New York Times - Feb 26 2009

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Clues Answers
'Buona ___' SERA
'Conversation is ___ in which a man has all mankind for his competitors': Ralph Waldo Emerson ANART
'Hard ___!' (captain's order) ALEE
'In ___' (1993 #1 album) UTERO
'The L Word' creator/producer Chaiken ILENE
'The ___ of Frankenstein' (Peter Cushing film) EVIL
'Vamoose!' BEATIT
'You're looking at your guy!' IMIT
'___ see!' SOI
1961 Top 10 hit 'Hello Mary ___' LOU
Acct. ___ EXEC
Adjust, as a satellite dish REAIM
Alchemist's concoction ELIXIR
Alumni weekend V.I.P. HOMECOMINGQUEEN
Ambiance AURA
Ask for SEEK
Bake sale display BATCH
Capital subj. ECON
Carpet meas. SQFT
Casts HURLS
Centers of activity LOCI
Certain castrato ALTO
Clean, in a way ERASE
Closed carriage with the driver outside in front BROUGHAM
Common origami figures BOATS
Consumer electronics giant SANYO
Coolpix camera maker NIKON
Delete in one quick stroke ZAP
Delft, e.g. WARE
Eyeglass lens shape OVAL
False sunflower OXEYE
Finnish architect Alvar ___ AALTO
Firm honcho PREZ
French town of W.W. II STLO
Have in mind PLANON
Home of Ensenada, informally BAJA
It comes from Mars TWIX
Clues Answers
It has to be asked BURNINGQUESTION
It's similar to cream ECRU
Its home is on the range SAUCEPAN
Lacking depth TWOD
Legitimate TRUE
Like Petruchio's wench in 'The Taming of the Shrew' LUSTY
Many Haydn compositions STRINGQUARTETS
Matinee showing time, maybe ELEVENAM
Middle year of Nero's reign LXI
Modern home of the ancient Akkadian empire IRAQ
Occurrence in the moon's first quarter NEAP
Old hwy. from Detroit to Seattle USTEN
Opposite of pobre RICO
Pants spec LONG
Part of a wheelset AXLE
Poet Federico García ___ LORCA
Raspberry JEER
Records for computer processing DATASETS
Reno's AAA baseball team ACES
Residence LIVINGQUARTERS
Santa's reindeer, e.g. TEAM
She played Mrs. Miniver in 'Mrs. Miniver' GARSON
Some music on the Warped Tour EMO
Something in the air ODOR
Somewhat QUASI
Texans' grp. AFC
They may be bookmarked URLS
Toastmaster's offering JOKE
Troubled ATEAT
Twilight, old-style GLOAM
Unloading site QUAY
Upbeat ROSY
Wandering ___ JEW
Words repeated after 'O Absalom' in the Bible MYSON
Worked regularly at PLIED
___ Davis, 'A Girl Like Me' documentarian KIRI
___ de coeur CRI