½´ACROSS&DOWNÚK²iM›JO§1.2cE ‘|N ‘|LLASS.WAVED.TUBBARTY.ALIVE.ISLEPOUNDSTEIN.EBANLUCCI...CEO.PCTASK.SWIFTBROOKSTAU.COLAS.CURIEALPO.TAB.HASTEN...GRAYFROST...STOLEN.OAR.SECSASPEN.BUNDT.AREGUESTPARKER.RECINN.SAN...OILERNAPA.STRANDPOPEAMID.TAUPE.OBITWITS.EMBED.DENS----.-----.--------.-----.--------------.---------...---.------.--------------.-----.---------.---.------...---------...------.---.---------.-----.--------------.------.---...---------.--------------.-----.--------.-----.----Poetic Couplets - October 30, 2009by Trip Payne / Edited by Patrick Berry© 2009 The Chronicle of Higher EducationGirl from GreenockCapital of Buenos Aires provinceAwakeningSnobbishMatch sound to actionWished bon voyage, sayVerb in a retrospectiveKey on a keyboard's bottom rowContendRuns out of the house?Brightest star in CygnusCountry singer ErnestPotentially unsatisfying outcomeWhere a peripheral may connectBoston ___ (early film detective)Clinton's first Treasury SecretaryLike some indie filmsAmong the populacePresque ___, MaineGet the bartender's attention during Oktoberfest?Part of CD-ROMAuthor of 1998's "Diplomacy for the Next Century"Soap star SusanIntel's Paul S. Otellini, e.g.Walrus huntersFractional amt.InviteThey're hard to ford?King of the Gods, to Wagner"As ___ Dying"Musical nickname of the 1960sSends packingCretan crossSweet quaffsFirst female professor at the University of ParisLab fuel, perhaps?EyeballsWord after pull or barMove alongGolden ___ (early Mongol army)Dismal winter weather?Foregoes a mortgage, perhapsRow on a chessboardHotCity in Michigan's Greater Tri-CitiesPowerful waveKind of barbecueRowlock insertMinute subdivisions: abbr.Body part that may be "free" or "attached"Enter stealthilyThey aren't widely known"Bigtooth" treeRing-shaped cakeRandom House imprintSteppedBe with someone else?Valet?Ctrl-V, in Windows___ center (student facility)It may have a keeperFlorence's Basilica of ___ LorenzoThe Exxon Valdez, for oneApple product launched in 2001County bordering SonomaTiVo users might skip themLeave Benedict XVI in the lurch?Dry equivalent of a marinadeHominoidea memberComposer RoremSurrounded byDull earth toneShort biography, sometimesMarblesStick into one's blog, as a YouTube videoHibernation spots