Universal May 26 2003 crossword clues & answers

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Universal May 26 2003

Clue	Answer
"The Human Vacuum Cleaner" for one	ORIOLE
''... for a ___ pittance''	MERE
''A Prayer for ___ Meany''	OWEN
''Ay, there's the ___''	RUB
''Back to the Future'' star	MICHAELJFOX
''Bengal'' ending	ESE
''C'___ la vie!''	EST
''Call Me ___'' (1963 Bob Hope film)	BWANA
''Check,'' in poker	NOBET
''Curse you, ___ Baron!''	RED
''Dead man's hand'' card	ACE
''Deal or No Deal'' selection	CASE
''Downstairs'' personage	MAID
''Essays of Elia'' author	CHARLESLAMB
''Fiddler on the Roof'' concern	POGROM
''Hard Time'' author Paretsky	SARA
''I'm the Only One'' singer Etheridge	MELISSA
''Le ___ de Monte Cristo''	COMTE
''Live''	ONAIR
''Lover'' lyricist	LORENZHART
''Please reply''	RSVP
''Previously owned,'' in ad-speak	USED
''That's one small ___ for ...''	STEP
''The Wreck of the Mary ___''	DEARE
''Vive ___!'' (''Long live the king!'')	LEROI
''What's the ___ that can happen?''	WORST
''___ Man'' (1984 cult film)	REPO
100 Cambodian sen	RIEL
1500-mile river to the Caspian Sea	URAL
90 degrees from starboard	AFT
A cheer and a victory are in her name	OPRAHWINFREY
A fib and an intonation are in her name	NATALIEMERCHANT
A kid'll eat the middle of one first	OREO
A Laurel	STAN
A ___ of wills	TEST
Abandon, in a way	JILT
Abbr. on many food labels	EXP
Abscam creator	FBI
Acapulco affirmatives	SIS
Adam's rib	EVE
Aggravated	IRKED
Airborne pest	GNAT
Aircraft parking spot	APRON
Airhead	DODO
Albany canal	ERIE
Alternative to ''in a bottle''	ONTAP
American Indian	UTE
Amorous murmur	COO
An armed conflict and type of poet are in his name	WARRENBEATTY
An insect and a musical group are in his name	ANTONIOBANDERAS
Ancient Jewish sect	ESSENES
Andretti adversary	UNSER
Animal in a warren	RABBIT
Announcement to passengers	ETA
Apple pie order, sometimes	ALAMODE
Arab leader (Var.)	AMEER
Arrives at	COMESTO
Arterial trunk	AORTA
Asian unit of weight	TAEL
Athletic competition	MEET
Audio plug-ins	AMPS
Bagel seed	CARAWAY
Bangor or Tacoma	SEAPORT
Barney's sitcom boss	ANDY
Bearded ___ (reedlings)	TITS
Bed on board	BERTH
Beehive State	UTAH
Behind bars	CAGED
Ben Gurion lander	ELAL
Biblical your	THY
Big wheel	VIP
Bit of bridal attire	VEIL
Black gold	OIL
Bootlicking	FAWNING
Branch headquarters?	TREE
Brand of depilatory	NEET
Breeze-filled	AIRY
Brood creator	HEN
Buck classic ''The Good ___''	EARTH
Bugs' bane	ELMER
Butler's love	OHARA
Buy online, e.g.	PREPAY
Carpet-layer's concern	AREA
Cavern	GROTTO
Certain celebrity's breakfast side-order?	KEVINSBACON
Certain celebrity's golf clubs?	TIGERSWOODS
Certain celebrity's pop?	GARYSOLDMAN
Certain celebrity's wallet contents?	JOHNNYSCASH
Chip away at	ERODE
Classic exile site	SIBERIA
Clears, on a pay stub	NETS
Collier's entrance	ADIT
CONTROL's enemy on ''Get Smart''	KAOS
Corporation boss	CEO
Cortex activity	IDEAS
Crescent-shaped outlines	LUNETTES
Cricket segments	OVERS
Criminal group	GANG
Croc relative	GATOR
Cultivated land	FARM
Curtain froufrou	TASSEL
Damage done	TOLL
Danceable tune	JIG
Dangerous marine creature	ORCA
Decisive defeat	WATERLOO
Decorative Japanese gateway	TORII
Dedicated verse	ODE
Designate	DENOTE
Desperate cry	HELP
Dick	DETECTIVE
Didn't take any cards	STOOD
Dieter's problem	FLAB
Disease cause	MICROBE
Disport	AMUSE
Dizzying pictures	OPART
Does a valet's job	PARKS
Duel choice	PISTOLS
Early stages	ONSET
Ecclesiastical council	SYNOD
Either ''Unforgettable'' singer	COLE
Emulate old paint	PEEL
Enchantresses	SIRENS
Enzyme that breaks down fat	LIPASE
Expanses	AREAS
Eyesight and hearing	SENSES
Fancy display	ECLAT
Fanzine focus	IDOL
Far from loving	COLD
Farsighted one	SEER
Faux coins	SLUGS
Fire proof?	ASHES
First word in magic	HOCUS
Food fishes	CODS
For the missus	HERS
French toast ingredient?	SANTE
Fresco backing	PLASTER
Fuel choice	ETHANE
Geneticist's study	TRAITS
Get off the fence	ACT
Give the dickens	SCOLD
Gives in to oxidation	RUSTS
Glacial ridge	ARETE
Golf rarity	EAGLE
Golfer's maneuver	SAFESHOT
Granny, for one	KNOT
