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Clues Answers
''As much as you like'' NOLIMITS
''Beloved'' name AIMEE
''Presents . . . __ absents'': Charles Lamb ENDEAR
''We keep meeting'' YOUAGAIN
Adoptee, perhaps PETCAT
Aggregates: Abbr AMTS
Asparagus, essentially STEMS
Authorized? LITERARY
Bay of Naples city SORRENTO
Being seen, in a way ONCAMERA
Ben Franklin founded it PENN
Best Actress Oscar role just before Loretta NORMA
Bolger and Lahr, in ''The Wizard of Oz'' HANDS
Boxer's ''Watch it!'' SNARL
Cable __ MODEM
Central Brussels ESSES
Certain cub PANDA
Character-creation pastime, for short RPG
Cleary kid-lit mischief maker RAMONA
Come to fruition RIPEN
Coming up soon NEARTERM
Conquest conspirator in ''Wonder Woman'' ARES
Correspond AGREE
Data-sharing acronym LAN
Deportment MIEN
Designation of two US senators IND
Director appearing in ''Mandela in America'' LEE
Don't plan WINGIT
Earth science measures EONS
Ends, as objections SILENCES
Fall that may sting SLEET
French brandy variety ARMAGNAC
French novelist admired by Zola STENDHAL
Gets nowhere IDLES
Grains IOTAS
Clues Answers
Great Smoky Mountains wildflower AZALEA
Grossly inadequate MEASLY
It means ''on the ground'' ATERRE
It's seen in much verbal communication ING
Metaphorical object of exploitation OYSTER
Mideast region, old-style ARABY
Much of GO Veggie! ''Swiss'' SOY
Music that inspired the Beach Boys DOOWOP
NFC West team ARI
Off-kilter ODDBALL
One of a select group INNIE
One working over pressure IRONER
Opposite of ''calm'' UNREST
Particular periods AGES
Penetrate, with ''in'' SOAK
Possible fatigue from a wine tasting NOSEBLINDNESS
Prelims of a sort QUALIFYINGEXAMS
Prepare for bargaining, perhaps UNIONIZE
Radiance, in brand names GLO
Remedy for split ends HEM
Revise for the better HONE
Seasoning in Vietnamese soup ANISE
Sharp saw MOT
Smart Assistant speaker ALEXA
Some drone activities RECONS
Some time in DURING
Stimulative SENSORY
Theban ruler in ''Oedipus Rex'' CREON
Undeclared America-France conflict of 1798-1800 QUASIWAR
Virtuosi ARTISTES
Well-groomed SLEEK
Where many take stock BARNS
Word from the Japanese for ''group leader'' HONCHO
Zodiac depiction TWINS
__ beer CRAFT