Newsday.com - Jul 12 2012

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Clues Answers
''Hairspray'' mom EDNA
''Simpsons'' bus driver OTTO
''Taming of the Shrew'' character BIANCA
''You're a riot!'' HAHA
''__ a problem'' NOT
And more, for short ETC
Bar snack NUTS
Being a satellite INORBIT
Certifies ATTESTS
Chooses, with ''for'' OPTS
Close at hand NEARBY
Come down hard POUR
Command BEHEST
Covered, as a pill COATED
Decorative pitcher EWER
Defense acronym NATO
Dieter-friendly NOCAL
Ed major's ritual STUDENTTEACHING
Equal footing PAR
Essential part PITH
Express displeasure BOO
Extra help of a sort PRIVATETUTORING
Face shape OVAL
Fall slowly SINK
Family-based education HOMESCHOOLING
Fashioned STYLED
FBI identifier DNA
Financial predicament HOLE
Finest BEST
Formerly fashionable OUT
Function ROLE
Govt. security TNOTE
GPS reading ENE
GPS reading RTE
Hill dweller ANT
In the bag, with ''up'' SEWN
Ivy Leaguers ELIS
Jacket closer SNAP
License plates TAGS
Clues Answers
Liz on ''30 Rock'' TINA
Make beloved ENDEAR
Match enders KOS
Med. readout EKG
Melted ice cream, for instance GOO
Mental acuity development BRAINTRAINING
Much ALOT
Nest fillers EGGS
Nevada neckwear BOLOTIE
Nip's partner TUCK
Not so FALSE
Offering at some booths INFO
Out of gas TIRED
Part of ABM ANTI
Part of AD ANNO
Plane, for example TOOL
Play group CAST
Poetic adverb ANON
Polynesian carving TIKI
Post-op place ICU
Questions ASKS
Quick pace TROT
René's refusal NON
Scarfed down ATE
Shrill barks YAPS
Silent signal NOD
Splinter group SECT
Superhero accessory CAPE
Systematic TIDY
Talk oneself up BRAG
Throw on DON
Tickled GLAD
Torte topper ICING
Trattoria frozen dessert GRANITA
Turkish money LIRA
Until now TODATE
Witch craft BROOM
Word on Salerno stamps ITALIA
Yank TUG