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Place
Clue
Answer
Points
Votes
1
It makes ink pink (128)
PEE
47
7-2-0-1-2
2
House shower (124)
CSPAN
36
4-2-2-0-2
3
Take the honey and run (176)
ELOPE
31
3-1-3-1-1
4
Spoke more than once? (172)
RADII
25
1-3-1-2-1
5
Begin with a Nobel (104)
MENACHEM
23
2-1-1-2-2
6
Moon over my ami? (148)
LUNE
21
2-1-1-1-2
7
It's relatively helpful (135)
NEPOTISM
20
1-3-0-1-1
7
Train to box (183)
LIONEL
20
1-1-1-3-2
9
Chow chow chow (110)
ALPO
19
1-2-1-1-1
9
Letter, of sorts (141)
LANDLADY
19
2-1-1-1-0
11
It may be felt on the range (129)
STETSON
18
1-0-1-5-0
11
Remote post? (160)
SOFA
18
1-3-0-0-1
11
What a disaffected Japanese poet might become? (188)
A HAIKU DROPOUT
18
3-0-0-0-3
14
Fife player (117)
KNOTTS
16
0-2-2-1-0
14
Flies at the forum (119)
FUGIT
16
0-3-1-0-1
16
Journey of self-propulsion? (137)
EGO TRIP
14
0-2-2-0-0
17
A lot of pizzazz (101)
ZEES
12
1-0-2-0-1
17
Civic boundaries? (111)
CEES
12
0-1-2-1-0
19
Good feller (120)
AXE
10
1-1-0-0-1
19
Pair of socks (154)
ONE TWO
10
1-1-0-0-1
19
Senorita's need (166)
TILDE
10
1-0-1-0-2
22
Having a lot to lose (121)
OBESE
9
1-0-1-0-1
22
Way off (186)
RAMP
9
0-0-2-1-1
24
Bromo salesman (108)
RELIEF PITCHER
8
1-0-1-0-0
24
It's at the top of a face (134)
XII
8
1-0-1-0-0
24
Rarer than rare (158)
TARTARE
8
0-0-0-4-0
24
The buck stops here (178)
DOE
8
0-0-1-2-1
24
Word with slide or home (191)
RULE
8
0-2-0-0-0
29
Modern art (147)
ARE
7
0-1-1-0-0
29
Slide presentation? (169)
AMOEBA
7
1-0-0-1-0
29
Takes back the lead? (177)
ERASES
7
0-1-1-0-0
32
Strawberry's field, once (174)
SHEA
6
1-0-0-0-1
32
Took in a poor boy (180)
ATE
6
0-1-0-1-0
32
Tried to keep one's seat (184)
RERAN
6
0-0-2-0-0
35
Familiar aspiration (115)
AITCH
5
1-0-0-0-0
35
Heat unit (122)
COP
5
0-0-1-1-0
35
Life sentences? (142)
OBIT
5
0-1-0-0-1
35
One with a lot of German cars (152)
AUDI DEALER
5
1-0-0-0-0
35
Ones doing the splits? (153)
SODA JERKS
5
1-0-0-0-0
35
Repeat oneself, in a way (161)
CLONE
5
0-0-1-1-0
35
Sea salt (165)
TAR
5
1-0-0-0-0
35
Shore leave? (167)
EBB TIDE
5
0-1-0-0-1
35
Were up to date? (187)
ARE
5
1-0-0-0-0
44
It may be on a roll (130)
OLEO
4
0-1-0-0-0
44
Kentucky Derby favorite (138)
JULEP
4
0-0-1-0-1
44
Plant group? (156)
LED ZEPPELIN
4
0-1-0-0-0
44
Polo competitor (157)
IZOD
4
0-1-0-0-0
44
Sub in a tub (175)
OLEO
4
0-1-0-0-0
44
Year in Trajan's reign (193)
ANNO
4
0-1-0-0-0
44
p., as in Plymouth (194)
PENCE
4
0-0-1-0-1
51
Holstein abode (123)
HAUS
3
0-0-1-0-0
51
More than many (149)
UMPTEEN
3
0-0-1-0-0
51
One available for the taking? (150)
THIEF
3
0-0-1-0-0
51
Saw the sights (163)
AIMED
3
0-0-1-0-0
51
Short retort (168)
ANS
3
0-0-1-0-0
51
Stout fellow? (173)
NERO
3
0-0-0-1-1
51
Tortoise shell, in a way? (181)
MOBILE HOME
3
0-0-0-1-1
51
Twins follower (185)
CRAB
3
0-0-1-0-0
51
Workplaces where there are some openings (192)
ORS
3
0-0-0-1-1
60
Fancy foot work? (116)
POEM
2
0-0-0-1-0
60
Flammable 60's item (118)
BRA
2
0-0-0-1-0
60
It parallels a radius (131)
ULNA
2
0-0-0-1-0
60
Joltless joe (136)
DECAF
2
0-0-0-1-0
60
Key rings (139)
ATOLLS
2
0-0-0-1-0
60
Rough and reddy (162)
CHAPPED
2
0-0-0-1-0
60
Where mates are commonly found (189)
END GAMES
2
0-0-0-1-0
67
A substitute? (102)
ALFA
1
0-0-0-0-1
67
Biased type, briefly (105)
ITAL
1
0-0-0-0-1
67
Bloodline (106)
AORTA
1
0-0-0-0-1
67
Common sense (113)
SMELL
1
0-0-0-0-1
67
Metalworker? (144)
ALCHEMIST
1
0-0-0-0-1
67
Where some buns are made (190)
SALON
1
0-0-0-0-1
As selected by the Cru, January, 1999
Votes in the last column are shown in order of first, second, third, fourth, and fifth place votes received.
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They're found among the reeds
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OBOES
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Old tool for working on logs
