Newsday.com - Dec 1 2013

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''. . . for whom the bell tolls'' penner DONNE
''CSI'' set LAB
''Downton Abbey'' title LORD
''Goosebumps'' series author RLSTINE
''How about that!'' ILLBE
''__ you kidding?'' ARE
95 Down storm SUNSPOT
Aberdonians, e.g SCOTS
Ablaze ONFIRE
Absolute SHEER
Ascend GOUP
Astronomical adjective SOLAR
Author of kids' Busytown books SCARRY
Awaiting a pitch ATBAT
Back of the neck NAPE
BB, e.g PELLET
Below, to Byron NEATH
Between ports ATSEA
Blacksmith, often SHOER
Boxer's workout equipment SPEEDBAG
Brandy holder FLASK
Break sharply SNAP
Brief sleep NAP
Brittle CRISP
Burrowing critters MOLES
Cable TV chef EMERIL
Casual shirt TEE
Catch a bug, say AIL
CD source SANDL
Chalet backdrop ALPS
Churchillian symbol VSIGN
Colleges with a reputation for socializing PARTYSCHOOLS
Conniving SLY
Cruise stops ISLANDS
Cubicle furnishing DESK
Cultural funding grp NEA
Drill sergeant's call HUP
Eggs on GOADS
Emoticon's eyes COLON
Essay page OPED
Fancy neckwear CRAVAT
Far from friendly COLD
Favorite PET
Fir feller AXE
Flippant PERT
Formal Vatican documents PAPALBULLS
Frat letter ETA
Generous LIBERAL
Golden State sch UCLA
Green sauce PESTO
Had a fondness for LIKED
Harder to locate RARER
Have an inkling SENSE
Have the deed to OWN
Hawaiian ''thank you'' MAHALO
Herding dog COLLIE
Hiking paths PARKTRAILS
Hollow stone GEODE
Hospital area, for short PREOP
Household current ACPOWER
In excess of OVER
In jeopardy ATRISK
It surrounds the puzzles' long answers PALS
Kids YOUTH
Laughs heartily ROARS
Leafy veggie CHARD
Lecture site HALL
Legal claim LIEN
Libya neighbor CHAD
Likenesses IMAGES
Limericks, for instance POEMS
Little girl's cutouts PAPERDOLLS
Manage somehow GETBY
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McCartney bandmate STARR
Meadowland noisemaker COWBELL
Modern cybermessage TWEET
Monitor, keyboard, etc HARDWARE
More anxious ITCHIER
Mortarboard hanger TASSEL
Most docile TAMEST
Most Little League coaches DADS
Much-heard TRITE
Munched on ATE
Must NEEDSTO
Night school subj ESL
Not yet realized UNMET
Obstruct IMPEDE
On the house FREE
Opposing teams SIDES
Org. with many specialists AMA
Paella ingredient RICE
Pain in the neck PEST
Pair of performers DUET
Part of CAT AXIAL
Part of the ear LOBE
Passed out cards DEALT
Pasture measures ACRES
Pat down, as a perp FRISK
Pear-shaped fruits FIGS
Peeled parts RINDS
Physical exertion EFFORT
Pre-owned NOTNEW
Proverb ADAGE
Pungent salad green CRESS
Reason for overtime TIE
Render worthless VOID
Ristorante offering PASTASHELLS
Ritz, George V, etc PARISHOTELS
River to the English Channel SEINE
Riverboats' propellers PADDLEWHEELS
Roadside retreats INNS
Rustling sound SWISH
Scout's good work DEED
Script section SCENE
Sections of seats TIERS
Set afire LIT
Skewed views BIASES
Some L.A. map lines STS
Sorehead GRUMP
Sorehead CRANK
Spanish love AMOR
Stable sound NEIGH
Stops from squeaking OILS
Swordplay weapon EPEE
Tabriz native IRANI
Taunt GIBE
The whole enchilada ALL
Thesaurus compiler ROGET
They raise a lot of dough YEASTS
They're forbidden NONOS
Those in charge: Abbr LDRS
Till compartment TENS
Trade jabs SPAR
Triple-decker snack OREO
Tuck's title FRIAR
Two-bit CHEAPO
Union's collection DUES
Unpleasant looks LEERS
Venerable advisors SAGES
Venomous snake ASP
War-games projectiles PAINTBALLS
White-petaled flower DAISY
Wild blue yonder SKY
Zeroes in on AIMSAT
__ de Janeiro RIO
__ nous (confidentially) ENTRE