Newsday.com - May 3 2015

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Clues Answers
''Annabel Lee'' writer POE
''Dude!'' BRO
''Excuse me . . .'' AHEM
''Situation Room'' airer CNN
''The Lion King'' lion SIMBA
Absorb SOPUP
Accumulated quantity STOCK
Actor Epps OMAR
All over again FROMSCRATCH
Ancient Mexican AZTEC
Any of the Bahamas ISLE
Assertive comeback AMSO
Being hauled INTOW
Birdseed ingredient SUET
Bout enders KOS
Bowl game org NCAA
Box-office bonanza MONSTERHIT
Cast assignment ROLE
Certain ''Jeopardy!'' tournament contestant TEEN
Chinese zodiac animal RAT
Choral contingent ALTOS
Closely follow DOG
Cold and damp RAW
Collect slowly GLEAN
Compassion EMPATHY
Corn kernel NIBLET
Cosmetics-safety agcy FDA
Cover with silver, perhaps PLATE
Craving YEN
Crumble slowly ERODE
Cultural pursuits ARTS
Diminishes WANES
Dracula alter ego BAT
Drove too fast SPED
Ease ASSUAGE
Energized, with ''up'' AMPED
Enlists help from CALLSON
Examine ASSAY
Exchanges SWAPS
Fabricate MAKE
Facsimile REPLICA
Feudal workers SERFS
Fish-eating hawk OSPREY
Flat face with hands DIAL
Flatbread of India NAN
Freshen, as a stamp pad REINK
Game fish BASS
Garbage barge SCOW
Golden Fleece ship ARGO
Gospel writer MARK
Gothic novel governess EYRE
Gumbo veggie OKRA
Had debts OWED
Halter alternative TUBETOP
Hard to come by RARE
Hindu garment SARI
Impolite look LEER
Insertion symbols CARETS
Intel gathering RECON
John Wayne film of '62 HATARI
Kitten cries MEWS
Korean car KIA
Lacking resonance TINNY
Lateness of payments ARREARS
Learn something well GETDOWNPAT
Lebanon neighbor SYRIA
Let alone LEAVEBE
Little pest ANT
Little pest IMP
LL Bean rival JCREW
Loses traction SLIDES
Lulu BEAUT
Magazine execs EDS
Clues Answers
Memorized KNEW
Merit-badge earner SCOUT
Mindful (of) AWARE
Modular furniture chain IKEA
Mongol marauder TATAR
Mother-of-pearl source ABALONE
NBA great's nickname SHAQ
New Orleans cuisine CREOLE
Not working properly OUTOFWHACK
Not yet scheduled: Abbr TBA
Oafs LOUTS
Old Testament prophet MICAH
Other than that ELSE
Passport endorsement VISA
Peninsula near Hong Kong MACAO
Person from Tabriz IRANI
Philly-area hero sandwich HOAGIE
Pigeon's perch, perhaps LEDGE
Pixar film of 2006 CARS
Portrait holder FRAME
Prefix for freeze ANTI
Prickly seedcase BUR
Pulpit presentation SERMON
Put on the brakes SLOWUP
Quaint lament AHME
Quick drawing SKETCH
Rebuff SNUB
Regard highly ESTEEM
Remove from power OUST
Risky purchase PIGINAPOKE
Road reversal, informally UEY
Rocket interceptor, for short ABM
Scolding sound TSK
Scottish inlet FIRTH
Secret supply STASH
Ship of 1492 PINTA
Shower alternative BATH
Sierra Nevada lake TAHOE
Significant other MAINSQUEEZE
Sinkers and lures FISHINGTACKLE
Small battery AAA
Small piano SPINET
Snapple sister brand HAWAIIANPUNCH
Spiny houseplant ALOE
Spree BINGE
Spring from the ground LEAP
Stand the test of time LAST
Step in a process STAGE
Suffix for switch EROO
Sultan's wives HAREM
Taken with a spoon ORAL
Takes charge LEADS
Talks big CROWS
The Braves' div NLE
Timeline slices ERAS
Train track RAIL
Trash-bag closer TIE
Traveler's annoyance DELAY
Twisty letters ESSES
Two-sided BILATERAL
Type of golf tourney SKINSGAME
Unspecified amount ANY
Warm and snug COMFY
Watchful one EYER
Wax-coated cheese EDAM
Website ID URL
Well-groomed NEAT
Wetlands bird COOT
What to put into your food TEETH
Witnessed SAW
Work on dough KNEAD
Young fellows LADS
__ alai JAI