Newsday.com - Nov 24 2013

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Clues Answers
''If __ only known'' IHAD
''Pet'' that's a plant CHIA
''Sounds good to me'' IMIN
''That's a pity'' ALAS
'70s TV cop KOJAK
'90s treaty acronym NAFTA
2000 election's point of contention HANGINGCHAD
Absorb gradually OSMOSE
Actor Davis OSSIE
Actress Harmon ANGIE
Albania's capital TIRANA
Analogy phrase ISTO
Arboreal abode NEST
Aroma SMELL
Aromas ODORS
Baby's milestone STEP
Become tiresome WEAR
Beyond well-done BURNT
Botches the birdie PARS
Bout enders, for short KOS
Brazilian 102 Across SAMBA
Briny body SEA
Bulletin-board fastener TACKPIN
Calligraphy, for instance GRAPHICART
Cantina snack TACO
Canyon comeback ECHO
Car shaft AXLE
Carry on RANT
Charitable gift ALMS
Check to pay UNSETTLEDBILL
Chew the fat GAB
Class of society CASTE
Close-knit group CLAN
Concludes one's case RESTS
Cost of leaving FARE
Crude cartel OPEC
DC contingent DEMS
Designer Geoffrey BEENE
Desperate final effort LASTGASP
Detroit River's destination ERIE
Discourage DETER
DNA carrier GENE
DNA part ACID
Do too much of ODON
Dug in ATE
Emeril Live host LAGASSE
Empanada, for instance MEATPIE
Entertain AMUSE
Farm measure ACRE
Find very funny ROARAT
Flamboyant artist DALI
Floor it GOFAST
Floored it SPED
Fondue cheese GOUDA
Football great Dawson LEN
Formal party BALL
Formal rulings DICTA
Four-handed piano pieces DUETS
Frat letters ALPHAS
Fully attentive RAPT
Gardener's purchase SEED
George Lucas alma mater, familiarly SOUTHERNCAL
German exclamation ACH
Gershwin soprano BESS
Giggle syllable HEE
Give the boot to OUST
Goof-off LOAFER
Grammarian's concern USAGE
Guitar sound TWANG
Gymnast Mary __ Retton LOU
Hair-raising EERIE
Hamburger meat GROUNDCHUCK
Hamburger-meat concoction SLOPPYJOE
Clues Answers
Hebrew National product KOSHERFRANK
Hubbub HOOHA
Interminably NOEND
Iraqi port BASRA
It holds the line FISHINGROD
Keatsian work ODE
Learner of lines ACTOR
Loses resilience SAGS
Luau instruments UKES
Macaroni shape ELBOW
Mechanic's tool WRENCH
Movement to music DANCE
Natural satellite MOON
Obama cabinet member Duncan ARNE
Olden days YORE
One-on-one battle DUEL
Overjoys ELATES
Pale ASHY
Pare down TRIM
Part of DJIA AVG
Pen plaint OINK
Place to tie up PIER
Poetic dusk EEN
Poetic sphere ORB
Pose a question ASK
Quick ride SPIN
Rankles ANNOYS
Raucous bird JAY
Revered one ICON
Rival of 44 Across UCLA
Salesperson, for short REP
Selling point ASSET
Sense of self EGO
Shakespearean prince HAL
Shipped SENTOUT
Singer's span RANGE
Small-business mag INC
Soup flavoring ONION
South Pacific song BALIHAI
South Park kid STAN
Squash variety ACORN
Squirrel away HOARD
Stand out EXCEL
Stick around STAY
Still competitive INIT
Swindlers SHARKS
Syringes, for short HYPOS
Take the plunge WED
Tale of heroism EPIC
Tarot dealer SEER
Tartan wearer SCOTSMAN
Tennis pro Djokovic NOVAK
The Nazarene novelist ASCH
Travel stops INNS
TV host Couric KATIE
Twice tetra- OCTO
Type of patch IRONON
Unexaggerated REAL
United Kingdom symbol UNIONJACK
Unvarying ROUTINE
Unwieldy ship HULK
Versace rival ARMANI
Very dry, as wine BRUT
Water-balloon sound SPLAT
Whodunit plot device TWIST
Wide-eyed AGOG
Wine label info YEAR
Wizard of Oz apple thrower TREE
Z __ ''zebra'' ASIN
Zipped through ACED
__ Arbor, MI ANN
__ Cologne EAUDE
__ out (barely manages) EKES