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Clues Answers
''Always on My Mind'' singer WILLIENELSON
''Be prepared'' org. BSA
''Bubbles'' autobiographer BEVERLYSILLS
''Men in Black'' character ALIEN
''Thelma and Louise'' star SUSANSARANDON
''To __ own self . . .'' THINE
''Unfortunately . . .'' SADTOSAY
'50s TV superstar LUCILLEBALL
An archangel URIEL
Apple polisher TOADY
Archaeologist's site RUIN
Baltic capital RIGA
Baseball Hall-of-Famer Sandberg RYNE
Beethoven symphony count NINE
Blooper ERROR
Bounce off the walls ECHO
Branch location TREE
Bravery VALOR
Brody of ''The Pianist'' ADRIEN
Buenos __ AIRES
Cantankerous ORNERY
Canterbury's county KENT
Carolers' offerings NOELS
Castaway's spot ISLE
City on the Nile CAIRO
Clarinet look-alike OBOE
Comedian Costello LOU
Coup d'__ ETAT
Dating from ASOF
Deceived LIEDTO
Declaration of Independence author THOMASJEFFERSON
Deli-counter call NEXT
Did a smith's job SHOED
Direction for a violinist UPBOW
Displaying no emotion STONY
Down Under denizen AUSSIE
Duchess of York SARAHFERGUSON
Duck's home POND
Dunks DIPS
Earring shape TEARDROP
Eggs on URGES
Evergreen shrub OLEANDER
Expanded GREW
Eye rudely OGLE
Fed. enforcement agency BATF
Fibber of old radio MCGEE
Fictional neatnik UNGER
Fighting fleet ARMADA
From an upper-class family WELLBORN
Futile VAIN
GB Shaw title character STJOAN
Go inside ENTER
Greet the day, in a way CROW
Gumshoe's gig CASE
Hard-to-find kid-lit character WALDO
How anchovies may be packed INOIL
Impose upon a friend, perhaps CADGE
Impressive display ARRAY
In reserve ONICE
Intl. group since 1949 NATO
Irish Nobelist in literature YEATS
It covers the House CSPAN
It's longer than an era EON
Japanese national sport SUMO
Jeweler's glass LOUPE
Jughead's friend ARCHIE
Lacks, briefly HASNT
Late bloomer ASTER
Leander's love HERO
Lone Star State sch. UTEP
Clues Answers
Longtime friend OLDPAL
Madonna film role EVITA
Main points GISTS
Marriage, e.g. RITE
Mezzo's big moment ARIA
Michael Jackson tune of '87 IMBAD
Moisture WETNESS
Musical chord TRIAD
Mustard or lemon YELLOW
Not so inane SANER
One G THOU
Op-ed piece ESSAY
Orchard basket BUSHEL
Org. once led by Howard Dean DNC
Out of practice RUSTY
Palm off FOIST
Parka part HOOD
Part of AD ANNO
Passed with flying colors ACED
Perform OK CUTIT
Pew books HYMNALS
Photographer Adams ANSEL
Piglet's pal POOH
Playwright Pinter HAROLD
Prophetess SIBYL
Pure CHASTE
Put in pigeonholes SORT
Razor-sharp KEEN
Recipe abbr. TSPS
Removes tactfully EASESOUT
Schools of thought ISMS
Schoolyard retort AMSO
Scientology founder LRONHUBBARD
Scrap, in the backwoods RASSLE
Scribble aimlessly DOODLE
Seeks info ASKS
Sentry's shout HALT
Separated APART
Silent assent NOD
Simoleons MOOLA
Sister of Meg, Jo and Amy BETH
So far ASYET
Soft cap BERET
Something on a cone SCOOP
Sore ACHY
Stay-at-home dad MRMOM
Stir up RILE
Sunscreen letters SPF
Superlative suffix IEST
Swerve wildly CAREEN
Switch ender EROO
Take it easy SITBACK
Tear's partner WEAR
The March King SOUSA
Three-time Wimbledon winner MCENROE
Thrice LIII CLIX
Tram loads ORES
Units of ''Time'' ISSUES
Used to be WERE
Uses as a basis FOUNDSON
Utter nonsense ROT
Visionary DREAMY
Weapon in Clue ROPE
Wear away ABRADE
Win by __ ANOSE
Winning streak RUN
With ''The,'' Sherlock Holmes story, and the puzzle's title REDHEADEDLEAGUE
WWII riveter ROSIE
__ a customer ONETO
__ Dame NOTRE