Newsday.com - Dec 8 2005

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Clues Answers
''Casablanca'' pianist SAM
''Filthy'' funds LUCRE
''Sorry to say . . .'' ALAS
''__ Joey'' PAL
''__ Me'' (Roger Miller tune) DANG
''__ She Lovely'' (Stevie Wonder song) ISNT
Auction units LOTS
Bats gently BUNTS
Boom-box insert TAPE
Buggy passenger INFANT
Carnival dance SAMBA
Chest muscles PECS
Closed up SHUT
Coasting toy SLED
Contemporary of Bessie and Billie ELLA
Croupier's collection BETS
Curiosity-piquing ad TEASER
Director Ephron NORA
Dog-tired ALLIN
Door-frame pieces JAMBS
Fill-up fluid GAS
Flounder's flipper FIN
Gaggle members GEESE
Geppetto wished on one STAR
Gunk CRUD
High point CREST
Hindrance to progress SNAG
La Scala solo ARIA
Latin greeting AVE
Light dessert JELLO
Like in nature (to) EQUAL
Linger in a person's mind HAUNTONESMEMORY
Mark manuscripts EDIT
Mary-Kate, to Ashley TWIN
Master, in Madras SAHIB
Melbourne money DOLLAR
Much of ''Deck the Halls'' LAS
Neared maturity GREW
Not much ATAD
Clues Answers
Oregon city EUGENE
Painter's tripod EASEL
Paraprofessional, for one AIDE
Pastel shade AQUA
Personal energy field AURA
Philbin's cohost RIPA
Prison-related PENAL
Public square PLAZA
Puts forth, as effort EXERTS
Quenched SLAKED
Regard lovingly ADORE
Registered, as an invention PATENTED
Romantic rendezvous TRYST
Saddle horse MOUNT
Seed source SESAME
Shoe salesman's query SIZE
Showroom product AUTO
Silver City, Idaho, e.g. GHOSTTOWN
Singer LaBelle PATTI
Slimy mud MUCK
Sound of shock GASP
Stage-beard securer SPIRITGUM
Stench ODOR
Sun shade VISOR
TAKE DOWN ABASE
Talented tyro COMER
Teem ABOUND
Throw out CAST
Tooth partner NAIL
Traits that may clash EGOS
Unembellished BARE
US territory from 1861-89 DAKOTA
Used to be WERE
Uttered untruths LIED
Vail outerwear SKIPANTS
Varieties SORTS
With the exclusion of EXCEPT
Zeta follower ETA
Zodiac predator LEO