Newsday.com - Dec 16 2008

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Clues Answers
''Bald'' bird EAGLE
''If all __ fails . . .'' ELSE
''Me, too!'' DITTO
''Thank you'' partner PLEASE
''This doesn't look good!'' UHOH
Admired one IDOL
All set for competition INFINETRIM
Armed conflicts WARS
At the peak ATOP
Ballad, for one SONG
Banana skin PEEL
Be unable to share HAVENONETOSPARE
Boxers and bloodhounds DOGS
Boxing place RING
Bring to an end STOP
Camera support TRIPOD
Cappuccino froth FOAM
Cleveland's state OHIO
Close by NEAR
Consumed eagerly ATEUP
Daddy PAPA
Early afternoon TWO
First game of the season OPENER
Flip out GOAPE
GOP rivals DEMS
Highway off-ramp EXIT
Hold the title to OWN
Hoodwinks DUPES
Hush-hush SECRET
Japanese wrestling SUMO
L.A. school USC
Leaning tower city PISA
Looks at EYES
Luggage BAGS
Make a knot TIE
Makes mistakes ERRS
Marsh bird EGRET
Mexican mister SENOR
Midevening NINE
Clues Answers
Misfortunes ILLS
Misplace LOSE
Mix together STIR
Most high-schoolers TEENS
Municipal CIVIC
Neck-and-neck EVEN
No longer fresh STALE
Nothing more than MERE
On too many projects SPREADTHIN
Ooze SEEP
Painting of natural scenery LANDSCAPE
Pie __ mode ALA
Pipes up SPEAKS
Police-team acronym SWAT
Privileged few ELITE
Pulled back RETREATED
Rhyme writers POETS
Rock groups BANDS
Sailor's greeting AHOY
Sci-fi characters, for short ETS
Scoundrel KNAVE
Short skirts MINIS
Shows to a seat, slangily USHES
Sleeper's sound SNORE
Stage whisper ASIDE
Starring role LEAD
Stitches together SEWS
Stovetop RANGE
Swimming area POOL
Tennis player's need RACKET
Top-notch AONE
Totally confused ATSEA
Use an eggbeater WHIP
Vocal ORAL
Whale habitat OCEAN
What to do in Aspen SKI
Wheel shaft AXLE
__-do-well NEER
__-tac-toe TIC