Newsday.com - Jan 25 2011

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Clues Answers
''Easy as'' letters ABC
''Shoo!'' SCAT
Alternatives to stocks BONDS
Apparatus GEAR
Bad mood SNIT
Bangkok resident THAI
Become ready to harvest RIPEN
Beverage on tap BEER
Bird sound TWEET
Boulder STONE
By and large MAINLY
Can't stand DETEST
Chooses, with ''for'' OPTS
Cleveland's lake ERIE
Clock sounds TICKS
College sports org. NCAA
Cowboy ropes LASSOS
Craft with a sail BOAT
Dentist's expertise TEETH
Dollars, slangily BUCKS
Electrified fish EEL
Engine sound PING
Feels poorly AILS
Fill-in worker TEMP
Forest growth MOSS
Former fast-flying planes: Abbr. SSTS
Fortune-teller SEER
Give a response ANSWER
Has a meal EATS
High-tech beam LASER
Hushed ''Hey, you!'' PSST
In a bad mood TESTY
In the past ONCE
Informal refusal UHUH
Invoice amount TOTAL
Jay of TV talk LENO
Lasagna and linguini PASTAS
Map book ATLAS
Musician's jobs GIGS
Clues Answers
Nary a soul NOONE
Need rescuing from trouble GETINTOHOTWATER
Not doing anything IDLE
Part of a sock ANKLE
Periods of history ERAS
Person from Wales, for short BRIT
Piano key next to A GFLAT
Poems of praise ODES
Poker payments ANTES
Post-office purchase STAMP
Postpones DEFERS
Prepares, as an alarm clock SETS
Relieving stress by screaming BLOWINGOFFSTEAM
Roofing material TAR
Rope loop NOOSE
Rowing need OAR
Salesperson, for short REP
Shade trees ELMS
Shopping center MALL
Snakes that squeeze BOAS
Soldier's assignment POST
Sore spot ACHE
Speak unclearly SLUR
Spy's info acquisition, for short INTEL
St. __, MN PAUL
Stage performer ACTOR
Stolen merchandise LOOT
Surprise greatly STUN
Takes a big risk SKATESONTHINICE
Thaw MELT
Things on a list ITEMS
Toe the __ (be obedient) LINE
Top of a wave CREST
Topaz or turquoise GEM
Treat with contempt SCORN
Unmannerly men CADS
Vampire-novel author Rice ANNE
Wonderland girl ALICE
Yardstick unit INCH