New York Times - Dec 11 1999

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1-Across surreptitiously SNIPED
1991 best-selling legal thriller THEFIRM
1999 Emmy-winning soap role ERICA
51-Across, e.g. PANCAKE
Affirmative action NOD
Apple-pie order ALAMODE
Billet-doux opening DEAREST
Biting insect, informally SKEETER
Cast FLING
Casts TOSSES
Clicker target VCR
Cognomen preceder AKA
Comet's purpose CLEANSING
Concerto feature CADENZA
Countercultural magazine since 1974 HIGHTIMES
Dodger pitcher, A.L. Comeback Player of the Year in 1976 TOMMYJOHN
Drink: Abbr. BEV
Drives dangerously WEAVES
Entertains REGALES
Ex OLDFLAME
Explorer Balboa VASCO
Facial hair EYELASH
Family support group ALANON
Finger ___ LAKES
From Ft. Myers to Ft. Pierce ENE
Gasoline type, informally HITEST
Heb. judge SAML
Hoisin sauce ingredient SOYBEAN
Husband of Poppaea Sabina NERO
Illegal trials? HAZING
Immune response orchestrator TCELL
Insect that's the last word in the Scrabble Players Dictionary ZYZZYVA
It may be brought before a board HANDSAW
Kosher deli offering LATKE
Clues Answers
Land in la mer ILE
Like many blacktops TWOLANE
Like some points FINER
Machine gun BREN
Mideast capital SANA
No place for a base, in brief DMZ
One who puts on a show TELECASTER
Onsets ADVENTS
Party preparation DIP
Quarterback OVERSEE
Québec's southern neighbors ETATS
Ripple WAVELET
Seat at a square dance HAYBALE
Short school year? SOPH
Shot glasses JIGGERS
Siouan tongue OSAGE
Small-time RINKYDINK
Some ring buyers: Abbr. SRS
Spring EMANATE
St.-___-l'École, France CYR
Submachine guns STENS
Tablet holder ARK
Take stock of ASSESS
They cause breakdowns ENZYMES
They're no angels RASCALS
They're not returned TENNISACES
Tony-winning 'Nicholas Nickleby' actor REES
Tried to bring down SHOTAT
Turf SWARD
Verb ending OSE
View from Mount Tabor NAZARETH
Winter Olympics powerhouse: Abbr. SWE
Your, in Paris TES
___ clover ALYCE