Newsday.com - Dec 12 2006

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Clues Answers
''Are you a man __ mouse?'' ORA
''On the __ hand . . .'' OTHER
''What can I __ help you?'' DOTO
A few SOME
Accumulated AMASSED
Alabama city SELMA
Author __ Stanley Gardner ERLE
Baseball great Gehrig LOU
Batter's stat. RBI
Bawl CRY
Cattle-herding horse COWPONY
Clumsy one LOUT
Comes to the aid of DEFENDS
Computer input DATA
Contented cat's sound PURR
Cornmeal concoction JOHNNYCAKE
Counterfeit FAKE
Drench SOAK
Editor's notation STET
False friend TRAITOR
Family rooms DENS
Fancy dive JACKKNIFE
Farewell, in France ADIEU
First part of a play ACTI
Fixed, as a squeak OILED
Folk singer Guthrie ARLO
French 101 verb ETRE
Gridiron gains: Abbr. YDS
Gumbo veggie OKRA
Harness strap REIN
Highly excited AGOG
Horse's hair MANE
Hula hoop or pet rock FAD
Incite __ (disturb the peace) ARIOT
Lather SUDS
Law-breaking pedestrian JAYWALKER
Leave home GOOUT
Leg joint KNEE
Lendl of tennis IVAN
Clues Answers
Life story, for short BIO
Miles away AFAR
Moistens, as a stamp LICKS
More cunning SLYER
Noun modifiers: Abbr. ADJS
Numerical factoid STAT
Office assistant AIDE
Onion covering SKIN
Opponent RIVAL
Partially open AJAR
Pear variety BOSC
Prefix meaning ''against'' ANTI
Ranchland measures ACRES
Regretted RUED
Result of a successful interview NEWJOB
Right-angle shapes ELLS
Rocky ledge CLIFF
Ruin the secret BLAB
Sharpen, as an appetite WHET
Sheep's coat FLEECE
Shoddily constructed JERRYBUILT
Simple EASY
Singer McEntire REBA
Soap-opera segment EPISODE
Soft leather SUEDE
Spicy dips SALSAS
Sprinkle around STREW
Stepped heavily TROD
Talk over DISCUSS
University official DEAN
Venetian boat GONDOLA
Verne captain NEMO
Walks noisily TROMPS
Will beneficiary HEIR
Wine barrel CASK
Witches' potions BREWS
__ California (region south of San Diego) BAJA
__ Ono YOKO