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SLIDE RULE
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Full of hedges
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TENTATIVE
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Paper for a pad
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LEASE
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They'll get you down
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GEESE
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Scratch pad?
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HELL
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Stiff examinations?
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POSTMORTEMS
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Changes a Life sentence
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EDITS
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Art, these days
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ARE
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Protector of some canines
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FLUORIDE
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| Moneymaking venture | MINT |
| One who's left hanging | MARIONETTE |
| He took two tablets | MOSES |
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Orthodontist's fee?
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RETAINER
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| Night spot? | BED |
| Good things that come to those who wait | TIPS |
| Sleight of land? | MIRAGE |
| Short pan | UGH |
| Like some twins | EVIL |
| Short coming? | ARR |
| It may help one choose sides | MENU |
| Saw things | TEETH |
| Bird grp. | NBA |
| Suit material, perhaps | TORT |
| Chat sites | FIRESIDES |
| Search me! | DATABASE |
| Big do | AFRO |
| Matching felony? | ARSON |
| Swing site | TEE |
| Needle point? | NORTH |
| Seeders make it | RAIN |
| You can't hear it if you're out of it | EARSHOT |
| Blessed events? | SNEEZES |
| Bonds after splitting | ELOPES |
| Persian output | PURR |
| It may come before we forget | LEST |
| Place for a London flat | TYRE |
| Patriot's place | SILO |
| Needle point | SOUTH |
| They're chosen for your sake | RICES |
| Top tapper | HINES |
| Caesarean section? | VICI |
| Sewer protectors | THIMBLES |
| Refrain from farming? | EIEIO |
| Where a person uses an ID to get mail? | IDAHO |
| One who accepts charges | MATADOR |
| Center strip cuts? | MOHAWKS |
| Discovery zone? | LAUNCHPAD |
| Preflight snack? | BIRDSEED |
| They rest on bridges | EYEGLASSES |
| Collection of great actors? | TONYS |
| High-grade | RATED A |
| Low | CUT RATE |
| Bit of negativism? | MINUS SIGN |
| Puma, for one | SNEAK |
| Asterisk neighbor | PRS |
| Sand, to Chopin | AMIE |
| Wave on the beach, perhaps | DO THE HULA |
| Lynch burg | TWIN PEAKS |
| Ticker tape | ECG |
| Having a hangover? | EAVED |
| Punch and smash | BEVERAGES |
| French diet | SENAT |
| Does, pens, etc. | SHES |
| The way to a person's heart? | VENA CAVA |
| Change E to F, in a way | GAS UP |
| John, to Ringo | LOO |
| Bring up the rear? | MOON |
| Whale's location? | THAR |
| It's found in measuring cups | BRA SIZE |
| Webb address? | MAAM |
| Kind of special | KMART |
| Wind instrument | VANE |
| Remove the dirt from? | BLEEP |
| Good thing to have in a storm | PORT |
| Your highness? | ALTITUDE |
| Army threat? | OCTOPUS |
| Stressed, in more ways than one? | PAST TENSE |
| Former ova | AVES |
| Is after you? | ARE |
| Silver spur? | HIYO |
| They cause breakdowns | ENZYMES |
| Comet's purpose | CLEANSING |
| Small-time | RINKY DINK |
| Apple-pie order | A LA MODE |
| Facial hair | EYELASH |
| Where the Vikings landed | MARS |
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Baby bird?
