Newsday.com - Oct 25 2016

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Clues Answers
''All kidding __ . . .'' ASIDE
''Rigoletto'' or ''Carmen'' OPERA
''__ sesame!'' OPEN
''__ you cute!'' ARENT
A Great Lake ERIE
Author Hemingway ERNEST
Bartlett or Bosc PEAR
Biblical paradise EDEN
Bit of parsley SPRIG
Bottom of a pedestal BASE
Boxing locale RING
Burn slightly CHAR
California wine region NAPA
Change course suddenly VEER
Cold-cuts department DELI
Dimes and nickels COINS
Dirt for planting SOIL
Do sketching DRAW
Donations to colleges ENDOWMENTS
Espionage org CIA
Factual TRUE
Fencing sword EPEE
Figure of speech IDIOM
Flat-topped elevations MESAS
Formal ceremonies RITES
Funnel shape CONE
Gas in some store lights NEON
Gather, as crops REAP
Give temporarily LEND
Group of cattle HERD
Handbag handles STRAPS
Happen again RECUR
Hatchling's home NEST
Hydrant attachment HOSE
Impolite look LEER
In a permanent way ENDURINGLY
Island near Oahu MAUI
Jeans fabric DENIM
Leaf-gathering tool RAKE
Clues Answers
Least polite RUDEST
Leg joint KNEE
Less messy TIDIER
Letters like PDQ ASAP
Lion or leopard CAT
Maximum effort UTMOST
Medicinal amount DOSE
Miss Muffet frightener SPIDER
Moral principle TENET
More sensible SANER
Muscle discomfort ACHE
Nation bordering Iraq IRAN
Off the leash LOOSE
Parmesan or cheddar CHEESE
Part of MPG PER
Pied Piper followers RATS
Placed at risk ENDANGERED
Planes fly through them SKIES
Pretzel seasoning SALT
Ready for harvesting RIPE
Shade trees ELMS
Slight quake TREMOR
Song for two DUET
South Korea's capital SEOUL
Southern pie nut PECAN
Strong devotion ARDOR
Swindles (out of) BILKS
Swiss mountains ALPS
Television award EMMY
Theme of the puzzle ENDS
Throws in ADDS
Took a nap SLEPT
Tried hard ENDEAVORED
Trumpet or bugle HORN
Using few words TERSE
Viking explorer ERIC
Wear away ERODE
White as a sheet PALE
Yuletide season NOEL