Newsday.com - Dec 24 2010

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Clues Answers
''Happy Days'' character FONZ
''It's a shame!'' ALAS
''Not very likely!'' IBET
''__ the fields we go . . .'' OER
12/24 traditional visitor SANTA
Analogous AKIN
Angling specialist EELER
Babysitter employer PARENT
Be relaxed LETGO
Biting bug GNAT
Bolshevik RED
Bordeaux buddy AMI
Choice word WHICH
Cobbler, for example PIE
Cup of ''café'' TASSE
Decide to take part OPTIN
Dragged around TOTED
File drawer on screen, e.g. ICON
Former Belgrade bigwig TITO
Fountain of jazz PETE
Fully cooked DONE
Further MORE
Gawk at OGLE
Get ready for 12/25 HANGUPMISTLETOE
Get ready for 12/25 PREPAREPRESENTS
Get ready for 12/25 DECORATEWINDOWS
Get ready for 12/25 MAKEPLUMPUDDING
Go over poorly BOMB
Green shade PEA
Green-egg layers EMUS
Had second thoughts about RUED
Have a late bite SUP
Hindu mystics FAQIRS
Indonesian island JAVA
Inner circle CADRE
It may be spare TIRE
Jai __ ALAI
Lab work TEST
Less tough EASIER
Clues Answers
Lose energy DROOP
Major holder of gold THEFED
Old Testament book AMOS
Open slightly AJAR
Outfit EQUIP
Paper measure REAM
Part of Ontario's southern border ERIE
Piglike beast TAPIR
Potsdam preposition UBER
Prepare for planting DIGAHOLE
Prominent times ERAS
Pry free WREST
Quip reaction HAHA
Quite a handful IMP
Rain clearer WIPER
Reliable craftsperson PRO
Research ctr. INST
Russian river URAL
Shakespearean sprite ARIEL
Sheeplike OVINE
Sincere REAL
Slip into DON
Snack-bar beverages SODAS
Snowballs, at times AMMO
Software prototype BETA
Spiked implement AWL
Started to talk OPENEDUP
Storage area ATTIC
Take off the shelf USE
Take __ at (attempt) ASTAB
Tough to crack HARD
UK defense group RAF
What to call a ketch HER
Where Galileo Airport is PISA
Wild talk RANT
Wiser, maybe OLDER
Word in French restaurant names CHEZ
Woven SPUN
Yard-sale tag SOLD