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STORK
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Cause of some knocking
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GIN RUMMY
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Like a lot, maybe
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ZONED
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Hams' place
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STAGES
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MS Contents
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NOPQR
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Pilot's place
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STOVE
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One punting, e.g.
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BOATER
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Grazing site
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TAPAS BAR
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Good looker?
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ANALYZER
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Labor class?
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LAMAZE
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Future queen?
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PAWN
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When there's nothing on to watch?
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PEEP SHOW
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Bath bars
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PUBS
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Parenthetical figure
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AREA CODE
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Scratch post?
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ATM
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Didn't merely cut
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STYLED
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Crossword worker?
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ESNE
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It could be in a jam
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JAZZ COMBO
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British flier
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UNION JACK
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Cause of a wake-up
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APNEA
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Early work?
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PREQUEL
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Knight time
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YORE
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Last word heard on New Year's Eve
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ONE
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Zbigniew Brzezinski, e.g.
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JAWBREAKER
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It's something in the water
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PARAMECIUM
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Brown family member
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ECRU
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Butterfly band?
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OBI
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It's within your range
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OVEN
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Reason to wear a hat
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BAD HAIR DAY
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Offer?
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ASSASSIN
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Show place
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THIRD
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Lawless character
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XENA
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It may be found in a trunk
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SAP
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Rear for rear
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ENDER
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Hit producer?
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CAPO
