Newsday.com - Jul 9 2012

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Clues Answers
''Absolutely!'' SURE
''Patchwork'' bedspread QUILT
40-person baseball team EXPANDEDROSTER
59 Down's hosp. coworkers RNS
And so on: Abbr ETC
Astonish STUN
Astronaut Armstrong NEIL
Aunts, uncles, cousins, etc EXTENDEDFAMILY
Bird's abode NEST
Blacken on the barbecue CHAR
Cabbagelike vegetable KALE
City thoroughfares: Abbr AVES
Clips wool from SHEARS
Collies and corgis DOGS
Corn holder COB
Cybermessage EMAIL
Declare untrue DENY
Dental exam image XRAY
Diplomacy TACT
Disney World shuttles TRAMS
Family rooms DENS
Fence openings GATES
Garden digging tool SPADE
Gather, as crops REAP
Give comfort to SOOTHE
Give off EMIT
Glassware flaw CRACK
Gnomelike character TROLL
Go yachting SAIL
Golfer's bagful CLUBS
Guy, slangily FELLA
Guys' dates GALS
Hearing or taste SENSE
Highest point APEX
Historical period ERA
In the lead AHEAD
Intense devotion ARDOR
Jai __ ALAI
January to December YEAR
Clues Answers
Look __ (visit briefly) INON
Made mistakes ERRED
Make preparations PLAN
Metallic rocks ORES
Milk units: Abbr QTS
More jam-packed DENSER
Moviegoer's bonus ADDEDATTRACTION
Pencil remnant STUB
Physicians, for short DRS
Prior to, poetically ERE
Read quickly SCAN
Returns to earth LANDS
Salty body of water SEA
Scored 100 on ACED
Semicolon cousin COMMA
Shades of color HUES
Sheet of glass PANE
Show flexibility BEND
Show to be true PROVE
Skier's quarters LODGE
Skin-cream ingredient ALOE
Slender SKINNY
Sneaky SLY
Sound in a cave ECHO
South Pacific island nation SAMOA
Spinning toys TOPS
Swiss cheese features HOLES
Temporary calms LULLS
Tennis instructor PRO
Thick slice SLAB
Traditional folk tales LORE
Tug-of-war need ROPE
Understated SUBTLE
Vegetarian's no-no MEAT
Ventilates AIRS
Vessel that's paddled CANOE
Weekly wage SALARY
Yardstick division INCH
Youngster TYKE