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''Boston'' side dish BAKEDBEANS
''You __ kidding!'' ARENT
''__ upon a time . . .'' ONCE
Add ice cubes to COOL
Anger IRE
Annapolis sch USNA
Auto fuel GAS
Auto splash guard MUDFLAP
Begin START
Bit of sunshine RAY
Break sharply SNAP
Bro's sibling SIS
Call a halt to STOP
Center of an apple CORE
Chew like a mouse GNAW
Chilled spaghetti side dish PASTASALAD
Circle-shaped fried sides ONIONRINGS
Copenhagen citizen DANE
Dark brown potato RUSSET
December song NOEL
Disparage ABASE
Eight-piece band OCTET
Emmy or Oscar AWARD
Faces of watches DIALS
Factual TRUE
Feeling blue SAD
Film-set boss DIRECTOR
Greasy OILY
Harness strap REIN
Having no warranty ASIS
Help with, as a crime ABET
Helpful hint TIP
Highly uncommon RARE
Highways: Abbr RDS
Honeybunch DEARIE
Hurricane center EYE
Infants BABIES
Is the right size FITS
Leaf-gathering tool RAKE
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Mexican coins PESOS
Mexican's emphatic assent SISI
Midterm, for one TEST
Narrow cuts SLITS
Necklace ornaments PENDANTS
Not as expensive LESS
Opera solo ARIA
Opponents FOES
Out of town AWAY
Paper fragment SCRAP
Passports, for instance: Abbr IDS
Patronizes, as a restaurant EATSAT
Picked up the tab TREATED
Piece of dinnerware PLATE
Regulation RULE
Salty bodies of water SEAS
Scent AROMA
Share a border with ABUT
Sheep sounds BAAS
Small rug MAT
Smell bad REEK
Smooth and stylish SLEEK
Soup-serving utensil LADLE
Spanish appetizer TAPA
Speak one's mind OPINE
Spiral-potatoes side dish CURLYFRIES
Stare at OGLE
Strike, as at a mosquito SWAT
Stun gun TASER
Subside ABATE
Sudden impulse URGE
Tea alternative COFFEE
Tearful MISTY
Tenant's expense RENT
Think about PONDER
Ticklish ''Sesame Street'' Muppet ELMO
Undecorated BARE
Wedding vows IDOS
__ cum laude (honor below ''summa'') MAGNA