Newsday.com - Apr 26 2009

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Clues Answers
''Cool, man!'' IDIG
''Drab'' color OLIVE
''Gymnopédies'' composer SATIE
''I should've known that!'' DUH
''Oh, please!'' SPAREME
''Rats!'' DARNIT
''Star Wars'' princess LEIA
''Uncle!'' IGIVE
''Understood!'' ISEE
78 Across stat. ETA
Accusatory phrase ETTU
Actor O'Neal RYAN
Acute SHARP
Airline since 1948 ELAL
All tied up INAKNOT
Ancient mariner NOAH
Approach NEAR
Approaching ALMOST
Athens funny business? GRECIANANIGANS
Attribution abbr. ANON
Author Jong ERICA
Be important RATE
Bear, to bare HOMONYM
Berlin zoo? GERMANAGERIE
Bikini atoll event ATEST
Bit of barbecue RIB
Blue hue TEAL
Botanist's specimens FLORA
Bottomless pit ABYSS
Brussels science? BELGIANETICS
Calf-length skirt MIDI
Campaign manager ADAGENCY
Cheney successor BIDEN
Clear NET
Clearly flabbergasted AGAPE
Completely opposite POLAR
Construction co. job BLDG
Coral formation REEF
Counting-rhyme starter EENY
Cut at an angle BEVEL
Dagger handle HILT
Daredevil Knievel EVEL
Deposit site ATM
Diplomat Eban ABBA
Dispute deciders ARBITERS
End of ''The Crucible'' ACTIV
Enthused RAVED
Enthusiastic about INTO
Erosion-prone areas COASTS
Exxon's ex-name ESSO
Family car SEDAN
Features of some bird eggs SPECKLES
Final Four games SEMIS
Finance grad MBA
Flair PANACHE
Flat payment RENT
Font feature SERIF
Former fleet fleet SSTS
Fund-raising grps. PTAS
Get around EVADE
Get tired SAG
Glasses glass LENS
Go by ELAPSE
Go like the dickens TEAR
Go out EXIT
GPs' group AMA
Gruff HARSH
High grade APLUS
Hoarseness of voice RASP
Humid DAMP
Impart gradually INSTILL
In flats, perhaps SHOD
Clues Answers
Iowa State city AMES
Island east of Corsica ELBA
It started with Sputnik SPACEAGE
Jacques-__ Cousteau YVES
Jai alai venue FRONTON
Judgment SENSE
Kelly's cohost REGIS
Kind of flashy LOUDISH
Largest animal that ever lived WHALE
Last Greek letter OMEGA
Like a villain HATED
Livorno love AMORE
Look good on SUIT
Luau wear LEI
Luncheon ending ETTE
Made fun of RODE
Maine course LOBSTER
Make good on REPAY
Maritime phenomena TIDES
Mentions one-by-one LISTS
Mexican musician MARIACHI
Most of 63 Down ESSES
Mouth part ROOF
Muscat cash cows? OMANIMAKERS
Nail to the wall HANG
Narrow strips SLATS
Not worth arguing about MOOT
Obstetrician's estimates DUEDATES
Of birth NATAL
Old West card game FARO
On its way SENT
One's good name, for short REP
Outperform BEST
Overflow TEEM
Parisian Mexican food? FRENCHILADAS
Part of ASPCA AMER
Perfect place EDEN
Persia, today IRAN
Petri-dish stuff AGAR
Place for pizza OVEN
Prepare GEARUP
Prepare fish, perhaps FILET
Procedure part STEP
Pulls apart SHREDS
Purina alternative ALPO
Rabat music? MOROCCANROLL
Repairs, perhaps TAPES
Road-test maneuvers LEFTS
Roguish ARCH
Rub elbows HOBNOB
Russian-born artist ERTE
Simmers down EBBS
Slinky's shape HELIX
Snacks with milk OREOS
Soccer score GOAL
Southern accent DRAWL
Spot for a farmer DELL
Squelched SATON
Steer clear of SHUN
Streisand's ''Funny Girl'' costar SHARIF
Talk host DeGeneres ELLEN
Tempest STORM
Tibetan cleric LAMA
Tightly packed DENSE
Tips off ALERTS
Verdi opera AIDA
VHS successor TIVO
Vichyssoise ingredient LEEK
Vientiane science? LAOTIANOGRAPHY
Walks heavily TRAMPS
What kids may connect DOTS
Yak GAB