Newsday.com - Feb 17 2010

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Clues Answers
''How silly __!'' OFME
''That's __ need to know'' ALLI
''__ Bulba ''(Gogol novel) TARAS
A little seasoning DASHOFSALT
A __ ''apple'' ASIN
Acknowledgment phrase ISEE
Austere STARK
Barbie and Ken DOLLS
Barely cooked RARE
Blemish FLAW
Boat's front PROW
California/Nevada lake TAHOE
Con artist's decoy SHILL
Debating-team contender SIDE
Desert rest areas OASES
Determination WILL
Dreary DRAB
Eagle-eyed ALERT
Elevates LIFTS
End of the school day LASTPERIOD
Falls (over) KEELS
Fast-food drink SHAKE
Fast-food drinks SODAS
Fourth-down option PUNT
From Cork IRISH
Funnyman Brooks MEL
Furious IRATE
Glazier's goo PUTTY
Guitarist Clapton ERIC
Hearth residue ASH
House add-on SUNDECK
Invitees GUESTS
Lord's spouse LADY
LP, e.g. DISK
Lumberjack's tool AXE
Makes sense FITS
Manage somehow COPE
Manage to avoid SKIRT
Member of the deer family ELK
Clues Answers
Memento KEEPSAKE
Moonshiners' contraptions STILLS
Music-score marking CLEF
Nervous swallow GULP
New Year's song word AULD
NHL city MONTREAL
Offer major discounts SLASHPRICES
Old hand PRO
Outside EXTERNAL
Perjurer LIAR
Philbin's cohost RIPA
Pine Tree State MAINE
Poetic contraction TWAS
Portnoy's creator ROTH
Pull-ups' target, for short LAT
Queen of whodunits ELLERY
Racing-form info ODDS
Refuse to admit DENY
Regret RUE
Religious offshoot SECT
Room in a ''casa'' SALA
Shelf support WALLBRACKET
Short race SPRINT
Snow-clearing tools SHOVELS
Snowman accessory PIPE
Sounds of surprise AHAS
Stage scenery SETS
Starring role LEAD
Sunbathes TANS
Surprised STARTLED
The way out EXIT
Trebek of TV ALEX
Venus' son CUPID
Vex ROIL
Vista VIEW
Where most of Turkey is ASIA
__ Francisco, CA SAN
__ hygiene ORAL
__ Island (immigrants' site) ELLIS