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Clues Answers
''A likely story!'' ASIF
''Outer space'' prefix for -naut ASTRO
Accepts an invitation COMES
Actress Stone or Watson EMMA
Ambulance drivers: Abbr EMTS
Bellybutton NAVEL
Bird that hoots OWL
Brewery product BEER
Bull at a bullfight TORO
Cantaloupe, for one MELON
Cause to blush EMBARRASS
Come into view EMERGE
Cowpoke's lasso ROPE
Creative notion IDEA
Crumbly Greek cheeses FETAS
Diploma holder, for short GRAD
Dough-rising ingredient YEAST
Droop in the middle SAG
Elect to an office VOTEIN
Eve's first home EDEN
Father of Abel ADAM
Female sheep EWE
Film's first showing PREMIERE
Florida city near St. Pete TAMPA
Grasp tightly GRIP
Guys who write commercials ADMEN
Has soreness ACHES
Hoofbeat sound CLOP
Ill-at-__ (nervous) EASE
Indoor sports venues ARENAS
Instant replay format, for short SLOMO
Iterate REPEAT
Lacking knowledge IGNORANT
Leaf-gathering tool RAKE
Long-tailed rodent RAT
Machine part with teeth GEAR
Mailed away SENT
Majestic story EPIC
Make very happy ELATE
Clues Answers
Makeup smudge SMEAR
Monte __, Monaco CARLO
Once around a racetrack LAP
Parts for actors ROLES
President's rejection VETO
Puts into service USES
Quite a few of MANY
Rant and __ (show anger) RAVE
Real estate landowner/builder DEVELOPER
Remove whiskers SHAVE
Repairs with cellophane TAPES
Resort with saunas SPA
Ridesharing rival of Lyft UBER
Sailor's distress signal SOS
Scandinavian furniture chain IKEA
Scornful smile SNEER
Section on house remodeling HOMEIMPROVEMENT
Section on real-life wrongdoing TRUECRIME
Section with dictionaries REFERENCE
See eye to eye AGREE
Shape of an egg OVAL
Show conclusively to be true PROVE
Small group of experts PANEL
Speaks SAYS
Stick around STAY
Take a vow SWEAR
Tel __, Israel AVIV
The Loch __ monster NESS
Toward sunrise EAST
Tried to persuade URGED
Virus-tracking agency: Abbr CDC
Walk through a pond WADE
Wandered around ROVED
Wide necktie ASCOT
Without a warranty ASIS
Wood-shaping machine LATHE
WWII-era president FDR
Young boy LAD
__ yesterday (gullible) BORN