Newsday.com - Oct 21 2012

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Clues Answers
''Cosby Show'' surname HUXTABLE
''Diana'' singer ANKA
''Ditto!'' METOO
''Jeopardy!'' host TREBEK
''Penny LANE'' performers THEBEATLES
''Sad to say . . .'' ALAS
''Star Wars'' princess LEIA
''That's amazing!'' GEE
''The __ of the Ancient Mariner'' RIME
''Yikes!'' OHNO
''__ little teapot . . .'' IMA
1996 Nathan LANE film THEBIRDCAGE
Actor who's married to Diane LANE JOSHBROLIN
Actor's prompt CUE
Angry SORE
Approached rapidly RANUPTO
Awaiting punishment ONREPORT
Back muscles, for short LATS
Before, in verse ERE
Begin to awaken STIR
Bistro bill TAB
Bit of house work CHORE
Blacken, as a steak CHAR
Boulogne brainstorm IDEE
Brazilian port BELEM
Campus social events MIXERS
Cannoli filling RICOTTA
Chess pieces ROOKS
Chestnut horses ROANS
Chowderheads DOPES
City near Lake Tahoe RENO
Clearly stated EXPLICIT
Commotion ADO
Continues KEEPSON
Countesses' spouses EARLS
Coup d'__ ETAT
Crusty desserts PIES
Currier's partner IVES
Deeply felt INNER
Deer snack ACORN
Diplomatic bldg EMB
Divine food MANNA
Dizzy Gillespie's music BEBOP
Do some grapplin' RASSLE
Drops in a box MAILS
Drury LANE resident of rhyme MUFFINMAN
Flood blockers DIKES
Fossil holder SHALE
Frequently, in verse OFT
Game like paintball LASERTAG
Gelatin shaper MOLD
German philosopher KANT
GI hangout USO
Goya subject MAJA
Granola morsel OAT
Had in mind MEANT
Half a pendulum's path FRO
Hamburg's river ELBE
Handheld organizer: Abbr PDA
Hang back LAG
Heron's hangout MARSH
Hide in the shadows LURK
Historical period ERA
Historical period AGE
Hosp. areas ERS
Hosp. scan MRI
Hotel freebie SOAP
HOV lane users CARPOOLERS
In no way NOTABIT
Incite, with ''on'' EGG
It may hold water PAIL
Lanky SLIM
Large group FLOCK
Clues Answers
Left the ground for a moment LEAPT
Lois LANE coworker CLARKKENT
Luau dance HULA
Madrid mister SENOR
Make angry IRK
Math proposition LEMMA
Memory LANE wistfulness NOSTALGIA
Metaphorical refuges ARKS
Minor mistake SLIP
Minus LESS
Mosque officials IMAMS
Near the shore COASTAL
Nerve cell appendage AXON
Old-time oath EGAD
Overplay onstage EMOTE
Overwhelmed with work DELUGED
Palette selection HUE
Parlor pieces SETTEES
Passes along RELAYS
Picnic supplies BUNS
Poker prize POT
Polish off EAT
Pops a question ASKS
Prefix for physics META
Preschoolers TOTS
Remain unused SIT
Reminiscent of San Francisco HILLY
Rescues SAVES
River painted by Cézanne MARNE
Road runners AUTOS
Says indistinctly SLURS
See 73 Across RIVER
Self-evident truth AXIOM
Self-images EGOS
Shakespearean dueler ROMEO
Ship of fuels OILER
Simple and convenient NOHASSLE
Sitcom viewings EPISODES
Sleek, to car buffs AERO
Sport with a free throw LANE BASKETBALL
State sport of Wyoming RODEO
Store with an express LANE SUPERMARKET
Story in a whodunit ALIBI
Strummer of yore LUTIST
Sufficient, informally ENUF
Sweater fabric ORLON
Swiss calculus pioneer EULER
Tailless primates APES
Take a chance RISK
Take under one's wing ADOPT
Telescope eyepieces OCULARS
Thick carpets SHAGS
Three-time heavyweight champ ALI
Throws with force HURLS
Top dog, for short CEO
Tournament favorites SEEDS
Turn to mush PUREE
TV journalist Dobbs LOU
Type of camera, for short SLR
Unnecessary extra FRILL
Unschooled in NEWAT
Unwieldy ships HULKS
Useful quality ASSET
Variety show REVUE
Was a mole SPIED
Went easy on SPARED
Wide-screen film format IMAX
With 24 Down, ''Show Boat'' tune OLMAN
Words on a fire-LANE sign NOPARKING
Young deer FAWNS
__ about (approximately) ONOR
__ Canaria island GRAN
__ cit. (footnote notation) LOC