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Clues Answers
''L'Étoile du __'' (Minnesota motto) NORD
''Roots'' author HALEY
''To a Mouse,'' for one ODE
Any Buddy Holly tune OLDIE
Approved OKD
Artifice TRICK
Australian canine DINGO
Backtalk LIP
Battleground of 1836 ALAMO
Bit of resistance OHM
Bombard with criticism STRAFE
Brontë heroine EYRE
Camporee setups TENTS
Cayuse controller REIN
Colo. neighbor KAN
Conversation starter HELLO
Cool cubes ICE
Currently INTHISDAYANDAGE
Currently NOW
Day-__ paint GLO
Depend (on) RIDE
Ecology-minded agcy EPA
Emphatic type: Abbr ITAL
Entry hall FOYER
Extremely dry ARID
Fairway position LIE
Film megastar of the 1910s BARA
Frost kin DEW
Grandpa Walton portrayer GEER
Handling personal business, perhaps TAKINGTHEDAYOFF
High-security airline ELAL
Hurtle in the direction of RUSHTO
I, in Innsbruck ICH
Ice-cream extra, at times OREO
Ink saver of a sort ETC
Journey segment LEG
July 4th, e.g NATIONALHOLIDAY
K-6 ELEM
Light brown ECRU
Clues Answers
Light brown TAN
Likewise not NOR
Looking over EYEING
Made angry IRKED
March-November period DAYLIGHTSAVINGS
Martial mount STEED
Minimal snow FLAKE
Minister to FEED
Not ''fer'' AGIN
Olden days YORE
Once-while link INA
One not to be trusted LIAR
Opposite of ''brighten'' BEDIM
Part of AAA AMER
Poker declaration IMOUT
Possessive pronoun HER
Quipster's asset WIT
Refer (to) ALLUDE
Senior's income source: Abbr IRA
Separately APART
Silk substitute RAYON
Sir's counterpart MADAM
Some evergreens YEWS
Some Harvard grads MBAS
Sphere starter HEMI
Subatomic particle MESON
Sun Tzu's ''The __ War'' ARTOF
Texas NBAer MAV
Three-time heavyweight champ ALI
Throughout the course of AMID
Tom Cruise ex KATIE
Victory goddess NIKE
Volume's ID ISBN
Walking speeds PACES
Wedding-dress style ALINE
When NPR airs the week's first ''Fresh Air'' MONDAYAFTERNOON
Whence pride comes EGO
Wonka creator DAHL
__-Saxon ANGLO