Newsday.com - Feb 29 2012

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Clues Answers
''Battleship'' shade GRAY
''Moonstruck'' Oscar winner CHER
''Yikes!'' OHOH
8 Down's bottom SEABED
Abound TEEM
Africa's longest river NILE
All square EVEN
Ancient foe of Athens SPARTA
Barely defeated, with ''out'' NOSED
Big Apple, briefly NYC
Bit of fireplace residue CINDER
Bodybuilder's pride ABS
Bring home the bacon EARN
Brings to a close ENDS
Campus military org ROTC
Caustic chemical LYE
Charitable donation ALMS
Common cleanser BORAX
Dentist's request RINSE
Dumbfounded AWED
Expected DUE
Falafel bread PITA
Farm storage buildings SILOS
Feel sore ACHE
Fellow, informally DUDE
George __ (Revolutionary War-era king) III
Get ready, for short PREP
GI offense AWOL
Have the nerve DARE
Helpful activities SERVICES
Hidden agenda ANGLE
Hotel employee MAID
Intense devotion ARDOR
Like some excuses LAME
Make beloved ENDEAR
Miles per hour, e.g RATE
Mischievous one DEVIL
Naval fighting fleet ARMADA
Neighborhood store DELI
Clues Answers
Neptune's realm OCEAN
Nonstop talker EARBENDER
Not a lost cause SAVABLE
Not as much LESS
Not to be repeated ONETIME
On vacation AWAY
Oolong and pekoe TEAS
Overly precise ones PRIGS
Oyster product PEARL
Paint layer COAT
Portion PIECE
Proof of ownership DEED
Provide temporarily LOAN
Provide with a trait ENDUE
Sample to examine SPECIMEN
Shoe sections SOLES
Slam one's foot down STAMP
Small whirlpool EDDY
Smoke out EXPOSE
Somber poem ELEGY
Something astounding MINDBLOWER
Something scary HAIRRAISER
Source of sudden understanding EYEOPENER
Special attention, for short TLC
Stood up ROSE
Struck down SMOTE
Student's jottings NOTES
Sudden assaults RAIDS
Supreme Court count NINE
Swiss mathematician EULER
Take a load off SIT
Throat-culture finding STREP
Train stop DEPOT
Typeface size PICA
Unaccompanied LONE
Watered down THIN
West Point team ARMY
__ acid (protein part) AMINO
__ Baba ALI