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Clues Answers
''Beats me!'' DUNNO
''Is everything all right?'' YOUOK
''Once __ a time . . .'' UPON
''Wait!'' BEPATIENT
''Wait!'' JUSTASECOND
''Wait!'' STICKAROUND
''Wait!'' DONTLEAVE
''__ the other hand . . .'' (alternatively) ORON
Abandon at the altar JILT
Ancient Roman garment TOGA
Barely makes, as a living EKESOUT
Bee's defense STING
Borscht vegetable BEET
Box-office purchase TICKET
Breadbasket item ROLL
Breakfast bread TOAST
California/Nevada lake TAHOE
Checkbook remnant STUB
Competed in a marathon RAN
Construction-site machine CRANE
Crystal-ball user SEER
Dance move STEP
Dandelion, for one WEED
Decorate anew REDO
Digital music player IPOD
Door attachment HINGE
Duet plus one TRIO
Exact duplicate CLONE
Explosive letters TNT
Fell gradually SANK
Fix up, as prose EDIT
Fixed gaze STARE
Gave out cards DEALT
Gleam SHINE
Go here and there ROVE
Green gemstone JADE
Helicopter blade ROTOR
Helpful hints CLUES
Highchair feature TRAY
Clues Answers
Home for a pet fish TANK
Horses' gaits TROTS
Hydrogen or neon GAS
Important happening EVENT
In plain sight OVERT
Japanese martial art JUDO
Jumped LEAPT
Kitchen appliance RANGE
Lasting quite a while LONG
Lettuce purchase HEAD
Like molasses SYRUPY
Madrid mister SENOR
Make ready, for short PREP
Make simpler EASE
Make, as tea BREW
Mischievous kid IMP
Mom's sister AUNT
Neutral or reverse GEAR
Nights before holidays EVES
Oregon or Oklahoma STATE
Overcooked BURNT
Place a wager BET
Poker-pot starter ANTE
Prepares for a jolt BRACES
Regulation RULE
Roof overhang EAVE
Sandwich bread RYE
Solitary LONE
Sound quality TONE
Spouse MATE
Suggest strongly URGE
Tell, as a story RELATE
Tenant RENTER
To __ (perfectly) ATEE
Unvarying STEADY
Verse of praise ODE
Welcome words to a hitchhiker HOPIN
What preschoolers learn THEABCS
Wipe, as a blackboard ERASE