Newsday.com - Dec 28 2012

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Clues Answers
''It's __ Unusual Day'' AMOST
''Return of the Jedi'' rescuee LEIA
Act of defiance DARE
Allegro __ brio CON
Antiseptic gel source ALOE
Ask for a loan HITUP
At liberty FREE
Athena's status [three consecutive identical letters] GODDESSSHIP
Autocrat CZAR
Backpacker's gear TENT
Be agitated SEETHE
Be frugal STINT
Biblical passage TEXT
Big brutes APES
Big-beaked bird MACAW
Black-and-white dolphins ORCAS
Brigadier's insignia STAR
Brightly colored crayon NEON
Brunch servings CREPES
California's motto EUREKA
Catalyst AGENT
City southwest of Jerusalem GAZA
Clumsy one's comment OOPS
Coexist GETALONG
Cook up a scheme PLOT
Corp. woe BADPR
Don't eat FAST
Encouraging words DOIT
Esteem PRIZE
Faction SECT
Film genre NOIR
Fleecy females EWES
For no reason IDLY
Former Grammy category POLKA
Gas name since '73 EXXON
Give testimony SWEAR
Goes quickly ZIPS
Goes sour TURNS
Grand-proportion EPIC
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Harmony SYNC
Have down cold KNOW
Hilo greetings ALOHAS
Hispaniola sharer HAITI
Lace place SHOE
Lighten EASE
Maltreatment ABUSE
Medal of Freedom architect IMPEI
Mental cloudiness HAZE
Mental concept IDEA
Metal in pennies ZINC
Missile tracker RADAR
Napped noisily SNORED
Napping INBED
Nobel Prize category PEACE
Part of some portfolios IRA
Partner of James A. Bailey BARNUM
Physiologist Pavlov IVAN
Pilfers NIPS
Public-domain [no repeated letters] UNCOPYRIGHTABLE
Pungent HOT
Queen's subject ANT
Rainwater diverter EAVE
Rescuee's cry MYHERO
Saucy PERT
Scuff up MAR
Shark cousin MANTA
Skirt length MAXI
SLAM BANG
Slogan [six consecutive consonants] CATCHPHRASE
Something seen IMAGE
Toon explorer DORA
Turkish capital ANKARA
Useful quality ASSET
Was in charge of RAN
Whodunit stock characters: Abbr DAS
With restricted access ROPEDOFF
Word before rain or test ACID
__ INSIDE (store sign) ATM