Newsday.com - Dec 23 2005

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Clues Answers
''Night Before Christmas'' noise CLATTER
''October Sky'' actress DERN
''Our Gang'' dog PETE
''Seinfeld'' character NEWMAN
''Shucks!'' AWGEE
''The Ballad of John and __'' YOKO
''Water Lilies'' painter MONET
''__, I remember it well'' AHYES
Acts as PORTRAYS
Anthem preposition OER
Blunder ERROR
Broadway background SCENERY
Canadian prov. NFLD
Carrot alternative STICK
Cascades peak RAINIER
Chinese dish FRIEDRICE
Close to FRIENDSWITH
Deli selection RYE
Disinclination AVERSION
Electronic music pioneer VARESE
Elk relatives DEERS
Embellishes LARDS
Eng. neighbor IRE
French public school LYCEE
Gall NERVE
Game-show announcer Johnny OLSON
General Grant's publisher TWAIN
Go quickly ZIP
Govt. loan guaranteer FHA
Govt. watchdog OSHA
Grimm youngster GRETEL
Helps oneself to ROBS
Hwys. RTES
Is in the red OWES
It's an outrage RAWDEAL
Jazz singer James ETTA
Jedi master YODA
Lilliputian WEE
Clues Answers
Lowdown INFO
Luggage attachment IDTAG
Monteverdi opera ORFEO
New Deal agcy. REA
Not budging ADAMANT
One, in Weimar EINS
Ones staring EYERS
Parcels, with ''out'' METES
Part of a process STEP
Part of QED ERAT
Part of SSS SYST
Peak: Abbr. MTN
Performed expiation ATONED
Pipsqueak TWERP
Quirk of fate FLUKE
Ranch hand COWPOKE
Red hue CERISE
Safe place HAVEN
School in Troy, NY RPI
Small band TRIO
Something of value ASSET
Squander FRITTERAWAY
Stadium shout RAH
Still-life subject VASE
Stood up to DEFIED
Summer hrs. in RI EDT
Tax pro CPA
Turned red, maybe DYED
Turner et al. IKES
Uncover BARE
Unruffled STOIC
Wall climber IVY
Where reception is iffy FRINGEAREA
Will Scarlet comrade FRIARTUCK
Word form for ''skin'' DERM
Yukon's locale FRIGIDZONE
__ about ONOR
__-X GEN