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Clues Answers
''Ain't never __ happen'' GONNA
''So that's it!'' AHA
61 Down insert REED
Acorn, for instance SEED
All-out conflict WAR
Allowed to improve with time AGED
Antiquated OLD
Back of a boat STERN
Bird on a quarter EAGLE
Brief memos NOTES
Brought a kayak back ROWEDASHORE
Bugs Bunny's whirling foe TAZ
Burn slowly SMOLDER
Casual eatery CAFE
Char on a grill SEAR
City near Tahoe RENO
Couturier Christian DIOR
Do as asked OBEY
Dog-__ (bent at the corner) EARED
Dustcloth RAG
Entice ATTRACT
Ernie's ''Sesame Street'' pal BERT
Family room DEN
Fictional Karenina ANNA
Fire-breathing monster DRAGON
First blank on many forms NAME
Flower on valentines ROSE
Give for a meal FEEDTO
Golden Fleece ship ARGO
Grazing area LEA
Halves of quarts: Abbr PTS
Happen next ENSUE
Highway debris, potholes, etc ROADHAZARDS
Historical period ERA
Hold firmly GRASP
Holes in needles EYES
Imperfections FLAWS
Income tax agcy IRS
Is sure to WILL
Clues Answers
Lasting mark SCAR
Like a bump on ___ ALOG
Love, in Italy AMORE
Mysterious glow AURA
NBA's Lakers, on scoreboards LAL
NFL tiebreaker periods OTS
Not abridged UNCUT
Obligated (to) BOUND
Overhauled REDONE
Owl's outcry HOOT
Patronized, as a 13 Across DINEDAT
Per item EACH
Peruses READS
Pester with complaints NAG
Plane-tracking device RADAR
Puffy hairdo AFRO
Real estate measure ACRE
Reef material CORAL
Remainder REST
Resort with saunas SPA
Rubik of cubes ERNO
Runner's obstacle HURDLE
Sat next to the driver RODESHOTGUN
Shade of blue or purple INDIGO
Slender instrument OBOE
Smallest state RHODEISLAND
Sound from a sedan HORN
Spooky EERIE
Stuck a tag on LABELED
Superbly pitched NOHIT
Texas shrine to ''remember'' ALAMO
The basics, initially ABCS
Theater platform STAGE
Total amount SUM
Tries out TESTS
Troy, NY tech school RPI
Uplifted RAISED
Volleyball dividers NETS
__ acid (bit of protein) AMINO