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Clues Answers
''This is terrible!'' OHNO
African capital DAKAR
Ancient instruments LYRES
Ballpark fig. EST
Ballpark figure STAT
Begin to grate PALL
Black Sea resort YALTA
Bygone despot TSAR
Cable debut of '81 MTV
Certain GI CPL
Chart topper HIT
City near Teapot Dome CASPER
College major, familiarly PSYCH
Courts WOOS
Crimson's rivals ELIS
Desire ACHE
Dr. Kildare of filmdom AYRES
Drew on USED
Excessive sentiment TREACLE
Falling __ (bull's woe) STOCKMARKET
Falling __ (OPEC's woe) GASPRICES
Falling __ (picnicker's woe) BAROMETER
Falling __ (politician's woe) POLLNUMBERS
Forthwith NOW
Futures exchange, for short MERC
Geisha's sash OBI
Giraffe cousin OKAPI
Hoedown attendee GAL
Icicle former DRIP
In-demand vehicles HYBRIDS
Informal welcome HIYA
Inkling HINT
Is located SITS
Largest US magazine AARP
Le __, France MANS
Less than solid THAWING
Life jackets MAEWESTS
Like some successes SELFMADE
Major messes STIES
Clues Answers
Mexican wrap? TAMALE
Mild cheese EDAM
Moccasins and racers SNAKES
Mountain ridge ARETE
Name that means ''king'' ROY
National Leaguer NAT
One-spot ACE
Patton's transportation STAFFCAR
Period TERM
Personal-aircraft pioneer LEAR
Peter and succcessors POPES
Places for fobs VESTS
Poetic preposition ERE
Pollen bearers STAMENS
Predestined outcome FATE
Pretense SHAM
Prom rental LIMO
Propositions THESES
Put in a hold STOW
Put off TABLE
Renaissance poet TASSO
Roughly ORSO
Sailors' quaff GROG
School composition THEME
Scuff up MAR
Second ending ARY
Smidgen SKOSH
Solemn SOBER
Something inherited GENE
Storm center EYE
Suit fabric WORSTED
Supplemented ADDEDIN
Take a crack at ESSAY
The others THEM
Umpire's word YER
Untrue stories MYTHS
Unwilling (to) LOATH
Written up for misdeeds ONREPORT
__ Na Na SHA