New York Times - Jan 7 2008

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Clues Answers
'Como ___ usted?' ESTA
'My life ___ open book' ISAN
'See ya' BYE
+ and – SIGNS
A few SOME
Abductors' demands RANSOMS
Aide to Santa ELF
Air France destination ORLY
Alpha, ___, gamma ... BETA
Aviation-related prefix AERO
Baloney CLAPTRAP
Carbolic ___ ACID
Card game with knocking GIN
Derisive looks SNEERS
Do surgery (on) OPERATE
Dodge EVADE
End of a school Web address EDU
Extreme effort at weight loss CRASHDIET
Eye part LENS
Eye part IRIS
Family KIN
Glimpsed SEEN
Graceful swimmer SWAN
High hit behind the catcher, say POPFOUL
III + IV VII
Inside of a paper towel roll TUBE
Kansas city where Dwight Eisenhower grew up ABILENE
Katie Couric's network CBS
Kennel cries YAPS
Lady and the Tramp, e.g. DOGS
Lead-in to fetched or sighted FAR
Looks to be SEEMS
Miss terribly ACHEFOR
Miss. neighbor ALA
Musical chord TRIAD
Neurologist or orthopedist DOCTOR
Nuptial agreement IDO
Nurses a drink SIPS
Observed secretly SPIEDON
Clues Answers
Old auto inits. REO
One doing leg. work REP
One heeding the alarm clock RISER
Ordered BADE
Paths from here to there ROUTES
Peeling knives PARERS
Pep rally shout RAH
Periphery EDGE
Petty MINOR
Post or Trib PAPER
Prosperous place BOOMTOWN
Rebuff SNUB
Refused SAIDNO
Residence ABODE
Safety item for a tightrope walker NET
Salves BALMS
Scene at a natural history museum DIORAMA
Self-assurance APLOMB
Shred RIPUP
Skilled marksman CRACKSHOT
Spelling competition BEE
Sporting sword EPEE
Spotty ERRATIC
Start a card game DEAL
Stretchy fabric LYCRA
Summer hrs. in D.C. EDT
Symbol of sturdiness OAKTREE
Symbols of meekness LAMBS
Tallied up ADDED
Theory of the universe, or a hint to the starts of 17-Across and 7-, 10-, 35- and 40-Down BIGBANG
Thorny parts of roses STEMS
Tidy savings NESTEGG
Treble's counterpart BASS
Twisty-horned antelope ELAND
Vegetable that rolls PEA
Vientiane native LAOTIAN
Ward off REPEL
___ of Man ISLE
___ out (barely make) EKE