Newsday.com - Jul 8 2006

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Clues Answers
''Five Weeks in a Balloon'' author VERNE
''High Adventure'' author HILLARY
''Our Gang'' dog PETE
Architectural detail FOLIAGE
Arrayed ATTIRED
Athlete's throw JAVELIN
Baja food TACO
Beats LICKS
Bother RILE
Catch on GETIT
City near Chicago JOLIET
Countdown word ONE
Courteous one GENT
Distinct APART
Do without SPARE
Don't use AVOID
Easter starter NOR
Element #86 RADON
Expanses AREAS
Flies TAKESOFF
Flourish BLOSSOM
Folklore giants OGRES
Former Vatican currency LIRE
Freighter's capacity TONNAGE
French honey CHERIE
From, in ''Namen'' VON
Garden structure LATTICE
Get stuffed OVEREAT
Gets ready for dinner BAKES
Gets some air INHALES
Glen VALE
Green state NAIVETE
Handled TREATED
Italian novelist ECO
Kind of cash BANKNOTE
Lao's neighbor TAI
Clues Answers
Leaf source LETTUCE
Least restricting WIDEST
Lie RECLINE
Like a ukulele's neck FRETTED
Like some jackets LINED
Martinique et al. ILES
Messy places STIES
Modernize RENOVATE
More forward BRASHER
Most forward NOSIEST
Multiplies BREEDS
Object of attention BAIT
Offer for sale VEND
OOO HUGS
Opens slightly SLITS
Opposite sides ENEMIES
Oxford needs LACES
Paying customers CLIENTS
Pulitzer candidates POETS
R-rating reason GORE
Race units LENGTHS
Reflect MEDITATE
Royal address SIRE
Running wild ONATEAR
Signed up ENTERED
Something to poach EGG
Spaghetti-sauce herb OREGANO
Street-corner shape OCTAGON
Took a bite of TRIED
Tribal symbol TOTEM
Troy story ILIAD
Was on the ebb WANED
Ways SYSTEMS
Wine holder VAT
__ City (New Haven) ELM
__ visit STATE