Newsday.com - Sep 25 2008

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Clues Answers
''American Idol'' judge ABDUL
''Beg pardon . . .'' AHEM
''Good one!'' NICE
''In __ event . . .'' ANY
''__ call us . . .'' DONT
007, for one SPY
Acquire, as debts INCUR
Army jumper, briefly PARA
As __ (letter closing) EVER
Audition for a part READ
Bedtime reading STORY
Billy Crystal movie of '92 MRSATURDAYNIGHT
Blackmore heroine DOONE
Bug-eyed AGOG
Burn the surface of SEAR
Celestial bear URSA
Chowed down ATE
Clickable image ICON
Commandments pronoun THOU
Country singer Tucker TANYA
Credit-union offering LOAN
Dash gauge TACH
Dentist's tool DRILL
Dwarfs count SEVEN
European capital PRAGUE
Fast-food drinks SODAS
Faucet problem DRIP
Fifth Avenue retailer SAKS
Filets' lack BONES
Gambling asset LUCK
Garbage hauler SCOW
Good buddy PAL
Granny NANA
Highest level ACME
Horned heavyweights RHINOS
Hosiery shade TAUPE
Hurler's stat ERA
Interest stat. PCT
Jefferson's vice president BURR
Clues Answers
Kentucky Derby month MAY
King of rhyme COLE
Like a lizard's skin SCALY
Loses one's cool SNAPS
Lyricist Gershwin IRA
Made the scene CAME
Make healthy again CURE
Meadow mamas EWES
Mermaid's home SEA
NAFTA signer USA
Nativity-scene trio MAGI
Not away ATHOME
Pandora's release ILLS
Penne and shells PASTA
Practice in the ring SPAR
Putter's target HOLE
Ready to pour ONTAP
Regarding ASTO
Richard Dreyfuss film of '95 MRHOLLANDSOPUS
Right-hand person AIDE
Rowan Atkinson movie of 2007 MRBEANSHOLIDAY
Scroogian shout BAH
Show the ropes to TEACH
Smitten INLOVE
Solemn assent AMEN
Square footage AREA
Subscription term YEAR
Suffix with kitchen ETTE
Surplus GLUT
Tell it like __ ITIS
They may be counted NOSES
Tibetan or Thai ASIAN
Tooth part ROOT
Treated badly ABUSED
Tyne of ''Judging Amy'' DALY
Use crib notes CHEAT
Verdi's Aïda, e.g. SLAVE
Winter falls SLEETS
Young fellow LAD