Gray and Candler	ASAS
Group of key personnel	CADRE
Hairdo	COIF
Handled glass	MUG
Harry	WORRYANDTORMENT
Hawaii island	OAHU
He worked on canvases	ALI
Heated conflict	SETTO
Help for the puzzled	HINT
Highly decorated	ORNATE
Historical period	ERA
Holds back	BRIDLES
Howard, Howard or Fine	STOOGE
Included in	AMONG
Industrial Indiana city	GARY
Inherent	INBRED
Innermost regions	DEPTHS
Inveigle	LURE
Inventor's ''light bulb''	IDEA
Island between China and Taiwan	MATSU
Itsy-___	BITSY
James who sings the blues	ETTA
John the unknown	DOE
Jury's determination, perhaps	GUILT
Keyboard key	BFLAT
Kind of life	DOGS
Kipling peacock	MAO
Last letters in Lincolnshire	ZEDS
Leave the straight and narrow	ERR
Left-winger of years past	PINKO
Lessenings of tension between nations	DETENTES
Life jacket	MAEWEST
Like some curbs in winter	SLUSHY
Like some Kurds	IRANIAN
Located	BASED
Long-armed ape	ORANG
Lose enthusiasm	COOL
Loser in a fictional upset	HARE
Made a fool of	HAD
Main computer part (Abbr.)	CPU
Make evident	EVINCE
Many limo riders	CEOS
Matador's trophy	EAR
Meander	ROVE
Medium-sized sofas	SETTEES
Menial worker	SERF
Misshapen	BENT
Modeled	WORE
Monopoly token	IRON
Monte Carlo action	FARO
Move apace	HIE
Mystery or sci-fi, e.g.	GENRE
N.Y.C. betting setting	OTB
Never, to Boris Becker	NIE
Night light	MOON
No longer on active duty, briefly	RETD
Not yet forked over	OWED
Of a reproductive organ	OVARIAN
Olympian Korbut	OLGA
One of Nixon's vices?	AGNEW
One way to express joy	CRY
One way to get off	SCOTFREE
One who's always buzzing off?	BEE
One who's next in line	HEIR
One-third of a Fab Four refrain	YEAH
One-time marriage vow word	OBEY
Oscar on the 88s	PETERSON
Paavo Nurmi or Jean Sibelius, e.g.	FINN
Parrot	COPY
Part of a holiday phrase	TREAT
Party platter producer	DELI
Persnickety one	SNOB
Pioneer computer	ENIAC
Placed on the line	RISKED
Point in a space shuttle's trip	REENTRY
Portfolio units	SHARES
Pre-kiss promise	IDO
Preamble to the Constitution?	USS
Prefix with ballistics or magnetic	AERO
Rampur royalty	RANI
Ran a tab	OWED
Rank	SEED
Razed Atlanta arena	OMNI
Red Cross supplies	SERA
Remove from the game	BENCH
Reunion group	CLASS
RR employee	ENGR
Rue de la ___	PAIX
Saints' gp.	NFL
Salon application	DYE
Sanitize	CLEANSE
Selects the dramatis personae	CASTS
Sentry stations	POSTS
Shackles	IRONS
Shah Jahan built here	AGRA
Shames	ABASHES
Shopaholic's activity	SPREE
Short publicity notice	BLURB
Shows off or showoffs	HOTDOGS
Shrek, e.g.	OGRE
Singer of ''All I Wanna Do''	SHERYLCROW
Sirloin servings	TIPS
Skeleton's place?	CLOSET
Skelton forte	MIME
Skewered fare (Var.)	CABOB
Skips the shower?	BATHES
Small grass patch	TUFT
Some are minimum	WAGES
Some computer monitors, briefly	CRTS
Some may be junior or technical	COLLEGES
Some plunkers' axes	BANJOES
Sound of Alka-Seltzer hitting water	PLOP
Sound of thunder	CLAP
Sound on a 58-Across, perhaps	OINK
Spout for an audience	ORATE
Sputnik's birthplace	USSR
Stage backdrop	ARRAS
Stock ending?	PILE
Stock holders?	BARNS
Strong as ___	ANOX
Substitute for the unnamed	ETAL
Succors	HELPS
Suffix for depend or differ	ENCE
Sunrise goddess	EOS
Swabby's salute	AHOY
System lead-in	ECO
Term	TENURE
The Fuller salesman's wares	BRUSHES
The Golden Arches, e.g.	LOGO
The law, to Mr. Bumble	ASS
The margin runs along it	SIDE
The Refrigerator's team	BEARS
These gals mix it up	BARMAIDS
They're thrown at a pub	DARTS
Threw a party for	FETED
Tide type	NEAP
Tiger Beat reader	TEEN
Time co-founder	LUCE
Tip, as a hat	DOFF
TOM	MALETURKEYORCAT
Tram filler	ORE
Trattoria sauce	PESTO
Treat too well	SPOIL
Triangular scarf	FICHU
Turning points	CRISES
Unadorned	BARE
Underwater sound device	SONAR
Vegan's staple	SOY
Vegas employee	DEALER
Well-wisher's word	SKOAL
West Indies beverage	RUM
Where starter	ELSE
Willie and Joe's carrier	JEEP
Winglike	ALAR
Word on some French gravestones	NEE
Wordsmith, of a sort	BARD
Worldly rather than spiritual	LAIC
Yemen seaport	ADEN
Yet again	ANEW
Zack Mosley's comic strip ''___ Jack''	SMILIN
___ Aviv	TEL

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