Newsday.com - Dec 29 2012

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''All men __ boys'': Updike ARE
''Divine Comedy'' division CANTO
''Porgy and Bess'' contraction AINT
''You got a better idea?'' HOWELSE
Ample, as amounts HANDSOME
Analyze closely PARSE
Approached quickly RANTO
Auto ID VIN
Bachelorettes' hoped-for dates NICEMEN
Barrels and beehives CACTI
Be good for SUIT
Biblical herdsman/prophet AMOS
British Film Institute's ''greatest film director'' WELLES
Brunch servings MIMOSAS
Capital of Tunisia TEE
Cargo holder VAN
Carry out EXECUTE
Census Bureau category GENXERS
Clamshell, for a Neanderthal RAZOR
Comprehensive OVERALL
Conscious SENTIENT
Cut out FLED
Daytona winners in '76 and '11 BMWS
Doesn't give up SAVES
Dry __ ICE
Expressions of confidence BETS
Exsiccates DRIES
Fed. agency with a Watershed Offices Web page TVA
Finishing strokes PUTTS
Get a late start SLEEPIN
Hamburguesa, por ejemplo CARNE
Has an itch COVETS
Induct into a pantheon ENSHRINE
Judicious SANE
Key doctrine GOSPEL
Leaves EXITS
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Live DWELL
Makes a connection RELATES
Matching set TWINS
Mirror image? YOU
Name ritually BAPTIZE
Not live TAPED
Of element #5 BORIC
Off base, possibly ONLEAVE
Olay alternative PONDS
One on the stick AVIATOR
One side of a development debate NURTURE
Online workshop WEBINAR
Oscar role of 2006 IDIAMIN
Pal of Picasso MATISSE
Partygoer's bring-along GIFTBAG
Passed or played ENACTED
Phonetician's diacritics MACRONS
Popular pop-up prohibitor ADAWARE
Record-breaking 30th tropical storm of 2005 ZETA
Refer to CITE
Self ender SAME
Sound, for example INLET
Stops drilling HALTS
Stops listening, with ''out'' ZONES
Strain TAX
They're #1 PACERS
Throwback ATAVIST
Took no action SATTIGHT
Track HUNT
Type of den, so to speak MANCAVE
Vault expert GYMNAST
Went at it TUSSLED
With the power ABLE
Without exaggeration LITERAL
World's highest region TIBET
__-Illinois Inc OWENS