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Clues Answers
''Birth of Venus'' painter* BOTTICELLI
''Jeopardy!'' answer starter WHOIS
32 pieces + board CHESSSET
A question of location WHERE
ACLU concerns RTS
Actor Kilmer VAL
Anacin alternative ALEVE
Approvals YESES
Ask about QUERY
Australian boots UGGS
Author Ferber EDNA
Babysitter, at times AUNT
Be in the red OWE
Bed-and-breakfasts INNS
Big bags TOTES
Bit of progress DENT
Blackboard accessory ERASER
Boomers' kids XERS
Bow-tie pasta FARFALLE
Box-score column header RBI
Brings together WEDS
California prison city FOLSOM
Cat, in Catalonia GATO
Certain OPEC minister IRANI
Check payee, perhaps BEARER
Chemical ending IDE
Chicago mayor before Emanuel DALEY
Complete filming WRAP
Composer of 79 Across COLEPORTER
Copier powders TONERS
Country gent SQUIRE
Covers with concrete PAVES
Crescent tip HORN
Cricket sound CHIRP
Cure-all drinks ELIXIRS
Currier partner IVES
Curtain holders RODS
Customary practice USAGE
Desert Storm missile SCUD
Detach, as a clothespin UNCLIP
Disneyland meetable character* MICKEYMOUSE
Do Dungeons & Dragons ROLEPLAY
Does business with 19 Across RENTS
Donut coating GLAZE
Down-home theater OPRY
DVD player button PAUSE
Elevates RAISESUP
Extended family CLAN
Fancy flapjack CREPE
Feedbag morsel OAT
Flamenco cheers OLES
Formation fliers GEESE
Fortune 500 machinery giant DEERE
Foster Grant competitor RAYBAN
Fr. ladies MMES
Frat letter RHO
Gang territories TURFS
Genesis 6-9 VIP NOAH
Golfer's wear VISOR
Guitar-tone changers CAPOS
Half of MCCC DCL
Have something EAT
Health club amenity SAUNA
High fashion mag ELLE
High jumper of a sort SKYDIVER
High-IQ club MENSA
Homeland Security agcy TSA
Hoops ref calls FOULS
Houston hurlers ASTROS
Hubs CENTERS
Improves, as skills HONES
Clues Answers
In favor of PRO
Ivy Leaguer YALIE
Key of Bach's Mass BMINOR
Kick back RELAX
Kitchen gadget DICER
Lawn tool RAKE
Lawn tool MOWER
Legal memorandum BRIEF
Legendary screen dancer* FREDASTAIRE
Less than trusting LEERY
Literary alter ego MRHYDE
Lured ENTICED
Made eyes at OGLED
Man with a van MOVER
Many a Food Network host CHEF
Mid-Atlantic capital DOVER
Mild oath HECK
Natural balm ALOE
Nevertheless BUT
Old Testament kingdom MOAB
Orator, often QUOTER
Origami need PAPER
Outfielder's gear GLOVE
Overly TOO
Ozone layer's locale* STRATOSPHERE
Pale yellow MAIZE
Pâté ingredient* GOOSELIVER
Phil or Steve of skiing MAHRE
Plastic packaging* CELLOPHANE
Poetry, opera, painting, etc THEARTS
Police radio affirmative TENFOUR
Prada purchase PURSE
Prohibitions DONTS
Put up a fuss SQUAWK
Rapper who sells earphones DRDRE
Records, as cable programs TIVOS
Regional plants FLORA
Relinquish legally CEDE
Road Runner sound BEEP
Robin's skill ARCHERY
Rock to refine ORE
Ryder rival UHAUL
Shake awake ROUSE
Sheep shelter COTE
Son of 92 Down SHEM
Song that mentions all the starred answers YOURETHETOP
Spotted SEEN
Straddling ASTRIDE
Suffix denoting jargon ESE
Suffix meaning ''eater'' PHAGE
Sulk MOPE
Sushi bar layout EELS
Swarming RIFE
Thanksgiving ritual* TURKEYDINNER
The one yonder THAT
The ones right here THESE
They're a scream RIOTS
Thorough investigation PROBE
Tic-Tacs rival CERTS
Tilted Tuscany attraction* TOWEROFPISA
Timeline slices ERAS
Title character of a Blatty novel EXORCIST
Toy holder CHEST
Treacherous one VIPER
Unusual collectible CURIO
Well-practiced ADEPT
Went on horseback RODE
West Ham watering hole PUB
When compared to THAN
Winter wear SKIMASK
WWII sub UBOAT