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Clues Answers
''Dear __ or Madam . . .'' SIR
''Great minds think __'' ALIKE
Astronauts' agcy NASA
Baton-passing track competition RELAYRACE
Blueprint detail, for short SPEC
Border on ABUT
Boxing competition PRIZEFIGHT
Break sharply SNAP
Broadway show award TONY
Build, as a house ERECT
Butler of ''Gone With the Wind'' RHETT
Calculates a total ADDS
Clothes-dryer fuzz LINT
Colored part of the eye IRIS
Competition with kings and rooks CHESSMATCH
Competition with straights and flushes POKERGAME
Complete collections SETS
Concludes ENDS
Cuddly, purring animal LAPCAT
Deal in secondhand goods RESELL
Dishonest imitation SHAM
Doe or fawn DEER
Dry as a desert ARID
Ebbs RECEDES
Elm or maple TREE
En __ (as a group) MASSE
Enrage ANGER
Enthusiasm ZEST
Farmland measures ACRES
Female opera stars DIVAS
Female singing voice ALTO
Fence opening GATE
Foolish person DOLT
Fortune-teller SEER
French-style pancake CREPE
Go right or left TURN
Grad ALUM
Guys-only event STAG
Heavy marching-band instrument TUBA
Clues Answers
Helper: Abbr ASST
Hertz competitor AVIS
Highway exit RAMP
Hope-chest wood CEDAR
India's continent ASIA
Keep in __ (remember) MIND
Licorice-flavored herb ANISE
Loch __ monster NESS
Long river ending in Egypt NILE
Lowest pair in a 36 Down TWOS
Luau dance HULA
Made an attempt TRIED
Made furious RILED
Marinara or pesto SAUCE
Midterms and finals TESTS
Most friendly WARMEST
Omelet ingredients EGGS
One of the Great Lakes ERIE
Parakeets and poodles PETS
Person walking in a pond WADER
Plaid kilt pattern TARTAN
Plane without a pilot DRONE
Practice for a 61 Across SPAR
Prefix for vision or scope TELE
Removed the center of, as apples CORED
Resort with hot springs SPA
Scenic sight VIEW
Scored 100 percent on ACED
Sit down with a book READ
Small fruit pie TART
Soprano's note HIGHC
Stick out like __ thumb ASORE
Talk back to SASS
Thick carpet SHAG
Touchdown caller, for short REF
Turn on one foot PIVOT
Very spicy REDHOT
Well-coordinated AGILE
__ colada (cocktail) PINA