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Clues Answers
''Electric'' fish EEL
''Get outta here!'' SHOO
''Nope!'' UHUH
''Peter Pan'' sprite TINKERBELL
''Shall we?'' reply LETS
''__ the season to be jolly . . .'' TIS
A Great Lake ERIE
Abound TEEM
Actor Penn or Connery SEAN
All set for combat ARMED
Banquet beverage in a bowl FRUITPUNCH
Barber's expertise HAIR
Beer mug STEIN
Biblical paradise EDEN
Box-office purchase TICKET
Catch sight of SPOT
Chimps, for example APES
Competent ABLE
Confidence FAITH
Dinner-table accessory NAPKINRING
Distribute, with ''out'' METE
Dough-rising ingredient YEAST
Driveway material TAR
Elevate LIFT
Enjoy LIKE
Feel sorry for PITY
From the US: Abbr AMER
G sharp alias AFLAT
Handle roughly MAUL
Hangs around STAYS
Hatchling's home NEST
Hawaiian island MAUI
Historical periods ERAS
Hockey or handball SPORT
In good health HALE
Informal farewell TATA
Kitchen herb THYME
Like fresh potato chips CRISP
Lollipop sampling LICK
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Luau instruments UKES
Lumber-mill deliveries TREETRUNKS
Make amends ATONE
Make into law ENACT
Midterm or final TEST
Mine passageway SHAFT
Money in Italy EURO
Most like a chimney flue SOOTIEST
New Englander, informally YANKEE
Not doing anything IDLE
Office stations DESKS
On the summit of ATOP
Orderly NEAT
Otherwise ELSE
Out of the ordinary PECULIAR
Painter Picasso PABLO
Patronize, as a diner EATAT
Petroleum-carrying vessel OILER
Place for a pants patch KNEE
Pt. opposite WSW ENE
Quantities: Abbr AMTS
Ready for the task UPTOIT
Rich cake TORTE
Road-service co AAA
Rotate TURN
Run away FLEE
Rustic RURAL
Scarlett of ''Gone With the Wind'' OHARA
Source of steel IRON
Study hard CRAM
Suave URBANE
Suffix for kitchen ETTE
Tighten, as sneakers RELACE
Two-year-old TOT
Walk heavily SLOG
Zebra marking STRIPE
__ a soul (no one) NARY
__ Antoinette (French queen) MARIE
__-Cola (Pepsi rival) COCA