Newsday.com - Dec 12 2008

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''Hud'' Oscar winner NEAL
''WSJ'' employees EDS
Abrasive quality COARSENESS
Airspeed measure MACH
Backdrops for oaters MESAS
Bard's river AVON
Bear in the sky URSA
Belly laugh ROAR
Candy shape CANE
Canyon comeback ECHO
CBS series CSI
Cold temps TEENS
Completely fill SATE
Construes INTERPRETS
Course creators CHEFS
DC subway METRO
Dental tissue PULP
Digital readouts: Abbr. LEDS
Edmonton NHLer OILER
End of quote NEVERSIMPLE
Express one's views OPINE
Expressed a preference VOTED
Feed a fire STOKE
Film preceder MICRO
Fruit drinks ADES
Get around EVADE
GI uniforms ODS
Ground grain MEAL
Hammer end PEEN
Heads for the hills LAMS
Historical records ANNALS
Indy quest ARK
Inferior to UNDER
Informal refusal NAW
Is off ERRS
Japanese sport SUMO
Jeweler's measure KARAT
Kemper competitor AETNA
Like last year's styles OUT
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Like some cavities NASAL
Management level TIER
McQueen's ''Bullitt'' costar BISSET
Med. test MRI
Mongrel CUR
Moore poem starter TWAS
Mound stats ERAS
Mrs. Gandhi's father NEHRU
NATO member USA
One of Africa's largest cities CAIRO
PAID, for one STAMP
Part 2 of quote SIMPLETRUTH
Part 3 of quote ISRARELYPUREAND
Persian comment MEOW
Pertaining to INRE
Pined ACHED
Post-blizzard mess SLUSH
Russian river URAL
Salon sound SNIP
Satirical periodical MAD
Scotch alternative RYE
Scratch MAR
Send, as to a specialist REFER
Shoebox letters EEE
Some are soy-based INKS
Source of quote OSCARWILDE
Start of a quote THEPUREAND
Swedish import SAAB
Tiger rival ERNIE
Towel fabric TERRY
Traffic-sign word THRU
Turn blue SADDEN
Was fast . . . or wasn't RAN
Water carrier PIPE
What remained in Pandora's box HOPE
Where Columbia is: Abbr. NYC
Wide ties ASCOTS
[not my error] SIC
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