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''Fantasia'' ballerina HIPPO
''Forget it!'' UHUH
'60s singer Mama __ Elliot CASS
Actor Morales ESAI
Alabama nickname HEARTOFDIXIE
All tied EVEN
Ancient empire builder INCA
Antitoxins SERA
Any Buddy Holly tune OLDIE
Argument RUNIN
Arizona Indian HOPI
Arranges logically SORTS
Augment ADDTO
Batting avgs., for instance PCTS
Besmirches TAINTS
Big-band feature BRASSSECTION
Bind tightly TRUSS
Bond category, for short MUNI
Bread choice WHEAT
Burgundy, for one COLOR
Carry around TOTE
Cause of groans PUNSTER
Chicken part THIGH
Compact music player IPOD
Conk out DIE
Crime-lab procedures DNATESTS
Crude dwelling SHACK
Day-care candidates TOTS
Deli-sandwich side dish SLAW
Drastically reduce SLASH
Egyptian snake ASP
Espionage org. CIA
Extremely dry ARID
Fan favorite IDOL
Far from enjoyable NOFUN
Feathery accessory BOA
Fey of ''30 Rock'' TINA
Fictional submariner NEMO
Fictional Swiss miss HEIDI
Fidelity.com alternative ETRADE
Flow slowly SEEP
German auto AUDI
Give an edge to HONE
Gives form to SHAPES
Gives off EMITS
Glass sipper STRAW
GPS suggestions RTES
Group of plotters CABAL
Handbook GUIDE
High point ACME
Hot streak ROLL
How fries are fried INOIL
Hunk of clay GLOB
Insistent retort IAMSO
Isn't perfect ERRS
Italian isle CAPRI
Jeweler's magnifier LOUPE
Job opening SLOT
Keeps out of sight HIDES
Kindled anew RELIT
Knotted scarf ASCOT
Last part of ''The Crucible'' ACTIV
Like dessert wines SWEET
Low mark DEE
Luxembourg, for one DUCHY
Make up (for) ATONE
Manuscript marking STET
Mature RIPEN
Medium's contact SPIRITWORLD
Michelle of the LPGA WIE
Mix together STIR
Moral values ETHICS
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Most promising ROSIEST
Multimedia star of the '20s WILLROGERS
Nautical speed unit KNOT
Nourish FEED
Open up, as a topic BROACH
Operational headquarters NERVECENTER
Ostrich cousins EMUS
Part of ILGWU INTL
Pastime with pawns CHESS
People BEINGS
Periscope piece LENS
Physique, for short BOD
Pines (for) LONGS
Plumlike fruit SLOE
Polish prose EDIT
Polished SHINED
Political starter GEO
Pop DADA
Prefix for while ERST
Primitive projectile SPEAR
Put something over on FOOL
Put something over on CON
Quite a while EONS
Raw data, e.g. INPUT
Recliner part LEGREST
Redcoats, e.g. BRITISH
Revered celebrities ICONS
Rolaids alternative TUMS
San Antonio landmark ALAMO
Searches for SEEKS
Show displeasure with a task GRITONESTEETH
Slows (down) BOGS
So far ASYET
Some MIT grads EES
Some offspring SONS
Soother EASER
Souped-up car HOTROD
Spooky SPINETINGLING
Spooky EERIE
Start a round TEEUP
State of confusion SNAFU
Stir-fry veggie SNAPPEA
Sukiyaki side dish RICE
Swamp wader EGRET
Taj Mahal locale AGRA
Tennis surface GRASS
Texas' state tree PECAN
Thin nail BRAD
Ticket portions STUBS
Torque transmitter DRIVESHAFT
Trattoria sauce PESTO
Trojan horse, e.g. RUSE
Turn signals BLINKERS
Twists wryly CONTORTS
Two-tone cookies OREOS
Underlying cause ROOT
Underworld river STYX
Unfamiliar with NEWAT
University officials DEANS
Venerable soda brand NEHI
Wagerer's hangout: Abbr. OTB
Was a passenger on RODE
Water source SPIGOT
Wavering HESITANT
Well-chosen APT
What's in many jams CARS
Where drums are found EARS
Whole bunch TON
Wing-tip insert SHOETREE
Word chunk SYLLABLE
Work-boot feature TOECAP
__ chi (martial art) TAI