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Clues Answers
'' . . . Cuckoo's Nest'' author KESEY
''Friends'' character PHOEBE
''Gotta hop!'' IMLATE
''Otello'' bad guy IAGO
''SportsNation'' airer ESPN
72, for many courses PAR
Abrupt snub REBUFF
African scavenger HYENA
Angela Lansbury title DAME
Australian gem OPAL
Author Haley ALEX
Author of ''Exodus'' URIS
Banned insecticide DDT
Berry of film HALLE
Biblical exile EVE
Bibliography abbr OPCIT
Caveman discovery FIRE
Contacted digitally, perhaps TEXTED
Covent Garden number ARIA
Deep hole ABYSS
Fight stoppers TKOS
Flowery pieces ODES
Four NIGHT followers JARMARECAPSHIRT
Funny line JOKE
Get the better of OUTDO
Get the drift SEE
Got too personal PRIED
Hobnob, in modern slang HANG
Horseshoe sound CLOP
Humble dwelling SHACK
Impede SLOW
In support of PRO
In support of FOR
In-box locale DESK
Inevitable outcome FATE
Keep in inventory STOCK
Kuwaiti ruler EMIR
Light __ (transit system) RAIL
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Luckless person SLOB
Lugs around HAULS
Lunchbox dessert OREOS
NASDAQ debuts IPOS
Nerd WONK
No time at all JIFF
Only inanimate zodiac sign LIBRA
Order from the court WRIT
Part of UAW AUTO
Perry of pop KATY
Pleasure boat SLOOP
Pool-ball destination POCKET
Pop singer Gibson DEBBIE
Project segment PHASE
Quaint complaint BAH
Quite a while AGES
Riding the crest ONTOP
Rock bottom NADIR
Scrapbooking accessory PASTE
Shangri-la EDEN
Some like it hot COCOA
Sound of chains CLANK
Sports VIPs MVPS
Spun records DJED
Take a path around SKIRT
Tampa paper, for short TRIB
Things to learn first ABCS
Thrash about FLAIL
Three NIGHT followers CRAWLERHAWKCLUB
Three NIGHT followers CLOTHESLIFEGOWN
Three NIGHT followers FALLSTICKSSHADE
Tropical nut tree KOLA
TV talk host since 2000 RIPA
Unrepairable SHOT
Warehouse DEPOT
What Elmo calls Dagwood MRB
Wonderland talker HARE
Wraps up ENDS