Newsday.com - Mar 21 2007

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Clues Answers
''Beg pardon . . .'' AHEM
''Otello'' highlight ARIA
''Well, __-di-dah!'' LAH
A deadly sin LUST
Actor Bean ORSON
After the buzzer LATE
Alan Ladd oater SHANE
Andean land PERU
Angler's aid DEPTHFINDER
Athletes wearing Y's ELIS
Bag resealer CLIP
Bank staff TELLERS
Bard's ''before'' ERE
Barely defeats EDGES
Battleship letters USS
Beef on the hoof STEER
Belfry denizen BAT
Billiard-ball feature STRIPE
Certain Prot. METH
Compensate for OFFSET
Crinkly green KALE
DC baseballers NATS
Deep-six TOSS
Director Kazan ELIA
Dosage unit PILL
Dumbo's flappers EARS
Euro fraction CENT
Fall birthstones OPALS
Fascinated by INTO
Feature of old TVs VOLUMEKNOB
Fish story TALE
Force onward URGE
Fresh-mouthed PERT
Garfield's pal ODIE
Glossy paints ENAMELS
Golfer's position STANCE
Grannies NANAS
Grind down ERODE
Hosiery woe SNAG
Clues Answers
In fighting shape TRIM
Japanese noodles RAMEN
Klutzy sort OAF
Land south of Key West CUBA
Light hair shade ASHBLOND
Like some turkey meat DARK
Lunar valley RILL
Meatloaf serving SLAB
Memorable periods ERAS
Message holder, maybe BOTTLE
Not so close, so to speak ARMSLENGTH
Oodles ALOT
Peacock's walk STRUT
Poke fun at TEASE
Pressure, slangily HEAT
Radar-gun wielder COP
Rhett Butler's last word DAMN
Rockette, e.g. DANCER
Run amok RIOT
Shut out DEBAR
Sibling of Amy and Meg BETH
Singer Ronstadt LINDA
Skelton's Kadiddlehopper CLEM
Sometime or other WHENEVER
Spreadsheet measure COLUMNWIDTH
Strait-laced STAID
Stuff to assemble KIT
Suffix with kitchen ETTE
Suffix with scram OLA
Takes a pick OPTS
Tick off IRE
Took the gold WON
Touched down ALIT
Tubular pasta PENNE
Was a nag HARPED
Wholly absorbed RAPT
__ and dined WINED
__ cotta TERRA
__-back (relaxed) LAID