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Clues Answers
''Electric'' fishes EELS
''More fun than'' bunch BARRELOFMONKEYS
''Understood'' ISEE
Actor Pitt BRAD
Affectionate greeting KISS
Baby's bed CRIB
Capital of Jordan AMMAN
College entrance exams: Abbr SATS
Days before holidays EVES
Days of __ (long ago) YORE
Devoured EATEN
Dull in color DRAB
Engaging in recreation ATPLAY
Engrave deeply ETCH
Escape in a hurry FLEE
Extremely angry IRATE
Face of a clock DIAL
Factual TRUE
Fire-setting crime ARSON
Gambling probabilities ODDS
Got out of bed AROSE
Hard-to-please actress DIVA
Harper who wrote ''. . . Mockingbird'' LEE
Himalayan nation NEPAL
Hot-springs resorts SPAS
In any way ATALL
In first place ONTOP
Ink stain BLOT
Insect attacks BITES
Jai __ (fast-moving sport) ALAI
Japan's continent ASIA
Justice Kagan ELENA
Large body of water SEA
Later on AFTER
Lincoln nickname ABE
Minor mistake SLIP
Mix with a spoon STIR
Much-admired celebrity IDOL
Must, informally GOTTA
Clues Answers
Needing a nap SLEEPY
New Year in Vietnam TET
Not on a tilt LEVEL
Numbers from 0 to 9 DIGITS
Off the leash, say LOOSE
On a train or plane ABOARD
Opinion piece ESSAY
Overcooked, as a steak BURNED
Pie __ mode ALA
Pieces of broken glass SHARDS
Prefix for violet ULTRA
Prescription safety agcy FDA
Problem-free school course EASYA
Red veggies in borscht BEETS
Religious offshoot group SECT
Repetitive learning method ROTE
Revise one's writing EDIT
Rip (up) TEAR
Rower's implements OARS
Rung of a ladder STEP
Sandwich shop DELI
Sassy PERT
Ship off SEND
Shorten further, as an article RECUT
Suffix for kitchen ETTE
Sunbeams RAYS
Time off work for new moms MATERNITYLEAVES
Titled British women DAMES
Top-rated AONE
Tortoise opponent in a fable HARE
Urban locales for borrowing books LIBRARYBRANCHES
Venue for boxing ARENA
Very small TEENY
Voice of iPhones SIRI
Vote into office ELECT
Whitish gemstone OPAL
Wyatt of the Old West EARP
__ mater (school you went to) ALMA
__-view mirror REAR