Newsday.com - Nov 2 2016

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''__ of a gun!'' SON
3 Down or 8 Down, briefly ABBR
Airport stat ETA
Ancient foe of Athens SPARTA
Apply carelessly SLAPON
Backbone SPINE
Bard's ''before'' ERE
Beagle bark YELP
Beef inspectors' org USDA
Bend, as biceps FLEX
Boardroom VIPs CEOS
Building wing ANNEX
Business card no TEL
Canon's copier competitor XEROX
Cantankerous ORNERY
Cause of belly butterflies NERVES
Cleansing bars SOAPS
Contents of cassettes TAPES
Decant POUR
Dinnertime pair MEATANDPOTATOES
Divert, as a train SHUNT
Dresses down SCOLDS
Feeling of compassion PATHOS
Fencer's sword EPEE
Fill in for ACTAS
Find the sum of ADDUP
Foot lever PEDAL
Fully INTOTO
Fully prepared SET
Gaze intently STARE
General drift TREND
Halloween goodies TREATS
Healthful retreats SPAS
Hiker's trail PATH
Hotshot pilot ACE
Jazz instrument SAX
Large parrot MACAW
Leave out OMIT
Leg bone FEMUR
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Mac-and-cheese tidbit ELBOW
Main-idea pair SUMANDSUBSTANCE
Marathon, for one RACE
Meadow mother EWE
Mecca pilgrim MOSLEM
More loyal TRUER
Most up-to-date NEWEST
Must have NEED
North Pole toymaker ELF
Nose, informally SNOOT
Of cities URBAN
Party throwers HOSTS
Per __ (daily) DIEM
Peruse again REREAD
Pillow material EIDER
Plain writing PROSE
Poetic tribute ODE
Prefix for dynamic AERO
Prosecutor's aide, for short ADA
Quick-witted APT
Reddish yellow OCHER
Run __ of (conflict with) AFOUL
Scheduled mtg APPT
Sewed up, as in ''guaranteed'' ICED
Sharp, as vision ACUTE
Short golf stroke PUTT
Slugger's stat RBI
Small songbird WREN
Sneaker string LACE
Special interest grps PACS
Specifics pair CHAPTERANDVERSE
Spherical hairstyle AFRO
State under oath SWEAR
Uncle in red, white and blue SAM
Unlawful activity CRIME
Uphill climb ASCENT
USMC one-striper PFC
Word-of-mouth ORAL
__-Mex cuisine TEX