Newsday.com - Dec 2 2009

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Clues Answers
''Hub'' city, for short BOS
12/24 or 12/31 EVE
5 Down instrument UKE
72 Across spheroids PEAS
Actor Estrada ERIK
Agent's cut FEE
Aisle worker USHER
Arts connoisseurs CULTUREVULTURES
At any time EVER
Autumn flower ASTER
B&B INN
Barely flows SEEPS
Beanery sign EATS
Borscht veggie BEET
Bow-wow POOCH
Capote nickname TRU
Card game LOO
Chaucer pilgrim REEVE
Choice word OTHER
City near Lake Tahoe RENO
City with two banks PARIS
Conical abode TEPEE
Damsel saver HERO
Debate ARGUE
Diamond Head's island OAHU
Do patchwork SEW
Does' mates HARTS
Drama with divas OPERA
Edited out DELED
Eye slyly OGLE
Favoritism BIAS
FDR successor HST
Fill with glee ELATE
Fly trapper WEB
Gladiator's venue ARENA
Go to the mat, in the backwoods RASSLE
Golf hazard TRAP
Grid officials REFS
Gum chewing, to some HABIT
Clues Answers
Hayloft bundle BALE
Hidden obstacle SNAG
Internet destination SITE
Iron source ORE
Is in charge of HEADS
Ladled meal STEW
Letterman list TOPTEN
Like hand-me-downs USED
Literary handling TREATMENT
Long ago ONCE
Make cornrows PLAIT
Mascara targets LASHES
Matter of debate ISSUE
Motto on money EPLURIBUSUNUM
Origami need PAPER
Pakistan's chief river INDUS
Prefix for mural INTRA
Prefix for plop KER
Prescription amount DOSE
Red state grp. GOP
Russia's __ Mountains URAL
Skillet PAN
Slim margin NOSE
Smooth switch SEGUE
Stork relative IBIS
Take in or let out ALTER
Takeoff stat: Abbr. ETD
Tennis great Chris EVERT
Toddler's perch KNEE
Took potshots SNIPED
Trade-show setup BOOTH
Twisted to dry WRUNG
Ultimatum to a boaster PUTUPORSHUTUP
Unaccompanied singing style ACAPPELLA
Urban way: Abbr. AVE
Waits in the shadows LURKS
Walrus features TUSKS
Well-used pencil NUB
__'acte ENTR