Newsday.com - Aug 23 2010

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Clues Answers
''La la'' preceder TRA
''Now it's clear!'' ISEE
Actors' parts ROLES
Apply, as pressure EXERT
Arm joint ELBOW
Astonish ASTOUND
At a distance AFAR
Badminton or bowling SPORT
Beast of burden ASS
Biological duplicate CLONE
Breakfast rolls BAGELS
Browned, as bread TOASTED
Carry-__ (some airline bags) ONS
Clumsy one CLOD
Clumsy ones OAFS
Commotion TODO
Contract-signing needs PENS
Crystal-ball user SEER
Egg-shaped OVAL
Fictional Lorna DOONE
Find fault CARP
Folk history LORE
French-fry feature, often CRINKLE
Game on horseback POLO
Grow dim FADE
Harness strap REIN
Hawaiian greeting ALOHA
Helper: Abbr. ASST
Historical times ERAS
Knowledgable investors, so to speak SMARTMONEY
Large stack PILE
Laundry appliance IRON
Lavish celebration FETE
Leave one's job QUIT
Long periods of time EONS
Long sandwiches HEROS
Lukewarm TEPID
Makes a date of it PLANSTO
Male singing voice TENOR
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Mas' mates PAS
Motel employee MAID
Musical drama OPERA
Nearby AROUND
Netlike fabric MESH
Object of worship IDOL
Oil-cartel acronym OPEC
One who snitches TATTLER
Perched on ATOP
Petroleum magnate OILMAN
Pigtail material HAIR
Plant in a larger container REPOT
Plant with fronds FERN
Pub serving ALE
Purple flower LILAC
Put the kibosh on NIX
Radar-screen spot BLIP
Real-estate document DEED
Religious group SECT
Rescues SAVES
Right now, in memos ASAP
Rowboat implements OARS
Salty bodies of water SEAS
Sausage meat PORK
Shocking pink, for one BRIGHTCOLOR
Short fuse QUICKTEMPER
Slightly damp MOIST
Small bills ONES
Sounded like a rooster CROWED
Story line PLOT
Tardy LATE
Term of endearment HON
That woman HER
Took the subway RODE
Vegetable slicer's need SHARPKNIFE
Veggieburger ingredient SOYBEAN
Weak, as an excuse LAME
Woodwind instrument OBOE
__ Aviv TEL