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Clues Answers
''Be __ as it may . . .'' THAT
''Garfield'' dog ODIE
''Tender'' cut of meat LOIN
Artistic category GENRE
At any time EVER
Bit, as of butter DAB
Boats like Noah's ARKS
Camper's shelter TENT
Cantaloupe, for one MELON
Characteristic TRAIT
Chili __ carne CON
Concludes ENDS
Crystal-lined rock GEODE
Day after Wed THU
Dermatologist's specialty SKIN
Dessert with orange veggie pieces CARROTCAKE
Doled (out) METED
Dual-usage, as an appliance ACDC
Ecuador neighbor PERU
Eggs on URGES
Enthusiastic, informally GOGO
Eve's garden EDEN
Florist's container VASE
Forehead-covering locks BANGS
Fruity fall drink APPLECIDER
Give a darn CARE
Hard roll with a pungent veggie topping ONIONBAGEL
Helpful hint TIP
Hold in high regard ESTEEM
Hot first course with spuds POTATOSOUP
Huff and puff PANT
Humans PEOPLE
Iowa college town AMES
Jazz singer Fitzgerald ELLA
Kid's shooting toy BBGUN
Letters with right-angle shapes ELLS
Level of a cake or arena TIER
Lo-cal, on labels LITE
Make over REDO
Clues Answers
Makes a sweater KNITS
Male: Abbr MASC
Middays NOONS
Mountain climbed by Moses SINAI
Neck of the woods AREA
Nile reptile ASP
Not as much LESS
Part of the eye IRIS
Perched on ATOP
Poker quitter's comment IMOUT
Prefix meaning ''flying'' AERO
Quantities: Abbr AMTS
Read, as a bar code SCAN
Royal decree EDICT
Scarlett O'Hara's home TARA
Ship of 1492 NINA
Slow-moving mollusk SNAIL
Somewhat improper RACY
Speaker's humorous stories ANECDOTES
Still in the game ALIVE
Strategy PLAN
Surface of a stairway STEP
T-bone, for example STEAK
Taboo thing NONO
Take a break REST
Take a snooze SLEEP
Takes a chance with RISKS
They often get away, in angler's stories BIGONES
Threescore + ten SEVENTY
Tot's ''little piggies'' TOES
Train station DEPOT
TV watchdog agency FCC
Verification PROOF
What a ringmaster introduces CIRCUSACT
Wise advisor GURU
With no clouds SUNNY
Worldwide: Abbr INTL
__ and cheese (kids' hot lunch) MAC
__-bitsy (tiny) ITSY