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Clues Answers
''Rule, Britannia'' composer ARNE
''So soon?'' ALREADY
''The Crucible'' setting SALEM
''You wish!'' ASIF
Abound TEEM
Accessory ADJUNCT
Ambulance grp. EMTS
Anthem contraction OER
Astronomical bear URSA
Ballot name in '92 and '96 PEROT
Banquet platform DAIS
Birthplace of Elvis TUPELO
Blossom support STEM
Brazilian dance SAMBA
Bring under control REININ
California racecourse DELMAR
Coin from Chihuahua PESO
Colorado resort ASPEN
Completely absorbed RAPT
Comprehension UPTAKE
Confident, as an attitude CANDO
Court star Graf STEFFI
Dawn direction EAST
Deep-freeze periods ICEAGES
Deity of desire EROS
Dick Tracy's topper FEDORA
Endow with rights VEST
File-folder feature TAB
Grape variety CONCORD
Hedger's word UNLESS
Introductory material ABCS
Japanese port OSAKA
Latin preposition ANTE
Lending figure RATE
Mississippi senator LOTT
Natasha's negatives NYETS
Nobelist Wiesel ELIE
On __ with (equivalent to) APAR
OT book LEV
Clues Answers
Palooka OAF
Part of Frosty's face BUTTONNOSE
Part of UHF ULTRA
PC key ESC
Pindar or Keats ODIST
Poker holding ACES
Post-WWII alliance NATO
Presidential prerogative POCKETVETO
Prove innocent CLEAR
Puts together MAKES
Rebuke to Brutus ETTU
Record protector ALBUMSLEEVE
Repetitive system ROTE
S&L holding ACCT
Sault __ Marie STE
Serenity PEACE
Shoulder stabilizer ROTATORCUFF
Sounds of satisfaction AHS
Soup ingredient LENTIL
Spanish day DIA
Steered clear of EVADED
Stereo forerunner MONO
Story-telling dance HULA
Switch places? OFFS
Talks up TOUTS
Tax month APRIL
The whole shebang ATOZ
Thingamajig GIZMO
Ultraviolet blocker OZONE
Utters, informally SEZ
Very, in Vichy TRES
Wake-up call ALARM
Wax theatrical EMOTE
Wield a foil FENCE
Wrestling hold NELSON
Yankee shortstop JETER
Zilch NADA
Zsa Zsa's sister EVA
__ Raton, FL BOCA