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| B | ABALONE |
| Calendar run | MTWTF |
| Butler's quarters? | TARA |
| That's an order! | DORIC |
| Some like them hot | TUBS |
| Start of a fall | LIBRA |
| Rubber | MASSEUR |
| It releases a dangerous spray | UZI |
| Selling point | STORE |
| Bolts down | EATS |
| Claim worker | PROSPECTOR |
| Often decorative ears | INDIAN CORN |
| Circles overhead | HALOS |
| One in a crowd | EXTRA |
| Service elevator? | TENNIS PRO |
| Stands for things | EASEL |
| First person present, e.g. | ATTENDEE |
| Some staff openings | BASS CLEFS |
| It's eaten with a cracker | WALNUT |
| It's declining in Germany | NEIN |
| They have many bends | TANGOS |
| Down, at a diner | ON TOAST |
| An instant | NESCAFE |
| Cloud | OBFUSCATE |
| Charter publication? | ATLAS |
| Net receipts? | |
| Things people do to get their kicks? | CANCANS |
| It has full pockets | RAVIOLI |
| A little lower? | CALF |
| Letters on a pump, maybe | EEE |
| Fictional hunter | FUDD |
| Kind of tag | PHONE |
| End users? | MOONERS |
| Member of a sting operation? | KILLER BEE |
| Bourbon cutter Bourbon cutter? |
PLAIN WATER GUILLOTINE |
| Time of a famous dispatch | IDES |
| Have a pen for a pad | DO TIME |
| "Faw down" follower | GO BOOM |
| It has two bands | AM/FM RADIO |
| Chi follower | MINH |
| Lush surroundings? | BAR |
| Easy Street locale? | FAT CITY |
| Place for a hit | SIDE A |
| Instruments seldom seen in orchestras | KAZOOS |
| Spanish root word | OLE |
| They're used in dumping | DEAR JOHN LETTERS |
| So | TRUE |
| Takes courses? | SUPS |
| Keeps an eye on figures? | OGLES |
| Works with afterimages | OP ART |
| Set back? | SCENERY |
| They may be in a bun | TRESSES |
| Subject preceder | IN RE |
| One who makes a mark: Abbr. | GER. |
| Some convertibles | SLEEP SOFAS |
| Caesar's salad ingredients? | OVA |
| Unlike nobelium, e.g. | STABLE |
| Routine part | ONE-LINER |
| Closing notes | CODA |
| Where some eagles are seen | SCORECARDS |
| ___ system | ABO |
| Lord's workers | SERFS |
| Country name | REBA |
| Center of Los Angeles | O'NEAL |
| Pens, perhaps | SWANS |
| It might be picked out | IRON ORE |
| Some roofs | PALATES |
| The fin man? | ABE |
| Napoleons' relatives | TARTS |
| Graduation mark | UNIT |
| Reading buddies? | MATEYS |
| Stern with a bow | ISAAC |
| Fast eddies' place | JACUZZI |
| Support for a plea | KNEES |
| Night off for Scheherazade? | MII |
| Two points in time? | COLON |
| Snow showers? | TVS |
| Desire in the offing? | DEATH WISH |
| Does some shoal searching? | SNORKELS |
| Big rolls | ELEVENS |
| Make snaps, say | BAKE |
| Claustrophobic patient's dread | MRI |
| Like loads | ADORE |
| It grows every time you get a shot | BAR TAB |
| Mobile home owner | ALABAMAN |
| Flap raisers? | PILOTS |
| Out | ALIBI |
| Point of attack? | FANG |
| Place | COME IN SECOND |
| Kitchen drawer? | ODOR |
| What an out patient may be in | COMA |
| It brings a tear to the eye | DUCT |
| Shift, e.g. | DRESS |
| Letters on a farm? | EIEIO |
| Joan of art | MIRO |
| It starts in seven days | GENESIS |
| Apse location, today | ONE ACROSS ("Apse" was the actual answer to 1A in that puzzle) |
| He had designs on Jackie | OLEG |
| Star trek voyagers? | MAGI |
| Sea breeze ingredient | VODKA |
| Grp. that used to give a dam? | TVA |
| Person in a pullover | COP |
| Train's crashing place | BERTH |
| Work with a shuttle | TAT |
| Wye follower, along the Wye | ZED |
| Quakers | ASPENS |
| Mr. Clean would never part with one | COMB |
| I may be replaced by it | ROYAL WE |
| It may be corny | TOE |
| Old character | RUNE |
| Grand master? | PIANIST |
| Classless one? | DROPOUT |
| Bully? | TAURINE |
| Cake composition | SOAP |
| Cave follower | CANEM |
| Does yet to be identified | JANES |
| Recession victim | HAIRLINE |
| Solitaire unit | CARAT |
| Side by side, maybe? | AREA |
| Spring wind | COILS |
| One with an inside track | MODEL TRAIN |
| Lash with a whip | LARUE |
| Smart outfit | MENSA |
| Out of sorts? | ALIBI |
| Port authorities | SOMMELIERS |
| Sound of a frog? | AHEM |
| Mag. wheels | EDS |
| Late Knight | TED |
| It's pointless | EPEE |
| Lincoln Center? | CEE |
| It's picked in Hawaii | UKE |
| Upscale trio? | DO RE MI |
| Charles de Gaulle's jet | NOIR |
| Be an end user? | MOON |
| Locks out of a tower, in a fairy tale | TRESSES |
| Opening in the Mideast? | ALEPH |
| Have trouble with assessors? | LISP |
| Starters | A-TEAM |
| One of his listeners got cut off | VAN GOGH |
| 10001 initials | NYC |
| Hangs on the line | AIR DRIES |
| Star trekkers? | MAGI |
