Newsday.com - Dec 26 2014

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Clues Answers
''Mother of Presidents'' claimant OHIO
''Now, about . . . '' ASTO
''On the other hand . . .'' YET
''See, señor!'' MIRA
''Spider-Man'' director RAIMI
''The Last King of Scotland'' lead role AMIN
''We're in for it now'' UHOH
A ''Sound of Music'' setting ABBEY
About 40 million square centimeters ACRE
Abrupt CURT
Argued for PLED
Bamboozle CON
Beat by a whisker EDGE
Buffalo Bill, by birth IOWAN
Bypass AVOID
Car-wash conclusion WIPE
Card-marking game KENO
Chase off SHOO
Check endorser PAYEE
Chinese dominoes game PAIGOW
Close one's case REST
Colonial pamphleteer PAINE
Common ''Dancing With the Stars'' dance RUMBA
Contemptible one WORM
Cornhusker's vehicle? SHUCKWAGON
Cry from a crib MAMA
Cuisinart competitor OSTER
Cultural grant org NEA
Diamond SPARKLER
Dickensian expletive PSHAW
Disoriented ATSEA
Dojo? KARATESHOP
Dust removers RAGS
Era AGE
Far from significant PUNY
Feast-famine filler ORA
Follower of stale or stable MATE
Greeting from Kermit HIHO
Harsh talk TIRADE
Clues Answers
Helping hand AIDE
How to transport tubers? POTATOSHIP
Kate Hudson's mom HAWN
Main ingredient BASE
Noisy arguments ROWS
Not as forthright SLIER
Not as kempt SHABBIER
On any occasion EVER
Orbital path OVAL
Origin GENESIS
P look-alikes RHOS
Parking place LOT
Playwright Henley BETH
Pumpkin product PIE
Recent Cooperstown managerial inductee TORRE
Responses following ''All those in favor'' AYES
Rough house LEANTO
Rubberneck OGLE
Say ''What?'' ASK
Shove off LEAVE
Show annoyance GROAN
Sideshow staple BARKER
Sign of omission CARET
Slow-selling dessert wine? SHERRYBOMB
Star of SeaWorld's ''One Ocean'' show SHAMU
Taking after ALA
Time's 2007 Invention of the Year IPHONE
Trellis piece SLAT
Two-time Triple Crown jockey ARCARO
Unclogs OPENS
Unreliable source LIAR
Vito Corleone's eldest SONNY
Was wistful YEARNED
Well-mannered PROPER
What a seam may hold ORE
Where Sultan Qaboos rules OMAN
Window frame SASH
Wistful word ALAS
Youngster MOPPET