
___-A-Sketch	ETCH
___-fly pie	SHOO

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