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Clues Answers
''Bye-bye!'' TATA
''Congratulations on your diploma'' GRADUATION
''Enjoy your pension'' RETIREMENT
''Halt!'' STOP
''How silly of me!'' DUH
''Not guilty,'' for example PLEA
''Ready when you __!'' ARE
''Sorry I forgot you turned 16'' BELATEDBIRTHDAY
''Start the movie'' button PLAY
''That's a shame'' ALAS
Ambulance destinations: Abbr ERS
Athletic squad TEAM
Atmospheric oxygen layer OZONE
Avoid artfully EVADE
Basketball great Shaquille ONEAL
Beach season SUMMER
Beerlike beverage ALE
Belly muscles ABS
Bills picturing Hamilton TENS
Black-and-white zoo bears PANDAS
Camrys and Corollas TOYOTAS
Colorful story TALE
Country s. of Canada USA
Da Vinci's ''__ Lisa'' MONA
Family car before SUVs WAGON
Feel regret about RUE
Fortune-telling board OUIJA
Gridiron officials REFS
Guitarist's sound-boosting box AMP
Highway off-ramp EXIT
Hit the road LEAVE
Icy rain SLEET
Ignore rudely SNUB
Interoffice note MEMO
Jam-packs FILLS
Joints above ankles KNEES
Largest continent ASIA
Long, long __ (way back) AGO
Lounge around LAZE
Clues Answers
Love seats, for instance SOFAS
Manufactured MADE
Meant (for) INTENDED
Mirror's reflection IMAGE
No-show soldier: Abbr AWOL
Not doing anything IDLE
One-person performance SOLO
Only slightly ABIT
Pigsties PENS
Point-and-click device MOUSE
Pretty good NOTBAD
Pros and __ of an issue CONS
Reduce in intensity LESSEN
Regulation RULE
Self-evident truth AXIOM
Sign of the future OMEN
Slightly open, as a door AJAR
Small and mischievous ELFIN
Smart __ (wise guy) ALECK
Speed of a musical piece TEMPO
Submerged ridge that's a boating hazard SANDBAR
Sunbeams RAYS
Swelled heads EGOS
Take a timeout REST
Thinnest American coins DIMES
Tiny version of something MINI
Trace of color TINGE
Trio + four SEPTET
Unfortunate accident MISHAP
Unlock OPEN
Urban air pollution SMOG
Villainous EVIL
Wines that go with steaks REDS
With no clutter NEAT
With the highest reviews TOPRATED
__ and puff (pant) HUFF
__ one's time (be patient) BIDE
__ so (nevertheless) EVEN
__ stick (jumping toy) POGO