Newsday.com - Dec 27 2006

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Clues Answers
''West Side Story'' heroine MARIA
''__ Dog'' (Terhume novel) LADA
''__ That a Shame'' AINT
17 Across meals REPASTS
Arabian royal EMIR
Argentine plains PAMPAS
Aries animal RAM
Asks repeatedly NAGS
Assistance provider AIDE
Battling sides ENEMIES
Bowlers, for instance HATS
By __ (one way to learn) ROTE
Caribou cousin ELK
Cheshire cat expression GRIN
Confrontation SETTO
County in East England ESSEX
DC VIP SEN
Doctrines ISMS
Domingo, for one TENOR
Drag LUG
Egg dish OMELET
Exile isle ELBA
Eye annoyance STYE
Feed the pot ANTE
Fragile parts of personalities EGOS
Gave for a while LENT
Gdansk guy POLE
Gymnast Korbut OLGA
Hang around LINGER
Hard to come by RARE
Homey holiday event FAMILYGATHERING
It's a long story EPIC
Koran-based ISLAMIC
Like some bread dough RISEN
Liver, for example ORGAN
Lower joint KNEE
Made a landing ALIT
Made mellow TAMED
Clues Answers
Mardi __ GRAS
Marvin of Motown GAYE
Mental strain STRESS
Military training pgm. ROTC
Muscat man OMANI
Natural abilities TALENTS
News people, collectively MEDIA
Oboe insert REED
Out of the ordinary EXOTIC
Paper-folding art ORIGAMI
Partner of wines DINES
Pertain, with ''to'' REFER
Philatelist's pride STAMPCOLLECTION
Pre-arranges the outcome RIGS
Procedure part STEP
Put on a show EMOTE
Quebec neighbor MAINE
Reaches across SPANS
Relative of ''Yikes!'' EGAD
River sediment SILT
Run off, as a couple ELOPE
Runners' numbers TIMES
School, to Simone ECOLE
Siberian plain STEPPE
Singles ONES
Some primates APES
The Bee __ (rock trio) GEES
To be: Lat. ESSE
Took in ATE
Tooth pullers' org. ADA
Ugandan despot AMIN
Ukrainian peninsula CRIMEA
Uncommon sense ESP
UNITED NATIONS BODY GENERALASSEMBLY
Unkempt RAGTAG
Winter Olympics sled LUGE
With dropped jaw AGAPE
__ carte ALA