Newsday.com - Dec 23 2011

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Clues Answers
''Bravo!'' cousin OLE
''Calling all cars'' announcement APB
''It's a Wonderful Life'' director CAPRA
''La Mer'' composer CLAUDEDEBUSSY
''Three Musketeers'' plot element DUEL
A bit wet DAMP
Ad verb HURRY
Ancient Mexican AZTEC
Annually PERYEAR
Appalachian entertainment CLOGDANCE
Appear suddenly, with ''up'' CROP
Be insistent PRESS
Beat PULSATE
Books examiner CPA
Box-score stat ATBAT
Caused LEDTO
Certain conversation starter PSST
Chalet styles AFRAMES
Coffee, so to speak JOE
Columnists' page OPED
Digital-camera setting AUTO
Diner order BLT
Document amendment RIDER
Exotic instrument SITAR
False front ACT
Frat letter CHI
French cheese MUNSTER
Gathered in great numbers MASSED
Give in to gravity SAG
Goes awry ERRS
Hardwood tree ELM
Heartfelt DEEP
Home of 140+ Goyas PRADO
Hotbed DEN
Imply AIMAT
Intervening agencies MEDIA
Kiddie-song refrain EIEIO
Larynx-lungs link TRACHEA
Clues Answers
Lord's Prayer start OUR
Main Street establishments SHOPS
Marquee times NITES
Mary, Queen of Scots successor JAMESI
Messy place STY
Music __ (theme of the puzzle) CDS
Name on the cover of ''Age of Innocence'' EDITH
Oskar's ''Oh!'' ACH
Ostrich or kangaroo BIPED
Out-and-out UTTER
Parts of '70s stereo systems CASSETTEDECKS
Pothook shape ESS
Powerful person NABOB
Really angry BOILING
Salon stuff HAIRGEL
Scatter STREW
Self-storage rental UNIT
Shoe reinforcements TOECAPS
Short-lived fashion CRAZE
Short-winded TERSE
Sneaking suspicion HUNCH
Sorts of shoes PUMPS
Sound of contempt SNORT
Studio that green-lighted ''Star Trek'' DESILU
Succeed GOFAR
Summer get-together COOKOUT
Surprise-ending specialist OHENRY
Symbol of approval STAMP
Take place ARE
Traction aid CLEAT
Travel-guide listing MOTEL
UK legislators MPS
Unscrupulous approach LOWROAD
US Women's Open organizer LPGA
USMC rank SGT
What Bugs calls Elmer DOC
Wise advisors GURUS
With a hidden agenda SLY