Newsday.com - Jan 3 2014

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Clues Answers
''. . . __ a lender be'' NOR
29th state IOWA
Admire ESTEEM
Airport info ETDS
Alliance based in DC OAS
Any birthstone GEM
Attempts SHOTS
Basic math SUMS
Boring tool AUGER
Brief cybercomment TWEET
Bunch of, so to speak LOTTA
Campout snack SMORE
Certain OPEC minister IRANI
Clad like Claudius TOGAED
Clerical garment TUNIC
Clown employer RODEO
Concert instruments HARPS
Condense ABRIDGE
Converges on NEARS
Crispy lunch BLT
Cry of surrender IQUIT
Did once USEDTO
Dollar stretcher SALE
Eeyore creator AAMILNE
Email or ltr MSG
End of quip ISSAIDTHANDONE
Family member GRAMPA
Fluffy feather PLUME
German exports AUDIS
Grazed, perhaps ATE
Handles properly SEESTO
Hold out ENDURE
Home for some houseplants LEDGE
Humdrum pattern RUT
Infant wear ONESIE
Insufficiency DEARTH
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Japanese entree TEMPURA
KGB creator USSR
Kind one DEAR
Middle of quip ANDDONEMORE
Milking-machine attachment UDDER
Motor coach BUS
Music media CDS
Newspaper space LINAGE
Offend PIQUE
One-quarter of quadri- UNI
Outdo BEST
Outmoded OLD
Paper producers MILLS
Part of speech NOUN
Pick up on GET
Pie filling APPLE
Polish destination NAIL
Put it to ASKED
Quote puzzle ACROSTIC
Santa __ winds ANA
Sharply sloped STEEP
Short time SEC
Soak, as a steak MARINATE
Somewhat off AMISS
Spice in some sauces MACE
Start of a quip AFTERALLISSAID
Strut PARADE
Synagogue ram's horn SHOFAR
Thingy DOODAD
This and that THESE
UK lawmakers MPS
Ultimately ATLAST
Vibration TREMOR
Water heater KETTLE
Well-thought-out STUDIED
What a certain fork is for TUNING