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Clues Answers
''Deep blue'' region SEA
''Goosebumps'' author STINE
''Othello'' villain IAGO
''Silent Night,'' for one NOEL
''__ formality!'' AMERE
Adolescent TEEN
Bakery buys CAKES
Barnyard sound BAA
Big galoot BOZO
Birds' bills BEAKS
Bowling lane button RESET
British noblemen BARONS
Burn slightly CHAR
Chimp's cousin ORANG
Circus performer CLOWN
Complained strongly RAILED
Creative work OPUS
Crow calls CAWS
Cube-shaped BOXY
Dedicated verse ODE
Degree in finance: Abbr MBA
Drapery edge HEM
Drop anchor MOOR
Dry as a desert ARID
Ear tip LOBE
Earth tone OCHER
Filled with farms RURAL
Finish quickly POLISHOFF
Handle superficially GLOSSOVER
Havana's land CUBA
Headed for overtime TIED
Horse's hair MANE
Identify NAME
Impudent SASSY
Infuriated ANGRY
Invitation to a hitchhiker HOPIN
Join forces UNITE
Largest Greek island CRETE
Lewis' explorer partner CLARK
Clues Answers
Lobbies for URGES
Makes inquiries ASKS
Malice SPITE
Measuring sticks RULERS
Meet the expectations of LIVEUPTO
Modern Persia IRAN
Molecule part ATOM
Monogram ltr INIT
New England seafood SCROD
Not for tots, as some films RATEDR
Oil-drilling equipment RIG
Operatic solo ARIA
Otherwise ELSE
Poet Pound EZRA
Practical application USAGE
Protective knee band BRACE
Prudent WISE
Puffy hairdo AFRO
Run smoothly PURR
San Antonio shrine ALAMO
Small game bird QUAIL
Socialize RUBELBOWS
Sound booster AMP
Speak in flowery language WAXPOETIC
State west of Colorado UTAH
Storage structure SHED
Strikes sharply RAPS
Sty sound SQUEAL
Take along BRING
Tea biscuits SCONES
Timid SHY
Treat poorly ABUSE
Verse of 14 lines SONNET
Vistas SCENES
Wall calendar page DECEMBER
Way out there AFAR
Wear away ERODE
Windshield device WIPER
Ye __ Shoppe OLDE