New York Times - Oct 1 2008

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Clues Answers
'Maria ___,' 1941 #1 hit ELENA
'Mon ___!' DIEU
'The Rubáiyát' poet OMAR
'___ song of sixpence' SINGA
1940s computer ENIAC
A long, long time AGES
A+: Abbr. EXC
Abode north of the Arctic Circle IGLOO
Agreed ___ UPON
Athlete who's not dashing? MILER
Author Dinesen ISAK
Balanced EVEN
Banged up HURT
Bangladesh's capital, old-style DACCA
Bank protector, for short FDIC
Baseball pioneer Doubleday ABNER
Big bump JOLT
Big lugs OAFS
Big name in kitchen gadgets OXO
Blue SAD
Blue, south of the border AZUL
Bonkers INSANE
Camera setting AUTO
Candidate trailing Bush and Gore NADER
Carnivorous fish SKATE
Cheap laughs YUKS
Cleopatra used it as a beauty lotion ALOE
College cheer RAH
Cy Young winner Hershiser OREL
Dining table expander LEAF
Doer of stand-up COMIC
Drug ___ CZAR
Ed of 'Roots' ASNER
End of a popular saying related to this puzzle's theme NOPLACELIKEHOME
Equipment with a headset HAMRADIO
Fake SHAM
Figure in 'The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe' FAUN
Florida senator Martinez MEL
Former Telecom giant GTE
Clues Answers
French rejection NON
Gardeners may work on them KNEES
German car AUDI
Hoodwink DUPE
How some packages arrive COD
How to link the 12 letters in this puzzle with a single line to make a picture ALPHABETICALLY
Hughes poem with the line 'They send me to eat in the kitchen' ITOO
Internet equipment powerhouse CISCO
Introductory course, often SALAD
Jim Croce's '___ Name' IGOTA
John Denver wrote two songs about this town ASPEN
Just after birth NEONATAL
Kind of cuisine in which onions, bell peppers and celery are the 'holy trinity' CAJUN
Kind of puzzle suggested by this crossword's theme CONNECTTHEDOTS
King, in Portugal REI
Logan's locale UTAH
Mice can be found around them IMACS
One way to be caught INALIE
Oreo filling CREME
Precursor of the Apple Macintosh LISA
Prefix with tourism ECO
Quibble CAVIL
Russian car LADA
Semiprecious stones AGATES
Sheepshanks, e.g. KNOTS
Sit behind bars DOTIME
Sparkle and wit ESPRIT
Sure thing SHOOIN
Surveyor's map PLAT
Sweater type VNECK
Terse letter opener SIR
The 'D' in R&D: Abbr. DEV
Toy gun ammo CAP
Tremendous HUGE
Univ. in Troy, N.Y. RPI
Unnice comment BARB
Way to find your way: Abbr. GPS
What one might do in 27-Down SKI
___ Gay ENOLA