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Clues Answers
''At the __ the day . . .'' ENDOF
''Grand'' musical production OPERA
401, to 18 Across CDI
ACLU concerns RTS
Acorn producers OAKS
Active person DOER
AFL-__ CIO
Author unknown: Abbr ANON
Basic principles ABCS
Be bold DARE
Beach resort locale SEASIDE
Become preoccupied with FIXON
Bread with a pocket PITA
Brooks of country music GARTH
Canceled, at NASA NOGO
Cupcake topper ICING
Custard dessert FLAN
December tune CAROL
Defer, with ''off'' PUT
Designed to entice TEMPTING
Early synthetic fabric ORLON
Escape in a hurry FLEE
Face-to-face exam ORAL
Faux __ (minor mistake) PAS
Gas in store-window signs NEON
Get wed on the run ELOPE
Give to a cause DONATE
Go by, as time ELAPSE
Hibernation place LAIR
Highest digit in sudoku NINE
Hill-building bugs ANTS
Historical time ERA
Hit movie BOXOFFICESMASH
Hit novel BESTSELLINGBOOK
Hit song POPCHARTTOPPER
Hotel employee MAID
In __ (harmonious) SYNC
Infamous Roman emperor NERO
Jogging pace TROT
Clues Answers
Keyboard instrument PIANO
Land east of Europe ASIA
Line of rotation AXIS
Line on a list ITEM
Mail-drop opening SLOT
Many urban rds STS
Midleg joints KNEES
Milky-white gem OPAL
Morsel BIT
Motif THEME
Not known by ALIENTO
Novelist Rice ANNE
NYSE debut IPO
One gathering intel SPY
Palm tree berry ACAI
Pay tribute to HONOR
Physical condition SHAPE
Poet's ''before'' ERE
Rather tall SIXONE
Relinquish, as territory CEDE
Rigatoni or ravioli PASTA
Sacred HOLY
Salt Lake state UTAH
Setters and spaniels DOGS
Silly INANE
Slammed door sound BANG
Slice of the spectrum HUE
Small gulf BAY
Spelling contest BEE
Stares at OGLES
Sticks for the slopes SKIPOLES
Suffix for percent ILE
T.S. of literature ELIOT
Takes care of, with ''to'' TENDS
Tennis great Arthur ASHE
Thick heads of hair MANES
Two-speaker system STEREO
Wedding party member USHER
Women SHES