Newsday.com - Dec 9 2019

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Clues Answers
''. . . lived happily __ after'' EVER
''Am I __ to see you!'' GLAD
''Baby back'' barbecue servings RIBS
''Constrictor'' snakes BOAS
''The __ Duckling'' (fairy tale) UGLY
''Upper'' or ''lower'' train bed BERTH
''Well done'' message that tops cakes CONGRATULATIONS
''You didn't defeat me!'' IWON
Baby bird's home NEST
Banish EXILE
Bank vaults SAFES
Beaver-built structure DAM
Bottom of a pedestal BASE
Boxing match locale ARENA
Bread package LOAF
Cake toppers that are blown out BIRTHDAYCANDLES
Car longer than a coupe SEDAN
Chemist's workroom LAB
Coloring solutions DYES
Compass point opposite WSW ENE
Dole (out) METE
Dollars or cents MONEY
Double-curve letter ESS
Eve's son after Cain ABEL
Fake coin SLUG
Flow slowly SEEP
Flower stalk STEM
Gambling probabilities ODDS
Gentle pulls TUGS
Giddy happiness GLEE
Ginger ale or root beer SODA
High cards in poker ACES
High-society newcomer, for short DEB
High-tech beam LASER
Hole-boring tool DRILL
Jones or Smith NAME
Julius Caesar garment TOGA
Lambs' mothers EWES
Liquor from Jamaica RUM
Clues Answers
Mail away SEND
Milky gemstone OPAL
Misplace LOSE
Monumental tale EPIC
Nasal congestion locale SINUS
Neighborhood food shop DELI
Norway's capital OSLO
Occur next ENSUE
Old-time anesthetic ETHER
Omelet main ingredients EGGS
On cloud __ (elated) NINE
Oscar or Grammy AWARD
Paying close attention ALERT
Pecans and cashews NUTS
Performance with sopranos OPERA
Pre-meal prayer GRACE
Prohibited thing TABOO
Requires NEEDS
Rise from a chair STAND
River's flood barrier LEVEE
Scary fairy-tale character OGRE
Serene CALM
Ship's distress signal SOS
Small bills ONES
Smaller in quantity LESS
Smart, funny people WITS
Sources of coal MINES
Temperamental soprano DIVA
The Caribbean, for instance SEA
The South, informally DIXIE
Thinnest coin DIME
Took off the shelf USED
Triangular river formation DELTA
Turned off, as TV audio MUTED
UFO pilots: Abbr ETS
White, spreadable cake topping VANILLAFROSTING
Woodwind instrument OBOE
Worry (about) FRET
__ Highness (title for a princess) HER