New York Times - Mar 18 2008

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Clues Answers
#41 or #43 BUSH
'Don't touch that ___!' DIAL
'Honest' prez ABE
'We try harder' company AVIS
'Yadda, yadda, yadda' ETCETERA
'___ a Nightingale' ODETO
'___ is an island' NOMAN
Adds up ... like this puzzle's theme? MAKESSENSE
Archipelago unit ISLE
Auctioneer's last word GONE
Be in hock OWE
Bracelet site ANKLE
Carrot or radish ROOT
Cass and Michelle, in '60s pop MAMAS
Cohort of Clark LOIS
Conclude one's argument REST
Cough medicine amt. TSP
Covet thy neighbor's wife, say SIN
Coward of the theater NOEL
Disco ___ of 'The Simpsons' STU
Dislikes, plus HATREDS
Does something ACTS
Done for, slangily TOAST
Double reed OBOE
Early 17th-century year MDCI
Ending with bed or farm STEAD
Everything that's left ESTATE
Follow closely TAIL
Full range EXTENT
Get to REACH
Gunslinger's mark NOTCH
Gymgoer's pride BOD
Hieroglyphics cross ANKH
Hieroglyphics serpent ASP
Hit the hay RETIRE
Home to most Turks ASIA
Ibuprofen target ACHE
Iditarod entry SLED
In close pursuit HOTONTHESCENT
Clues Answers
Like cows, to Hindus SACRED
MacDowell of 'Groundhog Day' ANDIE
Mai ___ TAI
Maul or awl TOOL
Mr. Peanut prop CANE
Nary a penny NOTONEREDCENT
Never-before-seen ALLNEW
Nickel and dime COINS
Not 'neath OER
One of two in 'boxcars' SIX
One with a carrot nose, maybe SNOWMAN
Org. with dens BSA
Play the market INVEST
Pope from 440 to 461 LEOI
Portfolio contents ASSETS
Providential HEAVENSENT
Really wow ASTONISH
Show grief WEEP
Significant ___ OTHER
Slap shot success GOAL
Sly glance LEER
Some are proper NOUNS
State with a panhandle: Abbr. OKLA
Strauss of jeans LEVI
Suffix with Brooklyn ESE
Tech caller USER
These may be coddled EGGS
Thought before blowing out the candles WISH
Tide type NEAP
Tricky turns ESSES
U.K. honour OBE
Up to the task ABLE
Upper-left key ESC
Vogue competitor ELLE
Walked like a tosspot REELED
Wart cause, in folklore TOAD
What 'there oughta be' ALAW
When stolen, it stays in place BASE
___ Paulo SAO