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Clues Answers
''American __'' (performer's TV showcase) IDOL
''It's clear to me'' ISEE
''__ Misérables'' LES
Best possible IDEAL
Billion-selling cookie OREO
Birthday number AGE
Boring routine RUT
Calendar span YEAR
Cell-phone predecessors PAGERS
Check recipient PAYEE
Chicken __ mein CHOW
City subways METROS
Clarinet cousin OBOE
CNN offering NEWS
Comprehend GRASP
Counterfeit coin SLUG
Curved lines ARCS
Dog's bane FLEA
Down Under hopper KANGAROO
Ensnare TRAP
Exxon merger partner MOBIL
Fields of expertise AREAS
Film holder REEL
First-born OLDEST
Give assistance to HELP
Go first START
Granny Smith or McIntosh APPLE
Greetings at sea AHOYS
Grouping of items ARRAY
Harbor markers BUOYS
Hire a decorator for REDO
Hooded reptile COBRA
Houston's state TEXAS
How some medicines are taken ORALLY
Impatient TESTY
Inquire ASK
Introducer of acts EMCEE
Jai __ ALAI
Jail unit CELL
Clues Answers
Largest continent ASIA
Leave out OMIT
Lettter rearrangements ANAGRAMS
Life story, briefly BIO
Light and breezy AIRY
Like a dime THIN
Look of scorn SNEER
Makes angry RILES
Memorable period ERA
Online auction site EBAY
Pistol sound BANG
Poem of praise ODE
Pointed tooth FANG
Quart fraction PINT
Repair MEND
Sandwich breads RYES
See 28 Across HIT
Short letter NOTE
Simplicity EASE
Solitary LONE
Sorrowful SAD
State w. of Montana IDA
Stitched SEWN
Strong coffee ESPRESSO
Sunup DAWN
Table supports LEGS
Tennis-match part SET
There-and-back journeys ROUNDTRIPS
They support the team CHEERERS
Vacationer's lodging HOTEL
Valentine's Day gift, perhaps BOXOFCHOCOLATES
Very much ALOT
W. coast school UCLA
Wear away ERODE
Wedding-party youngster RINGBEARER
Well-ordered NEAT
Witch's bestowal CURSE
With 30 Across, ballpark single BASE
WWII-era president FDR