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Clues Answers
''And others'' abbreviation ETAL
''Excuse me . . .'' sound AHEM
''Hurry up!'' CMON
36-inch rulers YARDSTICKS
A second helping MORE
Actress Watson or Thompson EMMA
Aroma ODOR
Be scared of FEAR
Berets and caps HATS
Blast from the __ (song oldie) PAST
Burn-soothing plant ALOE
Cabbies' vehicles TAXIS
Campers' shelters TENTS
Ceiling-mounted room coolers FANS
Children Youngsters
Chimney dust SOOT
Cleveland's locale OHIO
Days of __ (ancient times) YORE
Declare legally invalid ANNUL
Deep affection LOVE
Embarrassing mistake BONER
Football arbiters, for short REFS
Front of the lower leg SHIN
Futuristic novel genre SCIFI
Gas that glows in signs NEON
General region AREA
Give employment to HIRE
Go by bus or train RIDE
Green pasta sauce PESTO
Guys who own pricey boats YACHTSMEN
Have to have NEED
Home for a robin NEST
Home made of logs CABIN
In a group of AMONG
In addition ALSO
Italian fashion city MILAN
Kid's coloring stick CRAYON
Long-tailed rodents RATS
Made a blunder ERRED
Clues Answers
Messy person SLOB
Metallic rocks ORES
Minor shaving mishaps NICKS
New Haven university YALE
New Mexico and Nebraska STATES
Not far away NEAR
Notion IDEA
Occupied now, as a meeting room INUSE
Ocean's rise and fall TIDE
Of the moon LUNAR
One sharing emcee duties COHOST
Otherwise ELSE
Pantry pests ANTS
Poison ivy reaction RASH
Precise EXACT
Quit one's job RESIGN
Radiate, as light EMIT
Rapid eyelid movement BLINK
Rental document LEASE
Revere or McCartney PAUL
Royal palace CASTLE
Sailor's distress signal SOS
Shaped like a square's corners ANGLED
Shopping mall tenant STORE
Something broken for an omelet EGG
Sounds of disapproval TSKS
Stick around STAY
Strong desires YEARNINGS
Take a crack __ (make an attempt) ATIT
Taken __ (unpleasantly surprised) ABACK
Takes a stroll WALKS
Ticker-__ parade TAPE
Toyota hybrid model PRIUS
Twisted out of shape BENT
Unseen trail for a bloodhound SCENT
Urban air pollution SMOG
What ''haste makes'' WASTE
__ and cons (sides of an issue) PROS
__ so (nevertheless) EVEN