Newsday.com - Dec 10 2013

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Clues Answers
''Hot'' Mexican food TAMALE
''Julius Caesar'' costume TOGA
''No more, thanks'' IMSET
''__ the night before . . .'' TWAS
Accompanying WITH
Actress Catherine __-Jones ZETA
Approximately ORSO
Armored military vehicle TANK
Blue area on a globe SEA
Blue area on a globe OCEAN
Boorish person LOUT
Breakfast side dish HASH
Caravan beast CAMEL
Chinese beverage TEA
Computer clicker MOUSE
Cornfield bird CROW
Costa del __ (Spanish resort region) SOL
Dash or marathon RACE
Declare frankly AVOW
English TV channel BBC
Explosive liquid, for short NITRO
Faucet TAP
Fiasco COMPLETEFAILURE
Fiendish EVIL
Flip-chart stand EASEL
Former Italian coin LIRA
Full of gooey dirt MUCKY
Gooey dirt GUNK
Healing plant ALOE
Hosp. scans MRIS
In actuality REALLY
In unison ASONE
Japanese coin YEN
Justice Kagan ELENA
Kennel barks YELPS
Knot again RETIE
Leg joint KNEE
Like ski slopes in winter SNOWY
Locker room speeches PEPTALKS
Clues Answers
Makes inquiries ASKS
Maximal effort TOTALCOMMITMENT
Milky gem OPAL
Mistake ERROR
Nation n. of Mexico USA
Numbered musical work OPUS
Overly TOO
Perspire SWEAT
Pitches a tent CAMPS
Postpone DEFER
Prevailing style MODE
Pried (into) NOSED
Prime-time hr NINEPM
Produce, as eggs LAY
Pumpernickel alternative WHOLEWHEATBREAD
Rebounding sound ECHO
Recede EBB
Reduce to mush PUREE
Rich cake TORTE
River mammal OTTER
Shake __ (hurry) ALEG
Shoelace hole EYELET
Singer who won an Oscar for ''Moonstruck'' CHER
Social standard NORM
Spirited horse STEED
Stage whisper ASIDE
Stand in good __ (be useful) STEAD
Stately trees ELMS
Stop-sign color RED
Suffix for kitchen ETTE
Talent for music EAR
Thanksgiving Day parade sponsor MACYS
Throw for a loop FAZE
Tiny amount IOTA
Tuckered out TIRED
Umpire's call FAIRBALL
Vicinity AREA
Victorian ''Yikes!'' EGAD
Workplace safety org OSHA