Newsday.com - Aug 29 2012

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Clues Answers
''Of course!'' YES
''Simpsons'' bartender MOE
Adorable tot CUTEY
Assays TESTS
Aussie jumper ROO
Baby garb DIAPER
Back street ALLEY
Bacon portions STRIPS
Becomes too much CLOYS
British diarist PEPYS
Cheer in Chihuahua OLE
Close relative FIRSTCOUSIN
Come up in conversation ARISE
Construction worker HARDHAT
Cranny NICHE
Dairy product CREAM
Dander IRE
Departed WENT
Diminish, with ''off'' TAPER
Diner offering HOMECOOKING
Duplicate COPY
Fabric CLOTH
Fashion mag ELLE
Finish up END
Fire aftermath ASHES
Firefighters' gear HOSES
Fit for duty ABLE
For some time AWHILE
French race place LEMANS
Frolic PLAY
Goof up ERR
Granola bit OAT
Guys from your 'hood HOMIES
Handed-down legends LORE
In solitude ALONE
In the know AWARE
Inferior SECONDCLASS
Intense questioning THIRDDEGREE
Irritable TESTY
Clues Answers
Jump for joy EXULT
Kids' cereal KIX
Line of rotation AXIS
Live and breathe ARE
Man of the hour HERO
Melt together FUSE
Mimic APE
Mythical matchmaker CUPID
Novelist Oz AMOS
Official agreements PACTS
One of the Marxes HARPO
Org. with Penguins and Bruins NHL
Overplay on stage HAMUP
Owns HAS
Patsy DUPE
Pitcher's stat ERA
Post-op stop ICU
Procedures SYSTEMS
Radio regulator: Abbr FCC
Raised BRED
Really annoy RILE
Runway substance TARMAC
Seafood serving SUSHI
Sends via phone FAXES
Shade of red CHERRY
Shoestrings LACES
Spaces for ships BERTHS
Swelters BOILS
Test supplies PENCILS
The object at hand THIS
Theatrical faint SWOON
Threw a tantrum RAGED
Thrust PUSH
Troop support org USO
Under the weather ILL
Understand GET
Unknown person SOMEONE
Voice amplifier MIC
Western wildcat PUMA