Newsday.com - May 22 2006

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Clues Answers
Actor's part ROLE
Alan of ''M*A*S*H'' ALDA
Australian birds EMUS
Authoritative decree EDICT
Before, in poems ERE
Bill Clinton predecessor GEORGEBUSH
Bluish green TEAL
Catch, as a crook NAB
Chapel words IDO
Church benches PEWS
Church official ELDER
Clean-air org. EPA
Cleaning cloths RAGS
Clown's prop STILT
Commotion ADO
Cook in a wok STIRFRY
Cottonwood trees POPLARS
Craze MANIA
Crowbars LEVERS
Dutch cheese EDAM
Each, slangily APOP
Electricity source POWERPLANT
English noble EARL
Fan-club favorite IDOL
Fencing blade EPEE
First claim, slangily DIBS
Fluctuate VARY
Folk singer Seeger PETE
Freeway exit RAMP
Garbage-truck destination DUMP
Genealogical chart FAMILYTREE
German wife FRAU
Get away from ELUDE
Got a whiff of SMELLED
Gracious KIND
Greek isle CRETE
Install a new lawn RESOD
Kitchen flooring piece TILE
Lacking color PALE
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Like better PREFER
List-ending abbr. ETAL
Low-quality POOR
Meadow mom EWE
No longer fresh STALE
Not well insulated DRAFTY
Oarsman ROWER
Ocean motions TIDES
Period in office TERM
Pixie SPRITE
Prescription writers: Abbr. MDS
Puppy cry YELP
Purring pet CAT
Put on, as weight GAIN
Rainbow shape ARC
Right-angle shape ELL
Run away to wed ELOPE
Salespeople, for short REPS
Scent ODOR
Scrooge's exclamation BAH
Shy one at a dance WALLFLOWER
Slender THIN
Sneaks a look PEEKS
Soap opera, for example SERIAL
Song from the past OLDIE
Sound of contempt SNORT
South Pacific island TAHITI
Storm drain SEWER
Takes a chance with RISKS
Teased NEEDLED
Tennis divisions SETS
Tough task ONUS
Unwrapped OPENED
Update cartography REMAP
Variety-show segment SKIT
Very happy ELATED
Was ahead LED
Water pitcher EWER
Well-prepared READY