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Clues Answers
''Frida'' Oscar nominee HAYEK
''One Man's Family'' network NBC
''Sports Illustrated'' Sportsman of the Year in '70 ORR
''The rain is __, the fire's Joe . . .'' TESS
''War With the Newts'' writer KARELCAPEK
'60s First Dog HER
Artist born in St. Petersburg ERTE
Baltic port GDANSK
Berated HOLLEREDAT
Boo-boos ERRATA
Broken TAME
Burt's ex LONI
Busted STONYBROKE
Cal Poly city SLO
Check out TEST
Cocteau collaborator SATIE
Combs well SCOURS
Coppola or Kurosawa AUTEUR
Crowning achievement CAPSTONE
Current carrier WIRE
Den setup STEREO
Eden had one EARLDOM
Embitterment IRE
Enthrall INTOXICATE
Events for some seniors CLASSTRIPS
Eyes PEERSAT
First Broadway play to star Mae West SEX
Frill ORNAMENT
From coast to coast NATIONALLY
Hall of fame ARSENIO
Hangout LAIR
Inger in ''The Prize'' ELKE
It means ''like'' INE
It's south of Scorpius ARA
Letters on a minicam REC
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Limonite and siderite IRONORES
Literally, ''before food'' ANTIPASTO
Mae Questel voice role OYL
Magnification device LOUPE
Massively mistaken ALLWET
Numerical prefix AREACODE
Obvious PATENT
Oxford official RECTOR
Pessimist's plaint ITSNOUSE
Photo __ IDS
Places to fish PIERS
Plane path ARC
Plunge NOSEDIVE
Popular plants GERANIUMS
Pro-__ AMS
Produce purchases IDAHOS
Prune LOP
Ray SUNBEAM
Recharge RESTUP
Robert Duvall title role SANTINI
Seat of Lewis and Clark County HELENA
Shoots the breeze CHINS
Spills LETSSLIP
Spots with springs SPAS
State starter TRI
Street boss MASON
Thrown out pitches SUNG
Tied EVEN
Times up ATBATS
Tops at the buffet OUTEATS
Tunnel-building machines DREDGERS
View from Monte Carlo MER
Way to go ROAD
Where to see ''On the Story'' CNN
Z neighbor ALT