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Clues Answers
''Now I understand!'' AHA
Airline to Israel ELAL
Allowed by law LEGAL
Artist's cap BERET
Been forgotten GONEBYTHEBOARDS
Beginning well OFFTOAGOODSTART
Blood vessel ARTERY
BMW rival AUDI
Book of maps ATLAS
Bygone period PAST
Car-transmission choice GEAR
Catch on to GET
Chinese side dish RICE
City map abbr AVE
Clock face DIAL
Close friends PALS
Destroy RUIN
Dieter's no-no FAT
Drive-__ window THRU
Explosive initials TNT
Family rooms DENS
Fireplace residue ASH
Gardeners, at times HOERS
Glasgow native SCOT
Glossy gown material SATIN
Golfer's shout FORE
Golfers' goals PARS
Grab hold of TAKE
Hardly __ (rarely) EVER
Hotel's swimming spot POOL
In pursuit of AFTER
Intense devotion ARDOR
Inventive thought IDEA
Japanese fish dish SUSHI
Just slightly ATAD
Lengthy story SAGA
Life story, briefly BIO
Lima's country PERU
Memento TOKEN
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Merriment GLEE
Metered vehicle TAXI
Mosquito-bite reaction ITCH
Nevada city RENO
No longer competitive OUTOFTHERUNNING
Not as much LESS
Not as small LARGER
Not on time TARDY
Numerical fact, for short STAT
Obstacle SNAG
Ocean's rise and fall TIDE
On the couch SEATED
Opera-house cheer BRAVO
Opponents FOES
Potato often used for fries RUSSET
Precise EXACT
Property claim LIEN
Region AREA
September flower ASTER
Sgts.' superiors LTS
Sharp-witted ASTUTE
Short-tempered TESTY
Slapstick comedy FARCE
Small child TOT
Small valley GLEN
Smell __ (be suspicious) ARAT
Suppress, as a yawn STIFLE
Takes advantage of USES
Talks wildly RANTS
Tehran native IRANI
Tire in the trunk SPARE
Untrue NOTSO
Up in the sky ALOFT
Walking stick CANE
Was generous GAVE
White part of a Santa costume BEARD
Whitish gemstone OPAL
Wild animal's home LAIR
Write with block letters PRINT