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crossword answers
Clue Answer
'Fullmetal Alchemist,' for example ANIME
'I want it first!' DIBS
'Louder Than a ___' (NPR podcast) RIOT
'My Heart Will Go On,' for 'Titanic' THEMESONG
'That's what friends ___ for!' ARE
'___ your lip!' ZIP
Aro-___ SPEC
Asana resembling a pond flower LOTUSPOSE
Cloud upload FILE
RUDELY AWAKEN ROUST
FOLLOW SECRETLY TAIL
EXAM TEST
ROTISSERIE ROD SPIT
PAY FOR EVERYONE TREAT
OOHED AND ___ AAHED
LARGE UNITS OF WEIGHT TONS
BACKSIDES RUMPS
'WHY NOT!' SURE
'If all ___ fails . . .' ELSE
'Hold ___ your hat!' ONTO
CHAPTER OF HISTORY ERA
Country west of Iraq SYRIA
Cracker since 1934 RITZ
Enjoy a banh pia, for example EAT
Farsi is its official language IRAN
Hissing creature in Madagascar ROACH
Honeydew-collecting insect ANT
Laugh at a joke, for example REACT
Lightweight makeup product SHEERFOUNDATION
Necklace good for a few days LEI
Number of feet for a quadriped FOUR
Pet's human OWNER
Remove from a whiteboard ERASE
PALM OR BEECH TREE
THUS ERGO
HOUSETOPS ROOFS
SANS-SERIF TYPEFACE ARIAL
NOT A FAKE LEGIT
FEARS GREATLY DREADS
HOLD UP WELL LAST
CURLING SURFACE ICE
OBVIOUS CLEAR
FEELINGS OF GUILT PANGS
Scattered for growing SOWN
Sherbet alternative GELATO
Sign in to Twitter LOGON
Soprano McDonald AUDRA
Spousal ___ (savings plan) IRA
Trip around a racetrack LAP
Zen garden cover MOSS
MAKE ECSTATIC THRILL
PERFECT IDEAL
FANCY FUNDRAISER GALA
COMES TO A HALT STOPS
Clearance event SALE
Ghee, e.g FAT
Ocean floor mapping aid SONAR
Mayo relative AIOLI
Question asked by someone waving SEEME
___ ROMEO (SPORTS CAR) ALFA
SWORN PROMISE OATH
Biology, for example (Abbr.) SCI
SET ON FIRE IGNITE
SAILBOAT POLE MAST
SPOTS ON SPUDS EYES
SALARY BUMPS RAISES
Spanish for 'water' AGUA
The L in UNLV LAS
COOLING UNITS, FOR SHORT ACS
Enclosure to keep out does and bucks DEERFENCE
Drink also known as a black cow ROOTBEERFLOAT