Newsday.com - Feb 18 2013

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Clues Answers
''Right now'' in a memo ASAP
''Wherefore __ thou Romeo?'' THOU
Affectionate TENDER
Allows LETS
Annoying person PEST
Atmospheric layer OZONE
Begin a journey SETFORTH
Black-and-white cookie OREO
Boring BLAH
Bother greatly EATAT
Box-office failure FLOP
Break up the soil again REHOE
Brings to a halt ENDS
Buccaneer PIRATE
Cairo's country EGYPT
Capital of Italy ROME
Capital of Norway OSLO
Clearance events SALES
Coal or natural gas FOSSILFUEL
Color slightly TINT
Connecticut school YALE
Cowboy's rope LASSO
Coyote cry HOWL
Crack up after a joke BUSTOUTLAUGHING
Cross home plate SCORE
Dainty fabric LACE
Debtor's letters IOU
Desert haven OASIS
Desertlike ARID
Dictator TYRANT
Elm or eucalyptus TREE
Emeralds and pearls GEMS
Entryway DOOR
Fifty percent HALF
Fishing-rod attachment REEL
Football officials, for short REFS
Get out of bed ARISE
Give a nudge to PROD
Government agents, for short FEDS
Clues Answers
Jockey's straps REINS
Lack of musical talent NOEAR
Like __ of bricks ATON
Make amends ATONE
Make changes to AMEND
Midterms and finals TESTS
Minnesota baseball team THETWINS
Moistens WETS
Mr., for example ABBR
Narc's agcy DEA
Nation n. of Mexico USA
Nevada city RENO
Occupy, as a table SITAT
Old Roman garment TOGA
Physicians' org AMA
Piece of postage STAMP
Region AREA
Rodeo bull STEER
Rowboat implements OARS
Say again REPEAT
Sight or hearing SENSE
Siphoning DRAWINGOFF
Snake venom, for example TOXIN
Sports comeback RALLY
Stubborn animal MULE
Suffix for novel or ideal IST
Sugar amts TSPS
Tear down RAZE
Tennis-court dividers NETS
Theater productions PLAYS
Three hours before noon NINE
Three-foot measure YARD
Three-person band TRIO
Top-billed performer STAR
Top-rated AONE
Two hours before noon TEN
Woodcutters' tools AXES
__ and rave RANT
__ yet (so far) ASOF