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Clues Answers
Aroma ODOR
Be defeated LOSE
Be in harmony JIBE
Big commotions TODOS
Blacken on a grill CHAR
Boat like a kayak CANOE
Caramel popcorn brand CRACKERJACK
Champagne plug CORK
Chessboard castle ROOK
Church law CANON
Cleveland's lake ERIE
College official DEAN
Comes back to a club REJOINS
Courage, informally GUTS
Cry from a sty OINK
Decelerate SLOW
Dessert with a crust PIE
Dog's tail movements WAGS
Edible sunflower bit SEED
Electrical outlet SOCKET
Fire remnant ASH
Flagmaker Betsy ROSS
Foot lever PEDAL
French capital, humorously PAREE
Given a makeover REDONE
Golfer's vehicle CART
Green slices for sandwiches PICKLES
Has tenants RENTS
High-speed pursuit CHASE
Humble abode HOVEL
Jobs for a detective CASES
Letter carriers' org USPS
Locked in conflict ATWAR
Long walk on a trail HIKE
Love, in Spain AMOR
Mailed away SENT
Makes unfair RIGS
Mine's mineral deposits ORES
Mount Everest's continent ASIA
Clues Answers
Muscle soreness ACHE
Network with an eye logo CBS
No longer in style DATED
Not all that bad DECENT
Nourished well, as some cattle CORNFED
Office neckwear TIE
One clearing an Olympic bar HIGHJUMPER
One who fled to wed ELOPER
Part for a performer ROLE
Pasture LEA
Plenty of space ROOMTOSPARE
Remove, as a rind PARE
Roots for CHEERSON
San Antonio attraction ALAMO
Scam victims PATSIES
Shakespeare's river AVON
Shy away from SHUN
Small salamander NEWT
Soft French cheese BRIE
Spine-tingling EERIE
Starts the bidding OPENS
Statistical diagram CHART
Suggest strongly URGE
Sun's sudden flash SOLARFLARE
Superman's reporter alias KENT
Takes great __ (is very careful) PAINS
Tasting like lemons SOUR
Thailand's former name SIAM
Three letters in ''nanny'' ENS
Tightly packed fish SARDINES
Tot's pop DADA
Triple-decker cookies OREOS
Vanish into __ air THIN
Verse of praise ODE
Video arcade attractions GAMES
Wine barrels CASKS
Without peer ALONE
Woodwind instrument OBOE
__-friendly (good for the environment) ECO