| Enterprise leader? | USS |
| Burns and Allen, e.g. | POETS |
| One who spends a lot of time dressing | MEDIC |
| Hewin' cry | TIMBER |
| Something on which an election hangs? | CHAD |
| "Halt, salt!" | AVAST |
| Their nights are frequently busy | SATURDAYS |
| Rice pad | DORM |
| Joint tenant? | FELON |
| Size mentioned in a fish story | YEA BIG |
| It's past due | TRE |
| Establishes the going price? | SETS BAIL |
| Let the air out? | SING |
| Block of Brie? | TETE |
| Yam user? | POPEYE |
| Gray area: Abbr. | ANAT |
| Artful Dodger, e.g. | DIP |
| Child of fortune? | HEIR |
| Good name for a girl writing a postscript? | ADELINE |
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Schoolmaster, to the classroom
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ANAGRAM
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| Taken wrong? | USURPED |
| Hearty sentiment? | BE MINE |
| Name for a king or a queen? | SERTA |
| Entr'acte part | APOSTROPHE |
| Lee side? | GRAY |
| It may be cut or paste | GEM |
| In which 49 is 100 | BASE SEVEN |
| Cheese that's made backwards | EDAM |
| Holy Roller? | POPEMOBILE |
| Bar keeper? | SOAP DISH |
| Development areas? | UTERI |
| Pole star? | SANTA CLAUS |
| Root words | RAHS |
| Chiaroscuro cookie | OREO |
| XXX | CHIS |
| Time releases | ISSUES |
| Staff of Life | EDITORS |
| Washington, to Lafayette | ETAT |
| Steady | MAIN SQUEEZE |
| Early admission? | DELAWARE |
| I, O, or U, but not A or E: Abbr. | ELEM. |
| One who gets what's coming | SEER |
| Panama claim | HAT CHECK |
| Has a lock on? | WRESTLES |
| One hanging around the house | ICICLE |
| Sweet spot? | UTOPIA |
| Below-the-belt combination punch? | TWO BASE HITS |
| Breathes deeply? | SCUBAS |
| Semi professional? | HAULER |
| Many Scorpios wear them | TOPAZES |
| Rock that rolls | LAVA |
| What a rubber produces? | GENIE |
| Without means of support? | BRALESS |
| 20-20, e.g. | TIE SCORE |
| Begin, later in life | PEACE NOBELIST |
| V.I.P. in a rush? | ASSAYER |
| Part of a digital display | PINKIE |
| Man famous for his dogs | IVAN PAVLOV |
| Panic buttons? | NINE ONE ONE |
| Not straight up | ITALIC |
| You might give one the slip | TELLER |
| Deserves a hand? | ANTES UP |
| It may stock pumps | SHOE STORE |
| Cast of two | SNAKE EYES |
| Where the last flight ends? | ATTIC |
| Assistant with a hunch? | IGOR |
| It may require you to use your head | SOCCER |
| Sedan sweetie | AMIE |
| His in old Rome | AVES |
| Takes some courses? | SUPS |
| Ricardo's landlord | MERTZ |
| Big buffet | JOLT |
| Norton's utility? | SEWER |
| Character from a bar | SPACE |
| Bridge reply | AYE |
| Collector of foreign stamps | PASSPORT |
| Pioneer item | STEREO |
| Towers at times: Abbr. | AAA |
| Sock souvenirs? | SHINERS |
| Charges with another duty | RETAXES |
| Breast beater | HEART |
| Loud speakers, supposedly | ACTIONS |
| Holder of a number of degrees | ARC |
| Finding the means? | AVERAGING |
| Does some composing | SEDATES |
| Hearing aid | GAVEL |
| Got into port | WINED |
| It may be checked, in two ways | COAT |
| Staph dining area? | AGAR |
| No Apple product | PC CLONE |
| One tending to steer out of control? | PRODDER |
| Circular file? | ROLODEX |
| They're used to stress | ITALICS |
| Bridge enthusiast? | TROLL |
| Big revolver? | EARTH |
| Northern hemisphere? | IGLOO |
| It has its share of problems | MATH |
| Bonding candidates | IONS |
| Snapper in a bowl? | CENTER |
| Rest periods | SABBATHS |
| What you will | ESTATE |
| Bacon bits | ESSAYS |
| Checks for letters? | RENTS |
| Some toys | TERRIERS |
| Character with a Blanc Expression? | DAFFY DUCK |
| Source of a course for a horse | NOSE BAG |
| Sort of a disaster? | TRIAGE |
| With which crossword editors react to ernes (Puns & Anagrams) |
SNEER |
| It's atop a face | XII |
| Opening pair? | ADAM AND EVE |
| No place for a draft dodger | WIND TUNNEL |
| Preparation for confession | THIRD DEGREE |
| It may be breathtaking | BOA |
| Keeper of unclassified materials | JUNK DRAWER |
| School of the future | ROE |
| Bomb of a bomb | DUD |
| Corncob section | PIPESTEM |
| Part of a dark suit | SPADE |
| Base horn | BUGLE |
| Having no overhead? | BALD |
| It may be found under the counter | URANIUM ORE |
| Word repeated by a French Hamlet | ETRE |
| Of a bank deposit? | SEDIMENTAL |
| Bit modifier | WEE |
| Chatter box? | PAYPHONE |
| Figurehead? | ADDER |
| Catch a few rays? | FISH |
| They're associated with licks and ticks | DEER |
| Follower of Mary | LAMB |
| Y to the max? | IEST |