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Clues Answers
''Ditto!'' METOO
''Small'' suffix for luncheon ETTE
''Tall'' stories TALES
''Terrible'' stage for tots TWOS
''Thanks for explaining'' ISEE
''Uh-uh'' NOPE
''Wizard of Oz'' pooch TOTO
Accumulate, as debts RUNUP
Acting hastily RASH
Actor Alda ALAN
Adjusts to change ADAPTS
Affectionate greeting KISS
Blackjack player's request for a card HITME
Building block of matter ATOM
Capital of Vietnam HANOI
Cards higher than kings ACES
Castaway's dwelling SHACK
China's continent ASIA
Comes ACROSS by chance ENCOUNTERS
Compete in a sprint RACE
Concise in speech TERSE
Dinner plate DISH
Dressing DOWN for misbehavior CHASTISING
Festive celebration PARTY
Fishing rod's spool REEL
Fundamental BASIC
Gas that glows in signs NEON
Gator relative CROC
Get a policy, as for a car INSURE
Gets ACROSS by explaining MAKESCLEAR
Give a darn CARE
Had an evening meal DINED
In first place ONTOP
Isn't truthful LIES
Mom's sister, to you AUNT
Money in Japan YEN
Money in Spain and France EURO
Not far away NEAR
Not moving INERT
Clues Answers
Ohio tire city AKRON
Pacific or Atlantic OCEAN
Paycheck extra BONUS
Poodle or beagle DOG
Prayer-ending word AMEN
Prefix meaning ''against'' ANTI
Pros and __ (reasons for and against) CONS
Retained KEPT
Reusable canvas bag TOTE
Rocket launching agency NASA
Run __ (go wild) AMOK
Rural hotels INNS
Sales agents, for short REPS
Seeds of cherries PITS
Similar (to) AKIN
Sinks, as the sun SETS
Sit DOWN for a rest TAKEACHAIR
Slow running pace TROT
Smells bad REEKS
Software purchaser USER
Soothing skin cream additive ALOE
Spanish cheers OLES
Spiny Arizona plants CACTI
Sunbeam RAY
Temporary breaks from battling TRUCES
Tender touch CARESS
Tex-Mex dips SALSAS
Theater's balcony or mezzanine TIER
Think highly of ADMIRE
Thumbs-up votes YESES
Toe the __ (do as you're told) LINE
Two less than penta- TRI
Vampire writer Rice ANNE
Very funny people RIOTS
Was familiar with KNEW
Weight to keep a ship in place ANCHOR
Yellow citrus fruits LEMONS
__ fish sandwich TUNA
__ of these days (eventually) ONE