Newsday.com - Oct 9 2006

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Clues Answers
''Anything __?'' ELSE
24-bottle picnic purchase CASEOFBEER
Actor Alda ALAN
Air-quality org. EPA
Arnaz of ''I Love Lucy'' DESI
Baltic or Bering SEA
Became ashen PALED
Business letter abbr. ATTN
Business-attire manufacturer SUITMAKER
Butte relative MESA
Capital of Egypt CAIRO
Cash alternative CHARGECARD
Catch, as calves ROPE
Chili container POT
China's continent ASIA
Chums PALS
College club FRAT
Colorful parrot MACAW
Comes to a close ENDS
Competent ABLE
Con game SCAM
Dictation-taking pro STENO
Do figure eights SKATE
Female voice ALTO
Fill with joy ELATE
Fireplace remnants ASHES
Folk singer Seeger PETE
Golfers' goals PARS
Got out of bed AROSE
Gumbo veggie OKRA
Hair-raising EERIE
Hammer parts PEENS
Highest point APEX
Hotel prices RATES
Imitative types APERS
Incline SLANT
Insignificant MERE
Irrigates WATERS
Less common RARER
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Less cooked RAWER
Light-switch position OFF
Like two __ in a pod PEAS
Makes a mistake ERRS
Male voice TENOR
Malice SPITE
More equitable FAIRER
More quickly FASTER
Mortgage, for example LOAN
Naysayers ANTIS
Oregon's capital SALEM
Outside surface EXTERIOR
Pacified APPEASED
Ph.D., for one DEG
Pigeon sounds COOS
Preliminary exam TRIALTEST
Region AREA
Regulation RULE
River sediment SILT
Select, with ''for'' OPT
Self-confidence POISE
Sentry's shout HALT
Shoppers' references LISTS
Sign gas NEON
Simplify EASE
Single-handedly ALONE
Skim milk's lack FAT
Some business jets LEARS
Sound of satisfaction AAH
Sports complex ARENA
Stag or doe DEER
Stick out like __ thumb ASORE
They walk back and forth PACERS
Totaled, as a bill RANTO
Touch FEEL
Walk in water WADE
Wipe the chalk from ERASE
Women's garment SKIRT
Wyatt of the Old West EARP