Newsday.com - May 9 2016

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Clues Answers
''All kidding __ . . .'' ASIDE
''By all means!'' SURE
''Over here!'' whisper PSST
''The Count of __ Cristo'' MONTE
''You've got mail'' service AOL
''__ boy!'' (''Way to go!'') ATTA
Assist AID
Backdrop of a Broadway play STAGESET
Bedroom blanket box CEDARCHEST
Bit of sunshine RAY
Break sharply SNAP
Brief halt PAUSE
Capital of Italy ROME
Ceiling painter's climbing aid STEPLADDER
Ceramic flooring piece TILE
Chowderheads DOPES
Close by NEAR
Distorts, as data SKEWS
Divide up with others SHARE
Dog's tail movement WAG
Farmland measures ACRES
Feeling remorseful ASHAMED
Fill with joy ELATE
Football throw PASS
Gets a glimpse of SEES
Go from bad to __ WORSE
Government's revenue department TREASURY
Group helping the sheriff POSSE
Had lunch ATE
Happen earlier than PRECEDE
Hedge plant SHRUB
Highest in quality BEST
Highly seasoned SPICY
Lion sound ROAR
Little veggies in pods PEAS
Looking like Swiss cheese HOLEY
Manuscript enclosure: Abbr SASE
Mexican coins PESOS
Midterm or final TEST
Clues Answers
Mined rock ORE
More achy SORER
Most foolhardy RASHEST
New Haven university YALE
Novel's story line PLOT
One of the Great Lakes ERIE
Otherwise ELSE
Popular thesaurus, familiarly ROGETS
Portray the role of ACTAS
Practice boxing SPAR
Prima donna DIVA
Really feel the heat SWELTER
Regulation RULE
Relative by marriage INLAW
Right away, in a memo ASAP
Shoelace snarl KNOT
Sing without words HUM
Sneaky SLY
Song for one person SOLO
Sports cable channel ESPN
Spots of land in the ocean ISLES
Stash away SAVE
Steinway seating PIANOBENCH
Stinging insect WASP
Suffix for kitchen ETTE
Table-tennis implement PADDLE
Takes advantage of USES
The Loch __ monster NESS
The typical Syrian ARAB
Twelfth of a foot INCH
Uses a straw SIPS
Uttered SAID
Visual aid worn for reading EYEGLASSES
Walk inside ENTER
Winnie-the-__ POOH
Zap in the microwave NUKE
__ out a living (just gets by) EKES
__ sauce (Chinese condiment) SOY
__-browned potatoes HASH