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Clues Answers
''Awesome!'' OOH
''Downton Abbey'' airer PBS
''If __ a Hammer'' IHAD
''In what way?'' HOWSO
''Likewise'' SODOI
''Now it makes sense'' OHH
''O Come, __ Faithful'' ALLYE
''The Balcony'' playwright GENET
Actor Mulroney DERMOT
Aftermath of a bad boxing defeat NOSEINSIDEOUT
Agt.'s cut PCT
Airline to Oslo SAS
Alicia Keys 2007 platinum album ASIAM
Allayed EASED
Annul UNDO
Artful dodge RUSE
Author Ferber et al EDNAS
Bad-mouth RAP
Banged up a bit DENTED
Beastly OGREISH
Become accustomed (to) INURE
Big galoot OAF
Bit of antiquity RELIC
Black Sea resort YALTA
Blacksmith's furnace FORGE
Carter's middle name EARL
Clear blue sky ETHER
Cleopatra's snake ASP
Code-cracking org NSA
Coffee flavor MOCHA
Comparative ending IER
Conductor Zubin MEHTA
Cub Scout leader AKELA
Curator's deg MFA
DC VIP SEN
Defects FAULTS
Doctors' grp AMA
Donald Duck's uncle SCROOGE
Down sources EIDERS
Ending meaning ''causing'' GENIC
Entrap SNARE
Fine flooring material OAK
Fire starter FLINT
Football great Gale SAYERS
For what __ worth ITS
Go with the flow ADAPT
Golf attire POLOS
Grassland LEA
Gyrocompass inventor Elmer SPERRY
Hen home COOP
Hokkaido hostess GEISHA
Home of the Trojans USC
Huge IPO of 2014 ALIBABA
Hula accessory LEI
Hyped TOUTED
Ice-cream thickener AGAR
In the bag SEWNUP
In the course of ALONG
Informal disapproval FEH
Informational file name README
Iris, cornea, etc THEEYESHAVEIT
IRS ID SSN
Jazz pianist Chick COREA
Join forces MERGE
Kind of conifer YEW
Launch site PAD
Lazy baker's confession IKNEEDTHEDOUGH
Likewise not NOR
Little angel CHERUB
Marina del __, CA REY
Microbrew product, for short IPA
Clues Answers
Mine extraction ORE
Mongol invaders TATARS
Most parched ARIDEST
Mystery writers' awards EDGARS
Mythical snake-haired woman GORGON
Northern Spanish city OVIEDO
Not alert OBTUSE
Numbered hwy RTE
Out to lunch NOTIN
Packs (down) TAMPS
Pangs of conscience REMORSE
Parcel out ALLOT
Patriotic chant USA
Pays a call STOPSIN
Pinnacle TOP
Plenty ALOT
Plenty TONS
Plenty HEAPS
Plural of Mr MESSRS
Port near Naples SALERNO
Portals DOORS
Possible sign that it's time for a diet YARDWAIST
Powder holders PUFFS
Prefix for biology ETHNO
Prefix for dynamic AERO
Racetrack bet EXACTA
Raison __ DETRE
Ready-made, as concrete PRECAST
Regretful SORRY
Rehab-class instruction HEELSUPSLOWLY
Result of a sauna visit STEAMEDMUSCLES
Result of not shaving all winter MARCHHAIR
Ringo's All-__ Band STARR
Ripens MATURES
Road sealer TAR
Saldana, in ''Star Trek'' UHURA
Scoundrels CADS
Serving piece TRAY
Shakespearean sprite ARIEL
Sherbet flavor ORANGE
Shoe salesperson's challenge HERCULEANFEET
Signing off on OKING
Snicker sound TEEHEE
Soft throw LOB
Solicitous comment ICARE
Some can openers TABS
Some stuffed bears POOHS
Spirited horse STEED
Stance for a surfer TOESTOSHORE
Stripling YOUTH
Subcontract, with ''out'' FARM
Sunbeam RAY
Swiss mathematician EULER
Symbol of Australia KOALA
Tablet download EBOOK
Take in ADOPT
Taking after ALA
Taper off EBB
Throw a party HOST
Tie at anchor MOOR
Type of TV cable COAXIAL
Unemotional ones STOICS
Unkempt place STY
Veep before Al DAN
Vermont ski resort STOWE
Western Indian UTE
What ''Grr!'' may mean IMMAD
Word on Irish euros EIRE
__ Paulo, Brazil SAO
__ Peacock (Clue character) MRS
__ Pointe, MI GROSSE