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Clues Answers
''Ode for __'' (Plath poem) TED
1080-degree figure OCTAGON
20 grains SCRUPLE
Abandon orbit REENTER
Antioxidant source GINGER
Arctic animals FURSEALS
Assume as fact POSIT
Baby-talk characteristic LISP
Back biter MOLAR
Bag SATCHEL
British portraitist OPIE
Called from the Tyrol YODELED
Cell phone user's concern ROAMING
Checkers MEN
Clooney tune of '55 TENDERLY
Collapse GIVEWAY
Columbus discovery of 1498 ORINOCO
Cousteau's season ETE
Dartboard material ELM
David Bowie collaborator ENO
Drives forward PROPELS
Earthquake aftermath, perhaps TSUNAMI
Ecologist's concern CLIMATE
Entangle MIRE
Felt remorse RUED
Film-location worker CATERER
Formal wear TAILS
Give ungenerously STINT
Had to be replaced WOREOUT
Hammers home INSTILLS
Hardly gregarious ASOCIAL
Have the look of SEEM
Having as a hobby INTO
Hold gently CUP
Honeysuckle and clematis VINES
Jade CLOY
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Kick in ANTE
Kid's scene TANTRUM
King et al. ALANS
Lacking imagination ARID
Land ACREAGE
Mine seam LODE
Modicum OUNCE
Monopoly token IRON
More than pleased ELATED
Mother-of-pearl source ABALONE
Movie frame CEL
Mozart, e.g. AUSTRIAN
Mysterious character RUNE
Opening INITIAL
Ottoman STOOL
Painter's finish TOPCOAT
Pan's parent ZEUS
Political alliance ENTENTE
Pop singer Hendryx NONA
Protest-sign phrase GOHOME
Quit running STALLED
Roots LINEAGE
Shakespearean septet AGES
Spot remover ACETONE
Stir up RILE
Stockpiled CACHED
Take advantage of TRADEON
Talented ABLE
They're often inflated EGOS
Threw a party for HONORED
Touchdown turf ENDZONE
Twitted NEEDLED
Visionary UTOPIAN
Wellspring FONT
When you're out for a while NAP
Writer Earl __ Biggers DERR