Newsday.com - Oct 14 2011

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Clues Answers
''Politics __ beanbag'' AINT
''Roots'' historian GRIOT
''The Haj'' author URIS
2010 Grauman's Chinese cement honoree CHER
Angelic figure SERAPH
Apparel GARB
B-school subject ECON
Bar display RYES
Bit of hope RAY
Bottom of a ladder FOOT
Cardinal point EAST
Certain butter source COCOA
Coat of some cheeses RIND
Cold sheet FLOE
Cold War communication device REDPHONE
Construction area SITE
Country on the Caspian IRAN
Courtroom conference SIDEBAR
Dentist's directive RINSE
Diner-counter freebie MINT
Do yard work MOW
Doe in court JANE
Eye liners LIDS
Face-off spot RINK
First of all ADAM
Foal's father SIRE
Folklore fiend OGRE
Friction reducer LUBE
Gets mellow AGES
Go soft MELT
Groucho Marx, notably ADLIBBER
Hard to believe TALL
Has no choice MUST
Hoops great Patrick EWING
Karamazov brother IVAN
Kon-Tiki Museum locale OSLO
Lacking in detail BROADBRUSH
Lodge group ELKS
Long-term fund IRA
Clues Answers
Make a reservation BOOK
Make more effective HONE
Mental faculty SENSE
Misfortune EVIL
Old school method ROTE
Oldest Beatle RINGO
Pac-Man's lunch DOTS
Part of the Big Apple skyline BROOKLYNBRIDGE
PlayStation alternative WII
Podded plant OKRA
Prescriptions MEDS
Prickly shrub BRIAR
Ran like the dickens TORE
Relative position RANK
Seating separator AISLE
Setting for Hitchcock's ''Notorious'' RIO
Shenanigans PRANKS
Shoe, for short MOC
Show regret ATONE
Showing talent ABLE
Special knacks FORTES
Swedish name that means ''bear'' BJORN
Swells up BLOATS
T-shirt that's worn, maybe RAG
Task-switching shortcut, in Windows ALTTAB
Telltale sign ODOR
They're in the news ITEMS
Titan or Minuteman ICBM
Tolerable FAIR
Trucks, tractors and trains TOYS
Turbine part ROTOR
Two-way DUAL
Urban sports venue SANDLOT
Vacuum hookup HOSE
Venerable clothier BROOKSBROTHERS
Vent OUTLET
Waffle House rival IHOP
What boys will be MEN
Whole-grain product BROWNBREAD