Newsday.com - Aug 12 2008

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Clues Answers
''On the __ hand . . .'' OTHER
''Scat!'' SHOO
''Winning __ everything'' ISNT
Acquire molars TEETHE
After-dinner candy MINT
Agatha Christie offering MYSTERY
Beast of burden ASS
Birch or beech TREE
Bluish green TEAL
Bothersome ones PESTS
Bottomless pit ABYSS
Brother of Cain ABEL
Campfire remains ASHES
Castro's country CUBA
Childish retort ARESO
China's continent ASIA
Courtroom event TRIAL
Deuce topper TREY
Die down ABATE
Do an after-dinner chore WASHDISHES
Equal to SAMEAS
Feeling achy SORE
Fishing pole ROD
Fits of anger RAGES
Give up, as rights CEDE
Gives a speech ORATES
Hearing organ EAR
Icy precipitation SLEET
Impressive residence MANSION
Kitten cries MEWS
Lake north of Ohio ERIE
Lawyers: Abbr. ATTS
Martini garnish OLIVE
Metal fastener RIVET
Moby Dick pursuer AHAB
More coquettish COYER
National bird EAGLE
Newspapers, radio and television MASSMEDIA
Nightclub performances SHOWS
Clues Answers
Photographed SHOT
Play hooky MISSSCHOOL
Poisonous snakes ASPS
Pretentious ARTSY
Really annoy PEEVE
Retired planes: Abbr. SSTS
Rhymed verse POEM
Rooster, for one MALE
Sailor's shout AHOY
San Francisco's region BAYAREA
Shoe bottom SOLE
Short messages NOTES
Sixth-sense letters ESP
Snake charmer's snake COBRA
Socially uncomfortable ILLATEASE
Some golf clubs WOODS
Speaker's platform DAIS
Sports-bar fixtures TVSETS
Start of a play ACTI
Steak preference RARE
Storage building SHED
Sunrise direction EAST
Sweetheart DEAR
Takes a breather RESTS
Talk back to SASS
Thinks highly of ESTEEMS
Throw HURL
Throws TOSSES
Ties the knot WEDS
Tiny spot of land ISLET
Top tune HIT
UFO pilots ETS
Voice disapproval of BOOAT
Was in debt OWED
Water vapor STEAM
Way to get in ACCESS
Winnie-the-__ POOH
Words of dismay OHNO
__-mo replay SLO