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Clues Answers
''Letter-shaped'' steak TBONE
''Not to mention . . .'' ALSO
98.6 degrees, for body temperature NORMAL
Achy SORE
Act boldly DARE
Aviator PILOT
Baby grand, for example PIANO
Baggage attachment IDTAG
Batting next ONDECK
Become less good WORSEN
Bits of paint DABS
Bopped on the head CONKED
Broad-ranging WIDE
Cavity filler's deg DDS
Charming Southern woman BELLE
Dads PAPAS
Difficult burden ONUS
Donkeys ASSES
Dove's call COO
Fawns' moms DOES
Female opera star DIVA
Female pigs SOWS
Film rating org MPAA
Fire-setting crime ARSON
Fixes dishonestly RIGS
Food safety org USDA
For each, informally APOP
Formal decree FIAT
Genesis paradise EDEN
German car AUDI
Give an autograph SIGN
Guy MAN
Has the lead role STARS
Have lofty goals ASPIRE
Illegally obtained STOLEN
Kid's vehicle on snow SLED
Kingly title SIRE
Layer of paint COAT
Loads and loads ALOT
Clues Answers
Make less burdensome EASE
Manipulate, as bread dough KNEAD
March 17th honoree, for short STPAT
NCO's subordinates PFCS
Network junction point NODE
Online message EMAIL
Past and present, for verbs TENSES
Pasta similar to ziti PENNE
Person using oars ROWER
Person who stares OGLER
Poetic low-lying land VALE
Remove from office OUST
Resign QUIT
Rotisserie rod SPIT
Seasoning in a shaker SALT
Seat for relaxing in a pool FLOATINGLOUNGER
Self-assurance POISE
Skeptical comment IBET
Slice, as a turkey CARVE
Smallest till bill ONE
Spike of frozen water ICICLE
Spirited horse STEED
Springy device for jumping into a pool DIVINGBOARD
Stern about rules STRICT
Striped big cat TIGER
Sudden storm SQUALL
Suffix for prank or gang STER
Swimming pool's purifier WATERFILTER
Taken __ (very surprised) ABACK
Tech-support type NERD
The Emerald Isle ERIN
Tip over UPEND
W. Coast winter hours PST
Way below average POOR
Wedding vow IDO
What a belt encircles WAIST
__ about (approximately) ONOR
__ be tied (furious) FITTO
__ importance (trivial) OFNO