Newsday.com - Dec 21 2008

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''Moonstruck'' star CHER
''Piece of cake!'' EASY
''Sorry, that's impossible!'' NOCANDO
''Ten Commandments'' villain RAMESES
''The Gold Bug'' monogram EAP
''Turn up the heat!'' BRR
''__ we there yet?'' ARE
Absorbs, with ''up'' SOPS
Actress Danes CLAIRE
Actress Gardner AVA
Actress Witherspoon REESE
Add muscle to BEEFUP
Alias of H.H. Munro SAKI
Alley follower OOP
Apartment ad abbr. RMS
Approach, as for a loan HITUP
At large LOOSE
Bear in the air URSA
Big name in bowling AMF
Bk. after Ezra NEH
Blocks PLUGSUP
Blush makeup ROUGE
Books expert: Abbr. CPA
Bout ender TKO
BP takers RNS
Bribes grease PAYOFFS
Bygone Russian rulers TSARS
Canon competitor XEROX
Carnival site RIO
Catchall category OTHERS
Character actress Heckart EILEEN
Chinese soup ingredient BIRDSNEST
City near Santa Barbara OJAI
Coffeehouse device URN
College-course division UNIT
Comfy-cozy SNUG
Common rhyme scheme ABCB
Compete in a meet RUN
Composers' org. ASCAP
Conscription agcy. SSS
Coral communities REEFS
Cornhusker archrival SOONER
Corp. takeover LBO
Create one contract clause? CONJUREUPAPROVISION
Credit-application data: Abbr. SSNS
Cuts closely SHAVES
Cyborg movie prefix ROBO
Dadaism leader ARP
Diarist Nin ANAIS
Discount-rack abbr. IRR
Dissent belittlement? THISISONLYAPROTEST
Don't move STAYPUT
Draw TIE
Draw the short straw LOSEOUT
Drops down SINKS
Early times MORNS
Eisenhower cabinet member DULLES
Endorsement of an advancement? ISECONDTHEPROMOTION
Enjoyed to the max ATEUP
Eyepiece LENS
Fair-hiring letters EEO
Fizzled firecracker DUD
Forged artwork? PROFILECOPY
Former international airline PANAM
Game-show announcer Johnny OLSON
Garden-variety USUAL
Goes for COSTS
Good buddy BRO
Got stuff for sandwiches? PROCUREDHAM
Group of locals UNION
Gymnastics coach Károlyi BELA
Harden SET
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Heavy sounds THUDS
Hemingway sobriquet PAPA
High-speed Internet inits. DSL
In accordance with PER
Itty-bitty bit SNIPPET
Keep __ to the ground ANEAR
Kilauea flow LAVA
Land in Rome TERRA
Late-day prayers EVENSONGS
Law, in Lille LOI
Lhasa __ APSO
Like crystal CLEAR
Like Vikings NORSE
Log-in info USERIDS
Madrid-to-London dir. NNE
Messing of ''Will and Grace'' DEBRA
Metallic mixtures ALLOYS
More puffed up PROUDER
New aviator's hurdle SOLO
NYSE alternative AMEX
Of a heart chamber ATRIAL
Offend the nose REEK
Officiated on the court UMPED
One to hang out with PAL
One-time ABC honcho ARLEDGE
Pelican State LOUISIANA
Pet-rights org. SPCA
Pie-chart part SECTOR
Plains natives OTOES
Playful prattle BANTER
Poor grade DEE
Pop singer Jon SECADA
Pop the question on camera? PROPOSEFORAPICTURE
Popeye creator SEGAR
Prince Harry's aunt ANNE
Propel a rowboat OAR
Push and shove JOSTLE
Pushkin hero ONEGIN
Rap online CHAT
Rec rooms DENS
Request, with ''for'' ASK
Restaurant VIP MAITRED
Roth plan IRA
Round-ending signal BELL
SFO landings ARRS
Sheltered spot NOOK
Slangy suffix OLA
Soft toss LOB
Some bills TENS
Street-light compound HALIDE
Take a hike HOOFIT
Talk up TOUT
Tending to wear down ERODENT
They're larger than octaves NINTHS
To be, in Toulon ETRE
Top Trappist ABBOT
Triangular sail JIB
Two-out actions: Abbr. DPS
Unidentified guy MISTERX
Verb ending OSE
Verdi opera AIDA
Versatile veggie GREENBEAN
Volvo alternative SAAB
Wagering loc. OTB
Wears well LASTS
Where things are buzzing BEEHIVE
Wine's nose AROMA
World Cup sport SOCCER
WWII rationing agcy. OPA
__ doble (Latin dance) PASO
__ mater (brain cover) PIA
__-Magnon man CRO