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Clues Answers
''Not guilty,'' for example PLEA
Apple's music player IPOD
Arise from one's seat STAND
Atlantic or Pacific OCEAN
Attend without an escort GOSTAG
Baby's first word, often MAMA
Barnyard cacklers HENS
Begin to wake up STIR
Ben Affleck's pal Matt DAMON
Bit of bird food SEED
Bronze medalist's finish THIRDPLACE
Bullfight cheer OLE
Change the decor of REDO
Chimps and gorillas APES
Chromosome carrier GENE
Cognizant (of) AWARE
College club FRAT
College seniors' period FOURTHYEAR
College teachers, for short PROFS
Crystal-ball user SEER
Driveway goo TAR
Earliest 007 film foe DRNO
Earliest version of a speech FIRSTDRAFT
Fingernail smoother FILE
Floor-cleaning tool MOP
Frost-covered ICY
Futuristic novel genre SCIFI
Genetic ID DNA
Gently prods NUDGES
Golf-bag toters CADDIES
Group for people 50+ AARP
Happen again RECUR
Have to have NEED
Higher than ABOVE
Late burst of energy SECONDWIND
Lend a hand AID
Like a lot ADORE
Load of laundry WASH
Luau dances HULAS
Clues Answers
Mailed, as a contest entry SENTIN
Make an escape FLEE
Medical insurance grps HMOS
Metal that can rust IRON
Mischievous ones IMPS
Nuisances PESTS
Odometer measure MILE
ONE WAY or STOP SIGN
Oscars or Grammys telecast AWARDSHOW
Out of harm's way SAFE
Package of paper REAM
Painter often confused with Monet MANET
Part of a desk phone HANDSET
Place for mascara LASH
Places to pitch tents CAMPS
Pull with difficulty DRAG
Queen of __ (Old Testament ruler) SHEBA
Right from the garden FRESH
Scarlet and crimson REDS
Sgts. and cpls NCOS
Shade trees ELMS
Short snooze NAP
Slight advantage EDGE
Small inlet COVE
Stockholm native SWEDE
Study hard CRAM
Subject for discussion TOPIC
Submarine sandwiches HEROS
Sudden breeze GUST
Tightly closed SHUT
Trace of color TINGE
Tree source of syrup MAPLE
Tried out, at a car dealer TESTDROVE
Tusk material IVORY
Uncertain IFFY
Wooden strip SLAT
__ City (Batman's home) GOTHAM
__ for (selects) OPTS
__ Grey tea EARL