Newsday.com - Feb 7 2009

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#1 preceder WERE
37-time ''Sports Illustrated'' cover figure ALI
Army helicopter APACHE
Astronaut excursion EVA
Band STRAP
Behind, in a way ASTERN
Betray a lack of confidence HAW
Big name in '50s TV DESI
Big-ticket items for astronomers LENSES
Blend MELD
Bon vivant SPORT
Bug RILE
Build ASSEMBLE
Circumscribing LIMITING
Coming to TOTALING
Construction by-product DETOUR
Corrects one's words, perhaps REENTERS
Devise COIN
Didn't sit still SHIVERED
Elite group ATEAM
Erstwhile power USSR
Galahad's mother ELAINE
Gathers dust SITS
Gave a hoot SHOUTED
Gets a new canine TEETHES
Gets into DONS
Girt RINGED
Got back REDEEMED
Got to go ENLISTED
Grunts UHS
Hot stuff CAYENNE
Indonesian export TIN
Informs BRIEFS
Institute CREATE
Integrated ONEPIECE
It has new tails in 2009 CENT
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It's often picked for locks PERM
Just missed, on the green RIMMED
Kind of commerce BARTER
Late __ FEE
Less uninterested NOSIER
Looks for HUNTS
Make an impression on DENT
Mars or Jupiter DEUS
Mediterranean staple PITA
Metaphor for opulence XANADU
More nifty PEACHIER
More provocative EDGIER
Newcomer INITIATE
Organ part PIPE
Out with DATING
Per __ DIEM
Photographer's concerns SPEEDS
Place to entertain a beau PARLOR
Pope after Peter LINUS
Rats' relative DARN
Rig devices CBS
Secure TIE
Serving with saffron PAELLA
Shown AIRED
Shut up SILENCE
Signifies ADDSUPTO
Small amount of work ERG
Something surprising TWIST
Suggestion SCENT
Surname shared by at least eight related sports pros UNSER
Tools for tooling AWLS
Trial ORDEAL
Vouched for ATTESTED
Walt's brother ROY
Way off RAMP
Wing ANNEX